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The Journal 's "The Outlook" piece takes note of recent claims that the Y2K problem will generate a recession of 1974 oil-shock caliber and says that's not likely: After all, the twenty-two-day-long government shut-down in 1996 didn't do that, nor did last summer's UPS strike.
- Physical changes or changes in the method ofoperation associated with the commencement of commercial operations by a coal-fired utility unit after a period of discontinued operation shall not subject the unit to the requirements of section 111 or part C of the Act where the unit (1) has not been in operation for the two-year period prior to November 15, 1990 , and the emissions from such unit continue to be carried in the permitting authority's emissions inventory on November 15, 1990, (2) was equipped prior to shut-down with a continuous system of emissions control that achieves a removal efficiency for sulfur dioxide of no less than 85 percent and a removal efficiency for particulates of no less than 98 percent, (3) is equipped with low-NOx burners prior to the time of commencement, and (4) is otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Act.
It was the center of a recently shut-down Internet porn scam that charged unwitting customers, mainly Americans, the cost of a long-distance call to Moldova when they downloaded dirty pictures.
Before the funding shut-down, the bar's L.A. office had 40 prosecutors.