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ARTBA Voices Opposition to EPA Proposal
A proposal from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to tighten ozone standards threatens to put hundreds of communities across America out of compliance with the Clean Air Act (CAA) and, in turn, places federal highway funds for those areas at risk. That was the message American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Assistant General Counsel & Director of Regulatory Affairs Nick Goldstein delivered at an EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee hearing on the agency’s proposed regulation.

ABC Urges President Obama to Include Free Enterprise Solutions in State of the Union
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is urging President Obama to include free enterprise solutions to stimulate the economy and help create jobs in his State of the Union address tonight.
“With construction in this country nearly at a standstill and the industry unemployment rate at a staggering 22.7% – more than twice the national average – we call on President Obama to focus on a job proposal that will help put Americans back to work and the construction industry back on its feet,” said ABC 2010 National Chairman James W. Elmer.

Clean Energy, Solar Technology Could Create Construction Jobs
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week will highlight solar energy and clean energy job opportunities as President Obama and Democrats continue to work on economic recovery and job creation. Five Democratic senators sent a letter to Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in November asking that equipment and manufacturing facilities for solar companies be covered under the current 30% solar investment tax credit, which currently covers solar-technology purchases and installation. It could create 7,200 jobs in manufacturing and another 2,700 in construction, the letter said.

CIM Students Build Monument to Fire Fighters Who Died on 9/11
Concrete Industry Management students will be working during the annual World of Concrete Artistry event to create a memorial to the fallen firefighters of the firehouse located at 48th & 8th Streets in New York City. On September 11, 2001, this firehouse lost two Companies including the men and women on duty for Ladder 4, Engine 54 & Battalion 9.

Contractor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Chec Consultants’ Alan Curtis received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him by the Asphalt Interlayer Association (AIA) at National Pavement Expo West in Las Vegas. John Miner and Jeff Rasche, TenCate Geosynthetics North America, presented the award on behalf of AIA for Curtis’ service to the pavement industry and his efforts on behalf of pavement preservation.

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