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New OSHA Web site explains recordkeeping rules
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently unveiled a new interactive web tool to help users determine whether injuries and illnesses are work-related and recordable under the OSHA Recordkeeping rules.

AEM progresses with I Make America
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

Less than a year ago, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) launched I Make America, a national grassroots campaign to increase jobs for America's equipment manufacturers. The message of I Make America is simple: the goal is to create a new manufacturing policy that creates jobs by rebuilding and modernizing America's infrastructure, and by helping farmers and manufacturers sell their products to new markets around the world.

Joint venture to build 530-mile pipeline in the works
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

Energy Transfer Partners and Regency Energy Partners will spend $700 million in a joint venture to build a 530-mile pipeline to carry natural gas liquids from Winkler County in West Texas to a processing plant in Jackson County, east of Victoria.

Silicon Valley Hosts WESTT No-Dig
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

The 7th Annual Western Regional No-Dig Conference & Exhibition to be held Oct. 3-4, at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose, CA.

Alliance Pipeline to build natural gas lateral in North Dakota
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

Alliance Pipeline L.P. has announced plans to develop a pipeline and associated facilities in North Dakota to transport liquids-rich natural gas.

Michigan city’s CSO project slated for January 2012
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

The city of Dearborn, MI, held a public meeting in June to propose sewer separation work to stop wastewater discharges in the Rouge River during heavy rains or spring thaw.

House panel to debate Keystone XL Pipeline
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

On Capitol Hill, the House Energy and Commerce Committee debated whether to accelerate a decision by the Obama administration on the Keystone XL Pipeline and the plan to send oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.

NTA To Host Owners & Engineers Outreach Program
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

The Northeast Trenchless Association Inc. (NTA) is hosting an Owners and Engineers Outreach Program at the Windjammer Conference Center in South Burlington, VT, on Sept. 23.

Northeast Ohio regional sewer plan approved
August 2011, Vol. 66 No. 8

In an effort to clean up Lake Erie that began with the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. District Court Judge Donald C. Nugent has approved a 25-year regional sewer district plan to reduce the amount of untreated waste that is dumped into local waterways, usually during flooding.

Biggest Municipal Bankruptcy In US History Possible Over $3B Sewer Debt
July 2011, Vol. 66 No. 7

After three years of struggle to avoid bankruptcy filings, Alabama's most populous county is at the crisis point with a $4 billion debt, $3 billion of which stems from a mandated sewer overhaul in the 1990s.

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