Daily Report for Executives Index-Summary

NAFTA

See NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

NANOTECHNOLOGY

– African governments adopt resolution calling on nations worldwide to ensure safe handling, 37:A–11 (2/26/10)
– Carbon nanotubes

– – Cal. request for data yields responses from 18 of 26 companies, 31:A–17 (2/18/10)
– – Proposed significant new rule, EPA extends comment period at request of EC trade agency, 4:A–14 (1/8/10); EPA proposes significant new use rule for certain multiwalled carbon nanotubes, 21:A–15 (2/3/10)

– EU consortium launches website to track workplace and other exposures to nanomaterials, 26:A–10 (2/10/10)
– FY2011 budget, funding for federal effort remains flat, 21:A–11 (2/3/10); request seeks to boost environment and safety funds, 34:A–21 (2/23/10)
– Goundwater contamination, nanotechnology could save time and money in site cleanups, risk research advocated, 23:A–23 (2/5/10)
– Nanosilver, advisory panel's advice raises concerns on possible EPA response, 25:A–18 (2/9/10)
– Sunscreen ingredient titanium dioxide does not penetrate healthy skin, federal scientists find, 31:A–17 (2/18/10)

NATIVE AMERICANS

– Bonds

– – Development bonds, allocation, 28:G–7 (2/12/10)
– – Tribal schools, comments sought on information collection, 34:G–4 (2/23/10)

– Cigarette trafficking, defendants' motions denied in Swinomish case (W.D. Wash.), 29:K–1 (2/16/10); decision text, 29:TaxCore (2/16/10)
– Lease income exempt from tax, CCA, 34:K–2 (2/23/10)
– Oil on Fort Berthold Reservation, N.D. and Three Affiliated Tribes agree to continue tax, 9:H–3 (1/15/10)

NATURAL DISASTERS

See DISASTER RELIEF

NATURAL GAS

See OIL AND GAS

NEBRASKA

– Medicaid funding, 13 Atty. Gens. object to Senate amendment to pass health care reform bill, 1:G–5 (1/5/10); Nelson (D-Neb) working to expand relief, 4:G–3 (1/8/10)
– Refunds, hearing procedures, rules adopted, 29:H–2 (2/16/10)
– Water pollution

See WATER POLLUTION

NETHERLANDS

– Japan, Netherlands revise treaty to close major loopholes for LLPs, 7:I–2 (1/13/10)

NEVADA

– Sale tax updates adopted, 2:H–1 (1/6/10); SSUTA noncompliance, governing board to weigh sanctions, 34:H–1 (2/23/10)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

– Budget, malpractice fund surplus can't be used to balance (N.H.), 18:A–9 (1/29/10)
– Interest and dividends, tax extended to LLCs, partnerships, and associations, revised rule, 13:H–1 (1/22/10)

NEW JERSEY

– Cogeneration facility, sales tax exemption, 25:H–2 (2/9/10)
– Economic outlook, Dec., N.Y. FRBank report, 17:EE–11 (1/28/10)
– Employer penalty increases for off-books workers, wage and tax reporting violations, 9:H–4 (1/15/10)
– NOL carryforward, surtax extension, rules amended, 19:H–3 (2/1/10)
– Renewable energy, incentives for facilities on farmland, 23:H–1 (2/5/10)
– Tax expenditure report required yearly, 8:H–1 (1/14/10)

NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT

See COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

NEW MEXICO

– Air pollution, gas processors to spend $35M to settle air permit violations, 6:A–18 (1/12/10)
– Amazon tax bill dies, sponsor vows to refile, 37:H–1 (2/26/10)
– Budget deficit, governor proposes temporary tax increase, 3:H–2 (1/7/10); House approves package, 26:H–2 (2/10/10); legislature adjourns without agreement, 32:H–4 (2/19/10)
– Climate change, complaint seeks to halt rules to establish greenhouse emissions cap (N.M. Dist. Ct.), 9:A–17 (1/15/10)
– Economic crisis, governor supports only temporary taxes, 11:H–4 (1/20/10)

NEW YORK

– Appliance swap-out, sales taxes guidance, 33:H–4 (2/22/10)
– Bank must include Del. holding company in combined return, N.Y. Div. Tax App., 34:H–3 (2/23/10)
– Bonds, state to sell $448M, 37:H–2 (2/26/10)
– Broadcast licensing payments not property factor, 33:H–3 (2/22/10)
– Brownfields cleanup program eligibility, DEC decision reversed (N.Y.), 32:A–30 (2/19/10)
– Budget

– – Coalition urges tax hike to avoid spending cuts, 34:H–1 (2/23/10)
– – Governor's proposal, 11:H–2 (1/20/10)

– Business tax cuts, N.Y. Senate GOP minority leader to propose, 16:H–1 (1/27/10)
– Campaign finance, ethics and lobbying, governor's proposal for sweeping reform, 3:A–8 (1/7/10); legislature approves 2 bills, 13:A–15 (1/22/10)
– Construction worker misclassification, Senate bill, 26:H–1 (2/10/10)
– Diesel used to produce industrial gas exempt, 25:H–2 (2/9/10)
– Economic outlook, Dec., N.Y. FRBank report, 17:EE–11 (1/28/10)
– Environment, state authority over hydropower dam upheld (N.Y.), 31:A–18 (2/18/10)
– Ethics reform bill, State Senate fails to override governor's veto, 26:A–12 (2/10/10); governor signs more limited bill, 35:A–3 (2/24/10)
– Hotel rewards program exempt as marketing tool, 30:H–3 (2/17/10)
– IBM's network services subject to N.Y. sales tax, 16:H–1 (1/27/10)
– Insurance exchange modeled after Lloyd's of London sought by governor, 3:EE–5 (1/7/10)
– Job creation, business investment credits proposed to replace Empire Zone program, 3:H–1 (1/7/10)
– New York City

– – Drinking water supply, contamination by natural gas drilling, 1:A–16 (1/5/10); 5 hospitals and nursing homes agree to stop discharges of pharmaceutical waste into watershed, 7:A–21 (1/13/10)
– – Electric vehicles, demand may outstrip supply by 2015, study finds, 6:A–13 (1/12/10)
– – Former police chief Kerik sentenced to prison (S.D.N.Y.), 32:K–1 (2/19/10); sentencing memorandum, 32:TaxCore (2/19/10)
– – Mass transit, employer tax proposal, 26:H–2 (2/10/10)
– – Online cigarette sale case, RICO claims dismissed (U.S., judg rvs), 15:K–1 (1/26/10); decision text, 15:L–1 (1/26/10)
– – Tax options, budget watchdog office's report, 29:H–1 (2/16/10)
– – Traffic congestion in mid-town Manhattan, city to permanently adopt plan to reduce, 29:A–25 (2/16/10)

– Nonfilers, 19 professionals arrested, 21:K–1 (2/3/10)
– Property tax circuit-breaker, governor's plan opposed, 21:H–1 (2/3/10)
– Ship ballast water discharge, challenge to N.Y. state regulations rejected (N.Y. App. Div.), 24:A–2 (2/8/10)
– Tax collection, NYSBA urges shorter statute of limitations, 20:H–1 (2/2/10)
– Tax refunds, Senate resolution opposes delay, 36:H–2 (2/25/10)
– Wind farm components, sales tax exemption, 13:H–4 (1/22/10); equipment on leased property not exempt capital improvement, 14:H–2 (1/25/10)

NEW ZEALAND

– VAT success attributed to broad base, 37:I–7 (2/26/10)

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

See EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

– Duty refunds, Ford Motor's bid rejected (Ct. Intl. Trade), 8:A–2 (1/14/10)
– Mexican trucks operating on U.S. highways

See MEXICO

NORTH CAROLINA

– Corporate penalty waiver yields more revenue than expected, 2:H–1 (1/6/10)
– Digital goods taxable if they would be in tangible medium, 8:H–2 (1/14/10)
– Google tax incentives, individual taxpayers lack standing (N.C. Ct. App.), 30:K–1 (2/17/10); decision text, 30:TaxCore (2/17/10)
– Tax deficiency precludes credit carryback (E.D.N.C.), 33:K–5 (2/22/10); R.H. Donnelley decision, 33:TaxCore (2/22/10)
– Taxpayer rulings, process explained, 18:H–2 (1/29/10)

NORTH DAKOTA

– Alcohol tax increase, petition for ballot measure approved, 1:H–2 (1/5/10)
– Oil on Fort Berthold Reservation, tax agreement with tribes to continue, 9:H–3 (1/15/10)

NORWAY

– Tonnage tax illegal, ship owners to benefit, 37:I–1 (2/26/10)

NRC

See NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)

NUCLEAR POWER

– Loan guarantee of $8.3B to help finance 2 reactors in Ga. announced by Obama, 30:A–18 (2/17/10)
– N.J. seeks to mandate construction of cooling towers at power plant, 7:A–20 (1/13/10)
– NRC voting process to be put in public view, “notation voting” to be abolished, Chrm. Jaczko says, 22:A–31 (2/4/10)
– Policy “disconnect” between Obama FY2011 budget request and State of Union address criticized by Murkowski (R-Alaska), 29:A–13 (2/16/10)
– Vt. Senate rejects bill to extend operations at Yankee Nuclear Power Station, 37:A–26 (2/26/10)

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)

– Nominees Apostolakis, Magwood, and Ostendorff draw broad support from Senate Environment and Public Works Comm., 27:A–11 (2/11/10)

NUCLEAR WASTE

– Blending low-level waste for disposal, NRC may vote in April on regulation, 9:A–19 (1/15/10)
– Blue ribbon panel on waste options to make final recommendations by 2012, Sec'y Chu says, 19:A–22 (2/1/10)
– Contract work on construction projects for cleanup, cost-estimate deficiencies pose problems for DOE management, GAO report, 10:A–16 (1/19/10)
– Custody of waste from commercial power plants, federal government's defense in legal dispute limited (Fed. Cir.), 19:A–24 (2/1/10)
– Exit signs containing tritium, waste management group petitions NRC to improve labeling and accountability, 6:A–4 (1/12/10)
– Fast breeder reactors, $50B investment worldwide has not reduced waste, report says, 33:A–20 (2/22/10)
– FY2011 budget proposal for waste site cleanup, 20:B–30 (2/2/10)
– Hanford Site in Wash., DOE adds more hearings to allow public input, 14:A–23 (1/25/10)
– Idaho Natl. Lab., hot isostatic pressing chosen to treat waste, 6:A–16 (1/12/10)
– Oak Ridge Natl. Lab. cleanup hurt by management and contractor uncertainty, DOE OIG report, 34:A–23 (2/23/10)
– Risk of transporting spent fuel called low relative to other hazardous materials, 7:A–23 (1/13/10)
– Southeast Compact Comm'n for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management suit against N.C. for withdrawing (U.S., oral arg), 4:A–12 (1/8/10); $90M sought from N.C., 6:A–7 (1/12/10)
– Utah, DOE plans 2-year study before shipping more waste from Savannah River Site in S.C., 36:A–12 (2/25/10)
– Vt. Yankee power plant tritium leaks pose no threat, NRC Chrm. Jaczko tells forum, 31:A–20 (2/18/10)
– West Valley Demonstration Project in N.Y., DOE releases final plan for cleaning up, 14:A–25 (1/25/10)
– Yucca Mountain site “off the table” for waste panel, Sec'y Chu says, 10:A–1 (1/19/10); DOE to withdraw license bid, 20:B–26 (2/2/10); DOE seeks to suspend application proceedings, 21:A–14 (2/3/10); Chu defends action before Senate panel, 23:A–5 (2/5/10); Hall (R-Tex) and Broun (R-Ga) challenge decision to end funding, 25:A–10 (2/9/10); decision criticized by regulators, utilities, and elected officials, 30:A–9 (2/17/10); state regulators express disappointment with decision, 31:A–1 (2/18/10); Yucca site engineer says U.S. can learn from other countries on repository siting, 32:A–22 (2/19/10); Obama science adviser defends decision to scuttle project, 36:A–25 (2/25/10)