Defending the decision to allow that flow of equipment from the military to police to continue, the White House said the bulk of what is transferred is "fairly routine", a definition it said included "office furniture, computers and other technological equipment, personal protective equipment and basic firearms".
However, City Manager John Pietig said omitting routine and the definition of routine from the ordinance may have unintended consequences.
The aim of this paper is twofold: first, it simplifies 'solar envelope' calculations, making them easier to carry out over extensive urban areas; second, the proposed routines refine the definition of solar envelopes so that they reflect more accurately the actual irradiation of the city and make results directly applicable in urban planning.
Where the aim is to apply the model to routine clinical practice, definitions of outcomes and predictors should be in line with standard practice [ 2].
But in the context of emergency-services work, the definition of routine is a matter of debate.
One change under consideration would revise the definition of routine maintenance to allow for big overhauls without adding new pollution controls.
But the judge wrote that adoption of Ohio Edison's definition of routine maintenance would be "in direct conflict" with the "controlling language of the Clean Air Act".
A change proposed by the E.P.A. last December would significantly broaden the definition of "routine maintenance," a move that has drawn criticism from state governments and environmental groups.
While the same criteria apply for developing a case definition in routine public health surveillance, in an outbreak investigation a case definition may also include information regarding person, place, and time, in addition to clinical and laboratory characteristics.
But utility executives rejoiced in August after a federal judge in North Carolina, ruling on a motion in a case against Duke Energy, offered a broader definition of "routine maintenance" than the one E.P.A. lawyers sought.
