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Comment on the Permit to Kill Eagles with Wind Turbines

Green Building Law Update

Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is soliciting comments through November 12, 2013 on the issuance of a take permit “for recurring eagle mortalities” associated with the operation of the Shiloh IV wind turbine project in Solano County, California. To appreciate this take permit some content may be useful.

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Maryland is First State to Legislate Permitted Use of PFAS

Green Building Law Update

actually 3 separate bills) expressly permitting PFAS (. HB 619 was also significantly amended from the originally drafted local bill seeking to protect Baltimore County firefighters from fire-fighting foam (. But then, some days ago Maryland did what no other state (nor the Federal government) has done. It passed legislation (.

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Bird Friendly Building now the Law in Howard County

Green Building Law Update

The County Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits statistics indicate it would apply to less than 1% of permits issued each year. SSpc55 credit , but zealots may have preferred the originally drafted version by the American Bird Conservancy?

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The Most Green Building Friendly Zoning Code in the Nation - Baltimore?

Green Building Law Update

Last month, the City Planning Commission approved a draft Code focusing on sustainability recommending adoption by the City Council. · Community-based alternative energy systems are a permitted and conditional use in all zoning districts. · Community-Managed Open Space is now a permitted use in most zoning districts.

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Bring on digital, online building permits!

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A consultant may produce hundreds of sheets of drawings to justify their fees and/or pad the set up to cover for lack of competency in drafting staff. Assessing documents for permits seems to be another status quo that cannot be improved. Bring on digital, online building permits. Problem is, this strategy can backfire.

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Baltimore City is Adopting the IgCC

Green Building Law Update

The Maryland legislature enacted enabling legislation permitting local governments to adopt the IgCC in 2011 and Baltimore will be the first to do so. And the State is drafting regulations to allow use of the IgCC on State capital projects, including schools, where the law had previously required LEED Silver certification.

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RELi Could be Standard Practice in Nearly Every Real Estate Transaction

Green Building Law Update

Much more than only anticipating weather extremes, in the draft document expected to be approved in the coming days, RELi 2.0 addresses the issue differently, when it prescribes, “building on green field sites below the 500 year floodplain is not permitted.”. is made clear by the draft’s own words, “[t]he RELi 2.0