Sentences with phrase «subject of public hearings»

They have long said they will not allow the pipeline, which is now the subject of public hearings, to go through their territories.
With the new funding formula in place, district officials are finalizing an updated spending plan that will be the subject of public hearings Tuesday.
A proposal from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to force the closure of Indian Point during periods of the summer season to cut down on fish kills is the subject of public hearings Tuesday in Westchester County.
It would then go to the town board for review and be the subject of a public hearing prior to adoption.
Medical marijuana has been picking up supporters in the state legislature, and Wednesday it was the subject of a public hearing at the capitol featuring business owners from Colorado, where pot is legal for both medicinal and recreation use.
«Public input is important to us, but we hope they stick to the merits of the Pilot [payment in lieu of taxes] proposal that is the subject of our public hearing,» board Chairman Mike Horodyski said on the morning of the hearing at NewPaltzHigh School this Tuesday.
A local law regarding solar energy equipment installations will be the subject of a public hearing before the board next Thursday night.
If the motion is approved, it will become the subject of a public hearing and the TASE bylaws need to be amended.

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With the exception of activities prescribed by regulation, all resource consent applications are subject to a full public hearing if requested.
«While it's not surprising, it is disappointing that the DWP is yet again subjecting the public purse to the expense of a tribunal hearing,» Slater said.
Tens of billions of dollars are spent to meet those demands and this week the governor's health budget proposal was the subject of a legislative public hearing.
A new historic preservation program that would give landmark status to and impose restrictions on a handful of houses throughout East Hampton Town was the subject of discussion during public hearings at Town Hall last Thursday night.
The public purchase of three lots in East Hampton Village that could provide space for an expansion of Herrick Park will be the subject of a hearing before the East Hampton Town Board tonight at 6:30 at Town Hall.
4 pm Soft Power and the UK's Influence Subject: Soft Power and the UK's Influence Witness (es): (at 4.20 pm) evidence will be heard from Nicholas Beadle CMG, Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Lt General Simon Mayall CB, Defence Senior Adviser for Middle East, Ministry of Defence and Steve McCarthy — Director of International Security Policy, Ministry of Defence Location: Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster Tuesday 9th July 9.30 am Public Administration Subject: Work of the Cabinet Office Witness (es): Richard Heaton CB, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
The proposals were prepared by the Department of City Planning (DCP) and were previously the subject of discussion at the October 19 Borough Board meeting and the November 12 Queens Land Use Public Hearing.
Town Board member Bill Ruland said as the hearing drew to a close that it was clear from the public comments that the issue needed to be visited again and include involvement of people with expertise on the subject, including the working group, the town's agricultural advisory committee and others who offered their help Tuesday evening.
Kogi Assembly, while deliberating on the proposed amendments of the constitution, step down section 162 and subjected it to house committee on local government for public hearing.
4.10 pm Transport Subject: Disabled Access to Transport Witness (es): Sophie Christiansen OBE, Paralympian, British Equestrian Federation, Marije Davidson, Policy and Research Manager, Disability Rights UK and George Fielding, Panel Chair, Whizz Kidz; Niki Glazier, Co-ordinator, Mental Health Action Group, Lucy Hurst - Brown, Chief Executive, Brandon Trust, George McNamara, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Alzheimers Society and Srabani Sen, Chief Executive, Contact - a-Family; Paul Breckell, Chief Executive, Action on Hearing Loss, Peter Rayner, Vice-President, National Pensioners Convention, Tanvi Vyas, Campaigns Officer, Trailblazers and Richard Leaman, Chief Executive, Guide Dogs Location: The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
How Boreas Ponds should be classified was the subject of a series of public hearings last winter.
The $ 8.6 million project will be the subject of a Feb. 7 public hearing by the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, which is considering an incentive package for the building.
While the alterations would not require county Board of Legislators» approval, the final product is still subject to change as residents will have additional opportunities to voice their concerns during public hearings regarding the change.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's performance on Wednesday at a public hearing became the subject of criticism by the Senate majority leader.
The creation of the district would also be subject to public hearing, which could be scheduled as soon as June 3, and review by the state comptroller.
The County Legislature will hold a Public Hearing on the Assessment Rolls at 2:30 p.m., local time, on November 9, 2016, in the Chambers of the Erie County Legislature, 92 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Buffalo, New York, to hear all persons interested in the subject, including any objections concerning the same
The package also includes a provision that allows subjects of investigations by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to have their hearings before commissioners in secret, rather than in pPublic Ethics to have their hearings before commissioners in secret, rather than in publicpublic.
The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.
Walker's proposals were the subject of a joint public hearing on Wednesday, two weeks after the two - term Republican incumbent called for the Legislature to take up the measures in a special session.
A group of Ulster County legislators says it will hold its own public hearing, to compile comments on the controversial subject.
The rules and the controversy — which put some neonatal research on hold for several months this year — were the subject of a daylong public hearing held earlier this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, D.C.
As a representative of the American public, and in her role as a board member of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Pam prepared a brief presentation for the FDA's public comment hearings on the subject of «the use of the term healthy in labeling human food products.»
The 2013 PDK / Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Towards the Public Schools found that of those who had heard of the Common Core, 49 percent of respondents agree with the false statement that the initiative will create standards in all subjects, and 39 percent agree with the false statement that the Common Core was developed based on a blend of state standards.
But the proposal, the subject of two days of public hearings in Washington earlier this month, has generated intense debate, including complaints from for - profit educational institutions that it is anti-business, unfair, and unnecessarily complicated.
Cafero said the chairs of the Education Committee had indicated they did not plan to hold any public hearings this year on bills pertaining to the Common Core and instead had opted to have an informational hearing on the subject.
The Commissioner repeated the often heard claims that the PARCC exams represent a more appropriate set of skills to demonstrate that our students are «ready» for the 21st Century and to measure their «college and career readiness,» but the justifications for those claims have never been subjected to public scrutiny.
What's more, charter schools are already required to undergo renewal hearings every five years, publish their annual 990 financial forms for the public, and are subject to the Freedom of Information Act, among many other oversights.
Raising their voices today before an advisory committee to the state Board of Education and speaking up at a legislative public hearing on Monday, teachers are making it clear that the student assessments that count in their evaluations are not a subject that should be «kicked down the road» indefinitely by Connecticut policymakers.
S.B. 2 may include some improvements over the status quo but this radical change in education funding was drafted in the dark and has never been subjected to the light of a public hearing or given sufficient scrutiny.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), every employer, employment agency, and labor organization subject to this title shall (1) make and keep such records relevant to the determinations of whether unlawful employment practices have been or are being committed, (2) preserve such records for such periods, and (3) make such reports therefrom, as the Commission shall prescribe by regulation or order, after public hearing, as reasonable, necessary, or appropriate for the enforcement of this title or the regulations or orders thereunder.
In various public talks that I have heard Murphy give over the years — most recently, on March 12th, 2013, at the New York Studio School, in conversation with Roger White — she has said that some of her paintings come from dreams, and that she discovers her subjects.
And who had the authority to deem that the IPCC and RC or cliamte scientists in general were above hearing someone else opinion on the subject of how they present their materail to the wolrd, and how they have abidacted the field of battle when it comes to the outrageous verballing of themsleves and sit in silence behind a cone of silence... leaving the genral public out there not knowing WTF is going on having to rely on sheer chance they might find a journalist there somewhere writing an article that might explain it for them in a way they can understand?
Chamber officials say the agency held a large - scale public hearing in the 1970s on the subject of toxic water pollutants.
Notable changes include providing the public with information on projects 30 days before impact assessment hearings begin, rather than the current 50 days after hearings, and the creation of a new public register that will provide any person, group or municipality easy access to detailed technical information on projects that are subject to review.
A draft of the new regulations, which must by law go into effect on March 23 (subject to any amendments that might result from the public hearings on the bill that were held in early February), was published by the Quebec government in mid-December.
Motion to be heard 12 (1) If a defendant against whom a proceeding is brought or maintained considers the whole of the proceeding or any claim within the proceeding has been brought in response to their expression or public participation, the defendant may, subject to subsection (2), bring an application for one or more of the following orders: a) To dismiss the proceeding or claim, as the case may be; b) For costs and expenses; c) For punitive or exemplary damages against the plaintiff.
(2) Upon receipt of notice from the Director, the Tribunal shall hold a public hearing with respect to the subject - matter of the notice.
Would you agree that the essential language of authority is in (1.1)(2): «The Immigration Division may order the detention of a permanent resident or a foreign national if it is satisfied that the permanent resident or the foreign national is the subject of an examination or an admissibility hearing or is subject to a removal order and that the permanent resident or the foreign national is a danger to the public or is unlikely to appear for examination, an admissibility hearing or removal from Canada.»
Gascon will not be subject to the public hearings Harper introduced with Justice Richard Wagner's appointment and has required of all Supreme Court appointees.
But professional regulatory hearings also bear some similarity to criminal proceedings as well: regulatory bodies are statutory bodies that perform a governmental function and are subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; they operate in the public interest; and they owe the same disclosure obligations of the Crown under Stinchcombe.
That's our public safety laws, building codes, electrical codes, fire codes, safety of workers in factories, eye - protecting equipment, safety of hearing aids, these are all subject to standards that have been incorporated into law, and those laws are copyright.
(a) The Claimants» case on the point at the hearing was made by reference to a Dubai Court of Cassation decision (Central Bank of Sudan v Africa Alpha Capital 1 Co Ltd, Appeal no 480/2012 Commercial, where the defence was put forward that the court lacked jurisdiction under the Vienna and Riyadh Conventions because the Bank was a «public venture forming a part of the government entities of the Republic of Sudan that enjoys immunity from judicial proceedings and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the State Courts».
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