The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Thursday issued a final rule relaxing the proposed prescriptive core principles related to the trading of swaps on designated contract markets (DCMs), and proposed delaying the effectiveness of certain provisions of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act until the end of the year.
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Interior Dept. Seeks to Speed Endangered Species Process
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne last Monday proposed relaxing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to allow federal agencies in certain narrowly defined situations to decide on their own whether projects would threaten endangered species and plants. The move is aimed at reducing the workload by limiting “unnecessary consultations” among agencies over actions likely to have minimal impact.
August 18, 2008
Bush Administration Seeks to Cut Endangered Species Workload
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne Monday proposed relaxing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to allow federal agencies in certain narrowly defined situations to decide on their own whether projects would threaten endangered species and plants. The move is aimed at reducing the workload by limiting “unnecessary consultations” among agencies over actions likely to have minimal impact.
August 13, 2008
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