Sentence examples for under grandfathered from inspiring English sources

Environmentalists are particularly critical of the fact that nearly half of Texas's industrial plants currently operate under "grandfathered" emissions rules less stringent standards which pre-date the state's Clean Air Act.This is not the first time a governor of Texas has sympathised with businessmen about regulations.

Under grandfathering, the allocation results are predictable for all participants.

The guidelines will not have an immediate impact on corn ethanol production since existing refineries and those under construction were grandfathered under the 2007 law.

He described a local zoning scenario that allowed properties like Belcourt, which is zoned as a museum, to operate under certain grandfathered rights, which in Belcourt's case include 12 events a year, each of which has to be approved by the City Council.

"We were grandfathered under that agreement, going forward as well as backward," he said.

Early opponents, like farmers, mostly stayed on the sidelines when their water uses were grandfathered under the law.

There is less benefit for them to invest in cleaner technology if they expect to be grandfathered under the old rules when new, tougher standards are adopted.

Four other death-row inmates, grandfathered under the old system, have said they may choose death by the gun as well.

Another throwback: The plant was grandfathered under EPA regulations so that it never had to meet the same environmental standards as new plants.

Also worth noting is that China has reportedly agreed to help Pakistan build two additional civilian nuclear reactors, neither of which is grandfathered under Nuclear Supplier Group agreements.

Bolting is now required, but because of its age, the deck was grandfathered under an old law that did not require bolting.