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Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies walks the reader step by step through the LEED 2009 for New Construction process, offering advanced techniques for estimating the actual costs, in time and money, for building green.

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The extent of federal authority over construction work in “waters of the United States” is becoming even more confusing for the regulated community. Sources say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are poised to release a new “guidance” document that would expand what constitutes federally-controlled waters, by revisiting U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have created competing tests to determine the scope of federal jurisdiction.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced for the third time that it needs more time to issue a set of rules that decide how aggressively the United States will need to fight ground-level ozone (smog). 

�������ϲʿ���Ԥ�� is playing a lead role in securing federal funding to help member companies retrofit their equipment on a voluntary basis and earn positive national recognition.  We worked to attain reauthorization of federal Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants through 2016 and to amend certain provisions of the bill to help Chapters and members compete for federal aid under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Funding Assistance Program.

On Dec. 30, EPA finalized the largest total maximum daily load (TMDL) or “pollution diet” ever developed by the agency, covering the entire 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay watershed.

�������ϲʿ���Ԥ�� remains engaged in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) effort to promulgate new standards to restrict stormwater discharges from newly developed and redeveloped construction sites (i.e., post-construction discharges) by November 2012.

The controversial numeric turbidity limit and associated monitoring requirements for construction site stormwater runoff are officially on hold until EPA reevaluates the data and issues a “correction rule.” 

On Nov. 19, �������ϲʿ���Ԥ�� submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed rule to classify coal combustion residuals (CCR) as either hazardous or non-hazardous waste.  

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) Friday approved revised off-road diesel emissions rules that were negotiated this year by �������ϲʿ���Ԥ�� of America. The revisions will give struggling construction firms time to comply with off-road diesel emissions rules while delivering lower emissions than the original version of the rule.