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House Committees to Tackle Highway Reauthorization Bill |
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Friday, 03 February 2012 15:35 |
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Wetlines Study Included
Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a markup on its recently released highway reauthorization bill known as the “American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act” (H.R. 7). The five-year $260 billion surface transportation bill would be paid by tapping royalties from oil and gas drilling on public lands and federal waters and would cut some transportation programs to pay for the reauthorization. However, oil and gas drilling is a contentious congressional issue and may not make it into the final bill when the House and Senate reconcile differences. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected this week that the trust fund would be insolvent by 2013 assuming current spending levels.
The House Ways and Means Committee will mark up the their portion of the Highway reauthorization bill which includes the 18.3 cents-per-gallon gasoline tax, the 24.4 cents-per-gallon diesel tax and the .001 cents-per-gallon leaking underground storage tank tax. It is likely that the motor fuels excise tax and the LUST tax will remain the same and would be reauthorized for the next five years.
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FDA Begins Issuing Fines for Violations of Tobacco Regulations |
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:00 |
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The National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) is reporting that the FDA has begun issuing retailers fines for alleged violations. Of the 20 retailers facing monetary penalties, 3 have been fined $5,000. There is a chart below the article that illustrates FDA’s fines structure.
FDA Begins Issuing Complaints Assessing Fines up to $5,000 on Retailers
The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products has begun issuing “Civil Money Penalty Complaints” which are used to begin the agency’s legal action against a retailer for alleged violations of the federal tobacco regulations and can result in the assessment of a fine.
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2012 BrickStreet Safety Training Seminars |
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Monday, 09 January 2012 00:00 |
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Training Topic
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Date
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Time
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Defensive Driving
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Thursday, February 9
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8 – 12
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Defensive Driving Professional Truck Driver
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Thursday, February 9
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1 – 5
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OSHA 10-Hour – Construction Industry
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Day 1: Tuesday, February 21
Day 2: Wednesday, February 22
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Day 1: 8 – 4
Day 2: 8 – 12
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Defensive Driving
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Thursday, April 12
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8 – 12
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Forklift Train-the-Trainer
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Thursday, April 12
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1 – 4
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Body Mechanics / Proper Lifting
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Tuesday, May 22
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9 – 11
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Defensive Driving
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Thursday, July 12
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8 – 12
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Slips, Trips & Falls
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Thursday, July 12
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1 – 3
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Best Practices in Health Care
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Thursday, September 20
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8 – 4
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Slips, Trips & Falls
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Tuesday, October 16
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9 – 11
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Forklift Train-the-Trainer
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Tuesday, October 23
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1 – 4
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Defensive Driving Professional Truck Driver
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Thursday, December 6
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8 – 12
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Defensive Driving
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Thursday, December 6
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9 – 11
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OSHA 10 Hour – General Industry
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Day 1: Tuesday, December 11
Day 2: Wednesday, December 12
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Day 1: 8 – 4
Day 2: 8 - 12
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NACS, Other Groups File Lawsuit Over Fed's Swipe Fee Reform Rules |
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011 00:00 |
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Flawed debit card swipe fee reform regulations issued by the Federal Reserve have allowed big banks to continue charging unjustifiably high swipe fees and discouraged price competition among credit card networks, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court today by NACS and NACS member Miller Oil Co., among others.
The regulations, which took effect October 1, have led to an increase in debit card swipe fees in some cases, according to the plaintiffs: NACS, Norfolk-based Miller Oil Co., the Food Marketing Institute, the National Retail Federation and Boscov’s Department Store.
“The Federal Reserve missed an opportunity to give consumers the relief that they deserve and this needs to be corrected,” said NACS President and CEO Hank Armour.
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PMAA Proposes Alternative to New Nat Gas Act |
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Friday, 18 November 2011 14:37 |
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This week Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), introduced companion legislation to H.R. 1380, the “Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NAT GAS ACT) of 2011” to encourage the use of domestic natural gas to fuel vehicles. A glaring difference within the Senate bill is the proposed “pay for” which would fund the new tax credits for natural gas vehicles and infrastructure by charging a temporary user fee on the sale of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas sold for use as a motor vehicle fuel. The House version of the T. Boone Pickens plan, H.R. 1380, has the bi-partisan support of 181 cosponsors.
The bill would provide tax credits for the purchase of vehicles: $7500 for car (8500 lbs), $16,000 for 14,000 lbs, $40,000 for 26,000 lbs, and $64,000 for more than 26,000 lbs. It would also provide a producer credit for vehicles fueled by NG or LNG of 10 percent of the basis or $4000, with an aggregate credit of $200 million, and pump installation credits of 50 percent of the cost -- up to $100,000.
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