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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

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Prior to the just concluded session of the Maryland legislature, the State’s laws and regulations were silent with regard to PFAS chemicals including PFOA. At worst, Maryland could have been criticized along with the Federal government and other states, for failing to regulate PFAS as a hazardous substance.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Maryland — SSA’s New Data Hub Moves Forward In Urbana

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MARYLAND FAST FACTS. We are proud to have a ten year track record of safe, responsible power production in Cecil County and look forward to working with the County and the State of Maryland during their review of our proposal.”. Further, Maryland’s power plant fleet is aging and unable to meet statewide energy needs.

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PFAS in a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment?

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And there is at least one place where there appears to be a complete disconnect, as I described last year in a post, Maryland the First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS. Additionally, there are a limited number of places where PFAS is regulated as state hazardous substance, like Michigan where should likely be included in a Phase I.

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Maryland: Green Energy Institute Brings Innovation To Market

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T he Maryland state legislature has allocated $7.5 million to the University of Maryland to create a green energy research center. The goal of the Green Energy Institute—a collaboration between the University of Maryland Energy Research Center (UMERC) at the A. From the September/October 2017 Issue. Larry Hogan, with Lt.

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Send in the Drones

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Sinclair Community College in OH has FAA approval for restricted flying of small UAVs at the Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. The Ohio Army National Guard received approval this year as well to train at the Springfield airport with a hand-launched UAV dubbed Raven. Far West U.S. Great Lakes U.S. - Mid Atlantic U.S. - Plains U.S.

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Expanding the exterior footprint

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For example, new airport designs expanding the exterior footprint of airport operations is conscientious of enriching the passenger experience, says Gensler’s Wagner. By adding ready access to the outdoors, airport design is evolving to make the passenger journey more of a semi-permeable experience. Dale Payne, P.E.

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FEATURE STORY: State of the Year – Tennessee

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From the moment when we started to consider a location outside of Maryland for our manufacturing expansion, Gov. The FedEx global hub was placed in Memphis because of the city’s central location, the availability of the workforce, a strong relationship with the local airport authorities and generous economic incentive programs.