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CEMA
CEMA's 2017 Golf Outing will be held May 1 at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Golfers will know this as one of the premier golf clubs in the state, and the site of Connecticut's most important professional sports event, the PGA's Travelers Championship. Golfers at CEMA's outing will be able to play the same course that Jim Furyk hit a PGA record low score of 58 in a round.
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CEMA
In an effort to help municipalities offset what are expected to be heavy cuts to state aid, the President of the Senate Martin Looney (D) New Haven, proposed a local sales tax at the rate of one-half of 1 percentage point that would be added to the existing 6.35 percent state sales tax.
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CEMA
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce, and Transportation, joined Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in reintroducing S. 763, the Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act.
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PKMAA via CEMA
Recently, President Trump released his proposed $1.1 trillion FY 2018 budget blueprint, which eliminates LIHEAP. Additionally, the president is requesting that the remaining FY 2017 LIHEAP as well as the Weatherization Assistance Program funds should not be used for those programs.
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CEMA
The 2017 Eastern Energy Expo, May 21-25 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, has announced details of its full program and its keynote address. The schedule of events and session descriptions can be found here. Registration can be found here.
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CEMA
This spring we'll be consolidating our OSHA/DOT Hazmat classes into one Awareness and one Operations recertification class in May as described below. These classes satisfy both the training requirements under OSHA 29 CFR 1910-120 and DOT 49 CFR 172.704.
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CEMA
The Connecticut Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Office along with local and state police, announced that throughout April they will increase enforcement of distracted driving laws. The "U DRIVE. U TEXT. U PAY." initiative in an effort to crack down on motorists who are texting, talking and are otherwise distracted by using a mobile device.
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PMAA via CEMA
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is permanently suspending amendments to the 34-hour restart provisions issued in 2013 under U.S. DOT driver hours of service (HOS) regulations. PMAA has been fighting the 2013 restart amendments since they were imposed because they remove much needed flexibility in driver scheduling by requiring longer rest periods between restart of drivers' work week.
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PMAA via CEMA
FMCSA has withdrawn its Jan. 21, 2016 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed a revised methodology for issuance of a safety fitness determination (SFD) for motor carriers. In February, PMAA joined other industries in asking DOT Secretary Chao to rescind the Safety Fitness Determination NPRM until FMCSA completes reforms to the Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) program/Safety Measurement System (SMS).
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CEMA
Last month, CEMA's Next Generation Leadership Council gathered in Cromwell to explore the fuel that we sell and many of the issues that the industry has been dealing with concerning it. As we transition to ultra low sulfur heating oil and increase the amount of biodiesel blended into it, the significance of understanding our fuel has never been more important.
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Federated Insurance via CEMA
How often do you consider that there are far more serious consequences to unsafe driving than just getting ticketed? In most states, if you killed or injured someone because of distracted driving or playing a role in a road rage incident, you could be criminally charged. If that's not bad enough, these risky driving behaviors also put your loved ones in harm's way, whether or not they are even in the vehicle with you.
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The Buffalo News
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected National Fuel's plans for a 97-mile pipeline to carry natural gas from northwestern Pennsylvania to Elma. The DEC determined there was too big a threat to water quality and wildlife to grant National Fuel the water quality certificate required to construct the Northern Access Pipeline.
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The Connecticut Mirror
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants to help Hartford and Connecticut's poorest communities stabilize their local budgets. But he also wants all municipalities — including the poorest — to begin paying one-third of teacher pension costs set to explode over the next 15 years. Those goals may not be politically compatible. Why?
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American Energy Coalition
When it comes to petroleum, the U.S. is the land of the plenty. That's the word according to a recent article published by Bloomberg. The year 2017 started off with a bang for American oil companies as total crude and petroleum products exports rose to a record 5.69 million barrels a day in January, government data show.
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Naugatuck Patch
Though his approval rating ticked up a couple of notches, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy remains deeply unpopular among the state's voters, according to Morning Consult's latest survey of "America's Most & Least Popular Governors." Malloy, who has not announced whether he will seek reelection, has an approval rating of 29 percent and a disapproval rating of 66 percent, making him the nation's third most-unpopular governor.
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Entech Advanced Energy Training
Where do the pros look for the next generation of HVACR technicians? Right here at Entech. Our state-of-the-art facility offers training with the very latest technologies and equipment. Because Entech is affiliated with the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, we have direct relationships with the companies you'll want to work for.
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