Moratorium

• Moratoriums

• High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act:

• FR, January 12, 2011
• Rules
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• City Looking at Oil, Gas Moratorium; Meeting Today

In what may be a blow to an energy company that wants to drill on Colorado Springs' Banning Lewis Ranch, the City Council will consider an emergency ordinance Wednesday establishing a six-month moratorium on oil and gas exploration. Council President Scott Hente said Tuesday the proposed moratorium would give the city "some breathing room" to ensure it has the right regulations and ordinances in place.

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• December 05, 2011

• Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Rejects Moratorium On Tifs, Pilots

A city task force examining taxpayer incentives to developers is recommending new criteria for the awards, including profit sharing on all projects, independent monitors and possible use of such inducements to help rebuild Baltimore's middle class. During a hearing at City Hall Thursday, members of the task force endorsed a plan to institute a moratorium on granting tax increment financing (TIFs) and payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) until the task force recommendations are aired by city officials.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• November 17, 2011

• Hundreds Demand Marcellus Moratorium

MORGANTOWN - Opponents of Marcellus shale gas drilling are demanding a moratorium on new West Virginia operations until tough laws are passed, enforcement is dramatically increased and water supplies are protected from overuse and pollution. The Joint Select Committee on Marcellus Shale is taking comments on how to better regulate the rapidly growing industry at three public hearings in northern West Virginia, where the industry is in overdrive. The second, held at the West Virginia University College of Law, drew a standing room-only crowd of hundreds Monday night.

• Charleston Gazette
• July 26, 2011

• Moratorium Sought -- Charter Schools

Promise Academy, at the corner of Hollywood and Chelsea in North Memphis, has plans to grow, including adding a gym across the street where blighted, boarded-up homes now sit. It won't be able to do so if the newly unified school board convinces legislators in Nashville to stop charter school growth while it works out the details of the school merger.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• October 24, 2011

• Israeli Moratorium Key to Talks ; Netanyahu Pressed by Both Sides

The chairman of Israel's largest settler organization in the disputed territory of the West Bank on Wednesday predicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government will collapse if he renews a moratorium on construction inside the settlements as part of the first direct Arab-Israeli peace talks since 2008. Daniel Dayan's stance and the slayings of four Jewish settlers this week highlighted the threats surrounding the high-stakes talks the Obama administration has made a top foreign policy priority. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to leave Thursday's direct negotiations if Mr. Netanyahu does not renew the West Bank building freeze set to expire Sept. 26.

• The Washington Times
• September 02, 2010

• Moratorium by Mlgw Stays Alive -- Ban

The governing board for Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division stopped short Thursday of ending its annual moratorium, which bans utility cutoffs between Dec. 15 and Jan. 14 for most residential customers who are behind on their bills. Memphis City Council member Janis Fullilove told board members she wanted the program to change, not end. "There are so many that need this moratorium.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• May 20, 2011

• 36 CFR 9.4 - Surface disturbance moratorium.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 36: Parks, Forests, and Public Property

• Village of Muttontown Sued Over Moratorium

When the Woodcrest Country Club went up for sale last spring, the Village of Muttontown enacted a moratorium on subdivisions to dissuade developers from buying the property and began discussions on purchasing the 107-acre golf course to keep builders out, according to a federal lawsuit. And though the village failed to make a deal for Woodcrest, it extended its now 18-month moratorium, banning all subdivisions large enough to require a new street.

• Long Island Business News
• October 20, 2011

• Biomass Plans Dead; Moratorium Still Alive

Plans for biomass in downtown Vancouver may be dead, but the city council on Monday night kept alive a moratorium stopping development at the site. Earlier this year, Clark County announced plans for a biomass plant at West 11th and Harney streets. It stirred controversy that pitted downtown residents and the city council against Clark County commissioners and the private company that would become its partner. The plan was abandoned last month by that company, Schneider Electric.

• The Columbian
• December 10, 2011