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CEMA
On Tuesday, CEMA submitted a brief to the state Supreme Court concerning our lawsuit that claims that the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) failed to comply with the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). CEPA requires that any project proposed by the state that could cause significant environmental damage is required to perform an environmental impact evaluation (EIE). To read the brief, click here.
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CEMA
CEMA recently met with the commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), the deputy commissioner, their lead attorney, legislative liaison and the director of the division who oversees the e-cigarette registration concerning the $400 per person registration fee to sell e-cigarette (and other vapor products). We were joined by representatives of NECSA, the Pharmacy Association and an e-cigarette manufacture.
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CEMA
Reminder: Environmental Protection Agency Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Tier II reports must be filed for bulk plants, marinas and fleet fueling facilities that stored more than 10,000 pounds (approximately 1,626 gallons) of hazardous chemicals (petroleum fuels) in fixed storage at any single time during the 2015 calendar year.
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CEMA
Recently, the House passed via a 266-144 bipartisan vote the "Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act." The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rogers, R-Washington, and Loretta Sanchez, D-California, passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee in November by a vote of 36-12.
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CEMA
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in Tibble v. Edison where employees in a company sued their employer for selecting retirement plans whose fees were too expensive. The Court ruled in favor of the employees, saying, among other things, that "a trustee has a continuing duty — separate and apart from the duty to exercise prudence in selecting investments at the outset — to monitor, and remove, imprudent trust investments."
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
Question: Can the company request an employee, including a pregnant worker, to sign a waiver from liability, due to potential danger of on-the-job injury sustained or harm sustained, at the hands of a mental health patient who is a resident of our facility? Would a request for waiver of liability expose the company to pregnancy discrimination, based on terms of employment, work conditions or any other employment terms?
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Insurance Information Institute via CEMA
As millions dig out from some of the heaviest snowfalls ever to hit the eastern United States, many may have questions about the claims filing process. In the event of storm-related damage, contact your insurance professional as soon as possible. Let them know the extent of the damage and where you can be reached if you had to relocate. Those filing a flood insurance claim should contact the same agent or broker who sold them the policy.
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CEMA
We've been getting some calls recently from members regarding fingerprinting needed for their hazmat commercial driver license renewals, or for their Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards. Though it's possible to just show up at a fingerprinting site, it's highly recommended that you go through a pre-enrollment online and set up an actual appointment. First go to the Universal Enroll website here.
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CEMA
Tradeshow May 24-25
Conference May 22-26
Save the dates for this conference, which is the "new and improved" version of AREE, which had been held in Atlantic City, and now will be at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for the first time. If you're interested in exhibiting, only 13 booths remain, so click here to reserve your booth before they sell out. As of this writing, attendee registration is not yet open.
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Oil & Energy Online
Connecticut's independent marketers of Oilheat and Bioheat® Fuel have seen more than enough of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's aggressive, pro-natural gas energy policy.
With new developments and information contradicting every purported advantage of natural gas, the oil dealers are heading to Hartford to tell their compelling story to state lawmakers.
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WTIC-TV
The cold temperatures were causing problems with natural gas lines in Berlin.
Connecticut Natural Gas customers began calling in and complaining at around 5 a.m. Feb. 14.
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The Republican
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey lashed out at the Energy Department for approving the export of domestic natural gas via pipeline to a Canadian shipping port, saying the move "would be a disaster for our consumers and our region" because it would link New England energy prices to international markets. Markey said the Feb. 5 announcement regarding the Goldboro Liquefied Natural Gas Project in Nova Scotia confirms his view "that the ultimate goal of some natural gas pipeline proposals" is to "use New England as a throughway to export U.S. natural gas to Canada and ultimately to overseas markets" instead of helping residents.
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USA Today
Gasoline prices may soon dip below $1 per gallon at some stations in the Midwest, putting the price of unleaded fuel in the same category as a pack of gum or a bag of pretzels from the vending machine.
"The cheapest gasoline prices in over 12 years are showing up in some lucky states in the heart of the nation, with previously unthinkable 99-cent gasoline becoming a strong possibility as wholesale gas prices plunge amidst growing supply," GasBuddy.com senior analyst Patrick DeHaan said in an email.
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Hartford Business Journal
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, is calling on the Justice Department to investigate allegations that Eversource Energy has abused foreign worker visa programs to replace American information technology workers with lower-paid foreign visa holders. Blumenthal wrote Eversource CEO Thomas May requesting a full accounting of how and why the company decided to fire 200 American employees, and whether those employees were forced to train future foreign replacements and sign nondisparagement agreements.
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New Haven Register
The average retail price of gasoline in the New Haven area recently continued the steady decline that started last summer, according to the fuel tracking website GasBuddy.com. The average price of a gallon on gas among 229 gas stations in the New Haven area fell 2.6 cents per gallon to $1.92.
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KNBC-TV
As the massive natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon continues to pump methane into the air above Los Angeles, environmental activists are warning about a much bigger and more widespread crisis that is not drawing nearly as much attention: leaks throughout the nation's oil and gas supply chain. A series of studies spearheaded by the Environmental Defense Fund beginning in 2012 found problems across the country at every point of the natural gas supply chain, from thousands of wellheads to miles of utility lines underneath city streets.
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