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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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EPA Determines Existing Regulations Sufficiently Protect against Hazardous Substance Releases
On August 24, AGC filed joint comments in support of a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluding the existing regulatory framework adequately prevents and contains discharges of hazardous substances.  AGC supports the agency’s proposal not to initiate a new… Read More
August 30, 2018
Join AGC's Three-Part WebEd Series on Construction Risk Management
AGC’s WebEd series on risk management is presented in three parts that focus on identifying pollution liabilities, understanding and insuring risk, and positioning subcontractor bonds to meet industry needs.  Join AGC on September 27, 2018 (2:00pm-3:00pm ET) for part one in the series and… Read More
August 29, 2018
Eighty Percent of Contractors Report Difficulty Finding Qualified Craft Workers to Hire as Association Calls for Measures to Rebuild Workforce
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August 28, 2018
Issuance of New 404 Permits or Jurisdictional Determinations on Hold
Court Ruling Puts 2015 WOTUS Rule in Effect in 26 States As a result of an August 16 federal court ruling, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has put a hold on the issuance of any new federal Clean Water Act Section 404 permits or jurisdictional determinations for at least the next two weeks as the… Read More
August 24, 2018
White House to Update National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
AGC Supplies Recommendations to Streamline NEPA Procedures The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently requested feedback on ways to update its regulations that implement the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which can be a circuitous, time-intensive, and costly… Read More
August 24, 2018
EPA Proposes to Lower Dust-Lead Hazard Standards; Would Leave Definition of Lead Paint Unchanged
AGC Supports Agency Move Towards Greater Transparency in Regulatory Science The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to lower the dust-lead hazard standard on floors and window sills (from 40 μg/ft2 and 250 μg/ft2 to 10 μg/ft2 and 100 μg/ft2, respectively).  At… Read More
August 24, 2018
New Bill Would Help Prevent States From Delaying Projects Based on Water Quality Certification
AGC and other industry allies recently urged the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to advance a new bill that would help prevent states from improperly delaying infrastructure projects based on water quality certifications. Among other reforms, the legislation—the Water… Read More
August 24, 2018
AGC's Environmental Conference Makes Managing Compliance Manageable
If your goal is an excellent compliance record, then AGC’s 2018 Construction Environmental Conference is the conference for you.  Join us Sept. 12 and 13 in Crystal City, Virginia, and learn how to manage environmental requirements with information straight from federal regulatory… Read More
August 23, 2018
FAR Council Adopts Federal Contractor Paid Leave Interim Rule without Change
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council on August 22 issued a final rule adopting a December 2016 interim rule that implements Pres. Obama’s Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors executive order and the related September 2016 final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor… Read More
August 22, 2018
Court Ruling Puts 2015 WOTUS Rule in Effect in 26 States
As a result of a federal court ruling on August 16, the Obama administration’s 2015 “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule—which expands federal environmental permitting jurisdiction involving wetlands—is now in effect in 26 states (listed below).  AGC published an in-depth look … Read More
August 21, 2018

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