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By Patricia Daddona, The Day, New London, Conn.  Feb. 8--Connecticut will not wait for the Environmental Protection Agency  to react to a federal court ruling on power plant fish kills.
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By The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep. 16--Potter Township supervisors have scheduled a work session 7 p.m. Tuesday at 124 Short Road, Spring Mills, to address residents' concerns about how a proposed 63-home development would affect their well water.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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Steven A. Silverman (D-At Large), Montgomery County Council president, yesterday introduced a proposal to require a special permit for free-standing discount stores larger than 120,000 square feet, except for club membership stores such as Costco and Sam's Club, and home improvement stores such as Home Depot.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 13--A plan to improve Cucharas Reservoir has been put on hold because a company that would have paid part of the cost can't get a permit for a power plant in northern Pueblo County in a timely manner.
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By Dusty Ricketts, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 11--NAVARRE BEACH -- A legal dispute over land and money continues to delay the start of construction on the largest development to come to this barrier island.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 13--A request to build 24 homes on 13.27 acres on the southeast end of the Mill District in Harris Ranch got preliminary approval Monday night from the Boise Planning and Zoning Commission.   The request by Brighton Corp.
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By Shanna Hogan, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 5--Conservationists spent more than a year gathering 300,000 signatures to get an initiative on the November ballot that would preserve 694,000 acres of state trust land.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  May 26--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a regional wetlands filling permit on Friday and opponents have already vowed to take the matter to court.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 4--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
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In Maine, the town of Freeport recently approved the development of a $45 million âlifestyle center,â to stay ahead of development in other areas of the state.
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By The Miami Herald  Sep. 12--Miami-Dade County commissioners deferred a vote today on issuing a dredging permit to Flagstone Island Gardens that would have cleared the way to build a mega-yacht facility on Watson Island.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 11--Thurston County officials ruled Friday that an application by South Sound commercial geoduck growers for a countywide shoreline development permit for future geoduck farms is incomplete.
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By THOMAS CONTENT and LEE BERGQUIST  In a setback for the state's largest utility, a Dane County circuit judge has ruled that a water permit for the $2.2 billion power plant under construction in Oak Creek does not comply with a recent federal appeals court decision.
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By Allan Brettman, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jan. 31--VANCOUVER -- A Clark County land use hearings examiner ruled  Tuesday in favor of construction of what neighbors believe will be a Wal-Mart  in the Salmon Creek area.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  May 26--Two months after Thurston County issued a favorable environmental ruling on a grading permit for a proposed 25-foot-wide private road off Steamboat Island Road, county officials took it back for a do-over.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--The owners of the Destin land marked for the extension of Commons Drive would still prefer to receive land in exchange for their property rather than money, City Manager Greg Kisela says.