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Business Facilities’ 2015 State of the Year: Alabama

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Business Facilities’ 2015 State of the Year: Alabama originally appeared on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions. When you talk to folks in Alabama, you might think from the slow-and-easy rhythm of conversation in the Deep South that nobody’s in a hurry to do anything.

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Business Facilities’ 2015 State of the Year: Alabama

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When you talk to folks in Alabama, you might think from the slow-and-easy rhythm of conversation in the Deep South that nobody’s in a hurry to do anything. The Crimson Tide is rolling, big time, and now it’s brought in our top honor: Alabama is BF’s 2015 State of the Year. billion haul in capital investment for Alabama.

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Environmental Regulations in Construction: What Contractors Need to Know

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is a federal law that governs the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). This includes waste generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal.

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Deepwater Horizon: Three Years Later

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The five states that were impacted by the Deepwater Horizon disaster (including 665 miles of contaminated coastline), Gulf Coast business owners, the federal government and BP have spent the past three years dancing a slow legal tango that has assessed clean-up costs, fines and other liabilities.

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Not So Wild A Dream

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That lack of good road certainly did not help the growth prospects in Northwest Alabama, which historically based its economy on natural resources—coal and pulpwood—and smaller cottage industries. Interstate 22 will open up Northwest Alabama. Following the U.S. That should happen by early next year. Also, some U.S.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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ALABAMA - updated for 2014. Alabama Infrastructure Grant Program: Funds are available to public entities for extension of water, sewer and road facilities to service new or expanding industries. Businesses that request CAPCO investment funding must meet certain criteria and requirements set by the Alabama Development Office.

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H&A Public Incentive Legislation Update

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The Alabama legislature had a very active 2012 session in terms of economic development initiatives. Understanding the competitive economic climate, legislatures across the country continue to propose new legislation to compete in today’s tenuous economic environment.

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