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NMFS and FWs Extend Comment Period for New ESA Rules
On September 12, 2008, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service announced that they were extending the public comment period for their jointly proposed new rules governing inter-agency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act. The new comment period ends October 14, 2008.
These proposed rules are controversial, and they are generating substantial public interest. As of September 15, 2008, almost 8000 public comments had already been filed on the proposed rules.
Click here to read Federal Register notice extending comment period
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CBO Predicts Budget Deficit Will Rise In 2009
The U.S. budget deficit will swell to record levels in 2009 as the "turbulent" economy cuts revenues and hikes government spending, a congressional report said Tuesday in an assessment that does not include the possible costs of rescuing two gigantic mortgage companies. The Congressional Budget Office's latest budget and economic forecast projected a deficit of about $407 billion this year, rising to a record $438 billion in the fiscal year that starts on Oct. 1. That would shatter the 2004 record of $413 billion and would be in contrast to the $161 billion budget shortfall last year, CBO said.
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