In a hopeful signal that the federal government is serious about getting funding from the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF) to work, EPA put out a notice yesterday to all states to be prepared to advance water infrastructure projects and urges them to begin prioritizing now and encourages states to leverage the new Lead Service Line Replacement … Read more…
The Federal Infrastructure Bill was signed yesterday by President Biden. Please know that the staff at the UTCA along with Robert Briant Jr, CEO are prepared to work with the Governors Office, NJDOT, NJ Transit and others to be sure we get projects shovel ready as we anticipate the much needed funding for NJ Infrastructure. … Read more…
Governor Murphy signed a New Executive Order yesterday that will require workers employed under state contracts to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus or be subjected to weekly COVID-19 testing. We are sending you a memo from our Association Attorney, Lou Cappelli of Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor, LLC. This is going to … Read more…
Click Here For HIPPA, COVID Vaccination Guidance from Office of Civil Rights Attached is recent Guidance from Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services responsible for, among other things, enforcing compliance with HIPAA. The guidance highlights that HIPAA only applies to the three categories of covered entities—health … Read more…
The New Jersey Department of Treasury today announced that the gas tax will decrease 8.3 cents per gallon beginning October 1, 2021. The transportation capital plans remain unchanged for NJDOT (including Local Aid) and NJ Transit. UTCA worked for language in the 2016 reauthorization of the Transportation Trust Fund that mandates an annual evaluation of … Read more…
Congressional Democrats today adopted a plan to consider the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) by September 27 of this year, and passed a procedural vote allowing work to begin on a separate, $3.5 trillion social spending package. As previously reported, under the five-year IIJA New Jersey would receive approximately $6.8 billion for highways, … Read more…
The Senate today passed the long-awaited $1 trillion infrastructure package, formally known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The 69-30 vote marks a pivotal step in the advancement of the nation’s largest long-term infrastructure investment in nearly a century. Under the five-year plan, New Jersey would receive approximately $6.8 billion for highways, $1.1 billion … Read more…
