NMFS has received a request from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Authority (FTA) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), on behalf of the Columbia River Crossing project (CRC), for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to bridge construction and demolition activities at the Columbia River and North Portland Harbor, Washington and Oregon, over the course of 5 years from approximately July 2013 through June 2018. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations to govern that take and requests information, suggestions, and comments on these proposed regulations.
As the increase in public construction wanes, many contractors have expanded their territory across state lines. The resulting increase in competition for public projects in Oregon and Washington has made it more important than ever for contractors to understand the public bidding practices of each state. When it comes to bid protests, knowing how those practices contrast can be the difference between working and sitting idle. Eligibility and timing
The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the Processed Pear Committee (Committee) for the 2011- 2012 and subsequent fiscal periods from $8.41 to $7.73 per ton of summer/fall processed pears handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of processed pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The Committee recommended the assessment rate decrease because the summer/fall processed pear promotion budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal period was reduced.
Several local communities are working with an emerging "council of governments" to lobby against the proposed repeal of Ohio's estate tax, despite opposition from local Tea Party-affiliated groups. Administrators from Kettering, Oakwood and Washington Twp., communities that received a combined $6.2 million in estate tax revenue last year, have worked on a steering committee to start the government group.
The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the Fresh Pear Committee (Committee) for the 2011-2012 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.501 to $0.471 per standard box or equivalent of fresh winter pears handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of fresh pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The Committee recommended the assessment rate decrease because the fresh winter pear promotion budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal period was reduced.
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new online national political survey of Americans over 50 finds a plummeting decline in confidence in the economy, the markets and Washington, particularly over the recent increase in the national debt ceiling. Generation America, a national membership organization for conservative Americans over 50 years of age, sponsored an online survey of its membership in all 50 states conducted by Parker Media, its publishing and research partner. More than 3,300 members responded to the survey, providing opinions on the economy, markets and fiscal policy being set in Washington, D.C.
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