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State by State Incentives Guide

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Enterprise Zone Credit or Exemption: The Alabama Enterprise Zone Act (Act. The program provides state and local tax incentives and non-tax incentives to businesses and industries located within Alabama’s Enterprise Zones. May not have closed or reduced employment elsewhere in Alabama in order to expand into an enterprise zone.

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FEATURE STORY: Racing To Be Ready – U.S. Ports Prepare for Post Panamax Era

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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. The Bayonne Bridge was the world’s longest steel-arch bridge for 45 years.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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ENTERPRISE ZONE CREDIT: To stimulate growth in depressed areas of the state, Alabama offers certain tax credit incentives to business that locate or expand within a designated enterprise zone. ENTERPRISE ZONES: Businesses located within the boundaries of an EZ are eligible for tax credits. LAMBRA zones are a companion to EZs.

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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Perry told us all of the CREZ (Competitive Renewable Energy Zones) lines are scheduled to become operational by the end of this year. Perry has supported pilot projects to assess the feasibility of large-scale seawater desalination plants on the Texas Gulf Coast. Texas is undertaking a $6.8-billion

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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The location on I-20, rail served by Union Pacific and Foreign Trade Zone #165 makes Midland a prime location for distribution and manufacturing. It is hopeful that the feasibility study will indicate, as have preliminary analyses, that benefits of the channel project should exceed its $300 million cost.

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Protecting sensitive sites: Noise and vibration rules

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A range of feasible alternatives defines a project within an EIR, each potentially requiring different mitigation. One of these is designated as the preferred alternative. In all three jurisdictions, the studies and analysis are generally assigned to consultants retained by a project proponent, such as the project owner.

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Cover Story: New Energy Powers Growth

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SGICC will use the bulk of the D2PA funds to provide grants to PA-based small companies to demonstrate the feasibility of emerging technologies, or seed funds to test and help launch ideas, and to assist in market acceptance and growth of shale energy focused products or services. times that of the Nos.