nonfederal

Examples

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• Because of these "net-billing agreements," the BPA acquired most of the generating capacity of the five nonfederal nuclear projects.

  Academic text (1992)

• The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) base estimate assumes 4,500 nonfederal sites will be cleaned up. Id. at 13.

  Academic text (1995)

• Recently, several notable nonfederal curation facilities have been established.

  Academic text (2005)

• To keep BECC from becoming a top-down organization, its 10-member board of directors has a high proportion of nonfederal representatives.

  Academic text (1998)

• Soft shoreline protection should be the preferred form of shoreline stabilization, provided that nonfederal interests fund at least two-thirds of the costs.

  Academic text (1991)

• Habitat conservation planning aims to find a balance between the protection of endangered species on nonfederal land and the protection of private property rights, a topic that has recently become polarized among parties with conflicting interests.

  Academic text (1999)

• The National Resources Inventory (NRI), conducted by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, surveys the nation's nonfederal land resources.

  Academic text (2001)

• According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the United States has six "nonfederal" spaceports in operation—facilities not run by the military or NASA.

  Academic text (2008)

• Far more sweeping legislation was introduced with the Archaeological and Historic Sites Protection Act (1960) and later the Heritage Conservation Act (1979, revised 1996), which cover all archaeological materials predating 1846 on all nonfederal lands, including private property.

  Academic text (2005)

• In the United States, many state parks are managed by nonfederal agencies that prioritize conservation.

Antonyms

F

federal

∞ 3.8

Relating to the central government of a country that shares power with states

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