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ASFPM Submits Comments on CEQ’s Principals & Guidelines
On December 3, 2009 the White House Council on Environmental Quality released a new draft Principals & Guidelines to both the Federal Register for public comment and to the National Academy of Sciences for its review. This afternoon ASFPM submitted comments on these draft Principals & Guidelines. You can view the official announcement and all…
ASFPM-2011 Legislative and Policy Priorities
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