California Environmental Quality Act: The Act allows local governments to require environmental impact reports for private or government projects that may have a significant impact on the environment.

 

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California Environmental Quality Act: The Act allows local governments to require environmental impact reports for private or government projects that may have a significant impact on the environment.

Environmental Impact Report: A report required by the California Environmental Quality Act that projects the impact a project may have on the environment. The report includes relavant data and an analysis of its effects . . . View Full Definition

Occupational Safety And Health Act (OSHA): Congress created OSHA under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which was signed by President Richard M. Nixon on December 29, 1970. OSHAs mission is to prevent work-related injuries, il . . . View Full Definition

Occupational Safety And Health Act (OSHA) Of 1970: A law setting forth standards that employers must comply with in order to provide working conditions that are safe and free from any health hazards for all employees. Additionally, the law a . . . View Full Definition

Obliquity Factor: A factor in an expression for a constituent tide (or tidal current) involving the angle of the inclination of the Moon's orbit to the plane of the Earth's Equator.

Office Of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP): Division of the Employment Standards Administration in the Department of Labor responsible for enforcing three statutes for federal contractors and subcontractors: Executive Order No. 11246, . . . View Full Definition

Old-Line Factoring: Factoring arrangement that provides collection, insurance, and finance for accounts receivable.

Nutrition Labeling And Education Act Of 1991 (NLEA): P.L. 101-535 (November 8, 1990) mandated for the first time that most foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration must be sold with nutrition labeling. The Act changed the list of nu . . . View Full Definition

Normal Investment Practice: The investment history of a customer, which is used as a benchmark to test the bona fide public offerings requirement of the allocation of a hot issue.

Noncash Transactions: Investing and financing activities that do not affect cash: if significant, they are disclosed below the statement of cash flows or in the notes to the financial statements.