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AUGUST 1, 2014

billion over 2011-2012. Its key feature is highly automated 30+ lane transfer zones and automated live e-gates. The Port currently has service by two Class I railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX—both offer double-stack service to critical manufacturing and population centers. billion), Canada ($16.8 billion) and Saudi Arabia ($4.1

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Revenue was up 4 percent compared with 2011, while operating profit was up 2% over 2011. Adjacent to Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific Railroads and Interstates 20 and 49, companies at AeroPark are strategically located near some of the largest consumer markets in the South. billion in operating profit. Highway 165, U.S.

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Industrial South Carolina Louisiana Defense 49

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JULY 15, 2014

As a designated Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), Oswego County is designed for the convenient and cost effective production of goods. 1,677 miles of class 1 railroads. There also is Arkansas’s state-of-the-art railroad infrastructure comprising three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway.

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Industrial Arkansas Sacramento Indiana 64

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

By December 2011, Texas employers had replaced all of the jobs shed during the recession compared with the nation’s 44 percent recovery. The Lone Star State was named 2011’s leading exporting state for the tenth year in a row (according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce) with exports in 2011 totaling more than $249.8

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

In 2011, the food manufacturing sector employed almost 16,500 people with an average annual salary of $54,081. by Business Facilities in 2010 and 2011. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3 million of infrastructure (roads, water, sewer, lighting and a railroad siding) was constructed at no cost to local taxpayers.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

Another popular economic development incentive offered by the state is the Texas Enterprise Zone Program, which enables local communities to partner with the State of Texas to promote job creation and significant private investment, helping assist economically distressed areas of the state. billion in capital investment.

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Texas Education Airports Zoning 49

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I signed a bill in 2011 that provided a common-sense approach to regulating the hydraulic fracturing process. Perry told us all of the CREZ (Competitive Renewable Energy Zones) lines are scheduled to become operational by the end of this year. Texas is undertaking a $6.8-billion

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Texas Regulation Industrial US 49

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

In 2011, the food manufacturing sector employed almost 16,500 people with an average annual salary of $54,081. by Business Facilities in 2010 and 2011. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3 million of infrastructure (roads, water, sewer, lighting and a railroad siding) was constructed at no cost to local taxpayers.

New York 40

New York Products Organization Industrial 40

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MAY 1, 2013

Coverage of its 4,974 square miles is aided by I-90, I-86 and Route 219; Buffalo-Niagara International Airport; the Port of Buffalo; and four class I railroads (CSX, Norfolk Southern, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific). Just next door to Long Island MacArthur Airport is Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #52.

New York 49

New York Airports New York City Industrial 49

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MARCH 8, 2016

To be eligible, the fuel sold must be used or loaded by a common carrier that: After July 1, 2011, made a capital investment of $100 million or more in new construction or renovations at the railroad locomotive refueling facility in which the fuel is loaded or used; or.

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New Mexico Compensation Income Railroad 40

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JULY 11, 2014

Rural New Mexico is defined as any part of the state other than Los Alamos County; certain municipalities: Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Farmington, Las Cruces, Roswell and Santa Fe; and a 10-mile zone around those select municipalities. A qualifying job is a job filled by an eligible employee for 48 weeks in a 12-month qualifying period.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Shovel Ready Silver certified sites means that its documentation is less than one year old and has proper zoning and infrastructure built to the property. The program requires that the designated sites go through a rigorous checkless to ensure they have all the necessary infrastructure, zoning and other characteristics needed for development.

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Site Iowa Tennessee Georgia 49

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JUNE 19, 2014

Since its inception in 2008, the program has recognized 47 active AdvantageSite locations in the state after meeting guidelines such as utility and environmental standards, size, zoning and accessibility. Baldwin County’s first AdvantageSite—the 56-acre Baldwin EMC Site on Alabama 59 in Bay Minette—was designated in 2011.

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Site Wisconsin Certification Georgia 66

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APRIL 8, 2014

Pennsylvania went from importing 75 percent of its natural gas requirements in 2007 to becoming a net exporter of natural gas in 2011; PA is now the second-largest natural gas producing state in the United States. ethanol production grew by more than 50 percent between 2009 and 2011. All other sections were written by Jenny Vickers.].

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