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Íæż½ã½ã strives to provide with the most up-to-date information on LEED® v3 and how it affects contractors. On December 15, 2009 Íæż½ã½ã will host a webinar entitled "The Impact of LEED® v3 for New Construction on Construction Practices".  In attending this webinar registrants will have the ability to earn 1.5 GBCI CE hours to count toward their required credentialing maintenance hours.

Contractors and other operators of off-road diesel equipment will exceed ambitious new emissions targets set by California officials, according to new state figures released Tuesday by Íæż½ã½ã.  New data from the California Air Resources Board indicates there is no need to impose costly new "diesel retrofit" rules forcing contractors to purchase new equipment before 2014.

Following Monday's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, Íæż½ã½ã issued a statement calling for the administration to rethink its misguided approach.

On Nov. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Construction and Development Effluent Limitations Guidelines (C&D ELG) rule.  EPA has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off any construction site that impacts 10 or more acres of land at any one time.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off any construction site that impacts 10 or more acres of land at any one time, despite Íæż½ã½ã's years-long effort to explain the detrimental effect on the construction industry.

On October 26-27, members of the Íæż½ã½ã Environmental Network Steering Committee and Íæż½ã½ã environmental staff met with the Department of Energy and senior staff from several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program offices, including Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Policy, Economics and Innovation and Water.  Íæż½ã½ã members also held meetings with representatives from the Clean Air Task Force and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Throughout 2009, Íæż½ã½ã and the media have extensively covered the debate and policy developments related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing suspected climate change effects from those emissions.  The U.S. Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been actively pursuing legislative and regulatory options to control greenhouse gas emissions from stationary and mobile sources.  This article provides a summary of the major developments this year.

Webinar looks at the new LEED system and the differences from Version 2.2 for contractors

Ms. Esther H. Vassar has been appointed National Ombudsman and assistant administrator for Regulatory Enforcement Fairness for the U.S. Small Business Administration.  The Office of the National Ombudsman helps small businesses when they experience excessive or unfair federal regulatory enforcement actions, such as repetitive audits or excessive fines by a federal agency. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined its Federal Register Web site contains duplicative information that can be found on the Regulations.gov Web site. In an effort to comply with a 2003 E-Government initiative that directs federal agencies to remove duplicative projects, EPA is now directing the public to Regulations.gov for all Federal Register information.  The Federal Register is the official daily publication that federal agencies, such as EPA,  use to notify the public of final rules, proposed rules, public hearings and other notices and actions; it also includes executive orders and other presidential documents.