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The following steps were taken in determining the WEP PIA with the Modified Old Start 1977 Method: [4] (See Primary Insurance Amount for clarification) 1. Compute the raw 1977 Simplified Old Start PIA. 2. Reduce the PIA to 50% and round down to the nearest dime. 3. Reduce the PIA from step 1 by 50% of the non-covered pension amount. 4.
Leaders of the Texas AFL-CIO, a labor federation of 240,000 union members in the state, acknowledge most employers already provide more water breaks than what is required by ordinances in Dallas ...
Nearly 2.8 million individuals across the United States are impacted by WEP and GPO. Its effects extend to all employees of state, county, municipal and special districts in 26 states.
On January 21, 2019, two people were injured, and two structures damaged, when a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline line exploded and burned, in Noble County, Ohio [6] On April 29, 2016, a 30-inch Texas Eastern/Spectra Energy pipeline exploded, injuring one man, destroying his home, and damaging several others.
The Big Inch and Little Big Inch, collectively known as the Inch pipelines, are petroleum pipelines extending from Texas to New Jersey, built between 1942 and 1944 as emergency war measures in the United States. Before World War II, petroleum products were transported from the oil fields of Texas to the north-eastern states by sea by oil tankers.
"We lose about a farm a week in Texas, but it’s 700 years before we run out of land," Miller said. The limiting factor is water. We’re out of water, especially in the Rio Grande Valley."
In 2023, Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem by passing House Bill 4256, which created the Leaking Water Wells Grant Program under the Texas Commission on Environmental ...
April 6 – MMS issues permit to BP for the well with the notation, "Exercise caution while drilling due to indications of shallow gas and possible water flow." [18] April 9 – BP drills last section with the wellbore 18,360 feet (5,600 m) below sea level but the last 1,192 feet (363 m) needs casing. Halliburton recommends liner/tieback casing ...