The contractors also want to do away with "relief crane operators," a second operator required to stand by for every crane on buildings constructed of concrete, rather than steel, as well as "oilers," whose only task is to fire up the crane every morning, which, contractors say, takes less than an hour.
Meanwhile, Nelson had a short stint as a relief phone operator in Abbott, followed by a job as a tree trimmer for the local electrical company, as well as pawn shop employee.
"Unless subscribers are willing to spend more for new services, there will be no relief for operators and suppliers".
Bob Bessette, president of the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners, said it appeared that the E.P.A. had provided some relief for operators of smaller units but nonetheless called it a "terrible disappointment" because it was not clear that its standards could be met at a reasonable cost.
To investors' relief, NOKE, a state operator, will not be part of the licensing process.
A powerful Niño can drive global patterns of drought, storm, snow and flood, with big consequences for farmers and fishermen, relief organizations and reservoir operators, schoolchildren and ski bums.
This "early retirement incentive program" – captured under a subsection bluntly entitled "Regulatory Relief" – allows power plant operators to evade upcoming Clean Air Act deadlines for cleaning up deadly smog, soot, and toxic air pollution in 2012 and 2015.
Absent these "regulatory relief" provisions, many plant operators will decide to retire some of their old and dirty coal plants by 2015, concluding that it is not economically sensible to equip them with the pollution control equipment needed to meet the coming standards.
Under the bill, an owner or licensee of a covered work will be entitled to bring an action for declaratory and injunctive relief against an owner or operator of a website that is electronically disseminating the work and that has failed to disclose the required information.
A Rice Dairy market analyst predicted dairy prices to fall in the second quarter of 2008, giving relief to the fast-food operator.
