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Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations (open access)

Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations

This manual provides information on quarry operation under the Edwards Aquifer rules, covers general guidelines that apply to all quarries, recommends measures for implementation in portions of quarries that discharge to surface waters, and addresses the management of process water on-site.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Barrett, Michael E. & Eck, Bradley J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations: Complying with Edwards Aquifer Rules (open access)

Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations: Complying with Edwards Aquifer Rules

This guide instructs quarry operators on how best to comply with Edwards Aquifer rules and standard TCEQ regulations.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations: Complying with the Edwards Aquifer Rules (open access)

Best Management Practices for Quarry Operations: Complying with the Edwards Aquifer Rules

This document provides information on the best management practices for quarry operations for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Barrett, Michael E. & Eck, Bradley J.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biennial Registries of Reinvestment Zones for Tax Abatements and Tax Increment Financing (open access)

Biennial Registries of Reinvestment Zones for Tax Abatements and Tax Increment Financing

This report provides information on tax abatement and tax increment financing for reinvestment zones.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calhoun County Regional Wastewater Facility Study (open access)

Calhoun County Regional Wastewater Facility Study

Report on the results of a study about a regional wastewater facility for Calhoun County, Texas.
Date: January 2012
Creator: CDM
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog for City of Denton Parks and Recreation, Fall & Winter 2012 (open access)

Catalog for City of Denton Parks and Recreation, Fall & Winter 2012

Catalog of seasonal activities offered by City of Denton Parks and Recreation, including special events, programs, and classes, broken down by age groups.
Date: 2012
Creator: Denton (Tex.). Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog for City of Denton Parks and Recreation, Summer 2012 (open access)

Catalog for City of Denton Parks and Recreation, Summer 2012

Catalog of seasonal activities offered by City of Denton Parks and Recreation, including special events, programs, and classes, broken down by age groups.
Date: 2012
Creator: Denton (Tex.). Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Fourth Quarter 2011 (open access)

City Mixed Beverage Comparison Summary: Fourth Quarter 2011

Quarterly report outlining tax revenues and remittances for alcoholic beverages, listed by city for October-December 2011. It also compares the statistics to the same period for the previous year.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CO2–brine–caprock interaction: Reactivity experiments on Eau Claire shale and a review of relevant literature (open access)

CO2–brine–caprock interaction: Reactivity experiments on Eau Claire shale and a review of relevant literature

Long term containment of stored CO2 in deep geological reservoirs will depend on the performance of the caprock to prevent the buoyant CO2 from escaping to shallow drinking water aquifers or the ground surface. Here we report new laboratory experiments on CO2-brine-caprock interactions and a review of the relevant literature. The Eau Claire Formation is the caprock overlying the Mount Simon sandstone formation, one of the target geological CO2 storage reservoirs in the Midwest USA region. Batch experiments of Eau Claire shale dissolution in brine were conducted at 200 C and 300 bars to test the extent of fluid-rock reactions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis indicate minor dissolution of K-feldspar and anhydrite, and precipitation of pore-filling and pore-bridging illite and/or smectite, and siderite in the vicinity of pyrite. We also reviewed relevant reactivity experiments, modeling work, and field observations in the literature in an attempt to help define the framework for future studies on the geochemical systems of the caprock overlain on geological CO2 storage formations. Reactivity of the caprock is generally shown to be low and limited to the vicinity of the CO2-caprock interface, and is related to the original caprock mineralogical and petrophysical properties. …
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: Liua, Faye; Lua, Peng; Griffith, Craig; Hedges, Sheila W.; Soong, Yee; Hellevang, Helge et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $474 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $474 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

Document describing March 2012 local sales tax allocation with comparison summaries of cities sales and use tax listed first by county then city.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $551 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $551 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

Press release and financial statements related to monthly sales tax revenue that were being sent local governments in 2012.
Date: 2012
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Controlling intake of uranium in the workplace: Applications of biokinetic modeling and occupational monitoring data (open access)

Controlling intake of uranium in the workplace: Applications of biokinetic modeling and occupational monitoring data

This report provides methods for interpreting and applying occupational uranium monitoring data. The methods are based on current international radiation protection guidance, current information on the chemical toxicity of uranium, and best available biokinetic models for uranium. Emphasis is on air monitoring data and three types of bioassay data: the concentration of uranium in urine; the concentration of uranium in feces; and the externally measured content of uranium in the chest. Primary Reference guidance levels for prevention of chemical effects and limitation of radiation effects are selected based on a review of current scientific data and regulatory principles for setting standards. Generic investigation levels and immediate action levels are then defined in terms of these primary guidance levels. The generic investigation and immediate actions levels are stated in terms of radiation dose and concentration of uranium in the kidneys. These are not directly measurable quantities, but models can be used to relate the generic levels to the concentration of uranium in air, urine, or feces, or the total uranium activity in the chest. Default investigation and immediate action levels for uranium in air, urine, feces, and chest are recommended for situations in which there is little information on the form …
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: Leggett, Richard Wayne; Eckerman, Keith F; McGinn, Wilson & Meck, Dr. Robert A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Liberty Deposit Mine Area: Rusk County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Liberty Deposit Mine Area: Rusk County, Texas

Report by Atkins to conduct a cultural resources survey of the proposed 3,865.94 acres Liberty Deposit Mine Area in Rusk County, Texas. The report covers the NRHP eligibility status for three prehistoric sites (41Rk32, 41RK187, and 41RK629).
Date: January 2012
Creator: Atkins
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing a robust geochemical and reactive transport model to evaluate possible sources of arsenic at the CO2 sequestration natural analog site in Chimayo, New Mexico (open access)

Developing a robust geochemical and reactive transport model to evaluate possible sources of arsenic at the CO2 sequestration natural analog site in Chimayo, New Mexico

Migration of carbon dioxide (CO2) from deep storage formations into shallow drinking water aquifers is a possible system failure related to geologic CO2 sequestration. A CO2 leak may cause mineral precipitation/ dissolution reactions, changes in aqueous speciation, and alteration of pH and redox conditions leading to potential increases of trace metal concentrations above EPA National Primary Drinking Water Standards. In this study, the Chimayo site (NM) was examined for site-specific impacts of shallow groundwater interacting with CO2 from deep storage formations. Major ion and trace element chemistry for the site have been previously studied. This work focuses on arsenic (As), which is regulated by the EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act and for which some wells in the Chimayo area have concentrations higher than the maximum contaminant level (MCL). Statistical analysis of the existing Chimayo groundwater data indicates that As is strongly correlated with trace metals U and Pb indicating that their source may be from the same deep subsurface water. Batch experiments and materials characterization, such as: X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and synchrotron micro X-ray fluorescence (#2;-XRF), were used to identify As association with Fe-rich phases, such as clays or oxides, in the Chimayo sediments …
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: Viswanathana, Hari; Daia, Zhenxue; Lopano, Christina; Keating, Elizabeth; Hakala, J. Alexandra; Scheckelc, Kirk G et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Essentials of Texas Water Resources: 2nd Edition (open access)

Essentials of Texas Water Resources: 2nd Edition

Book outlining specific case law and issues related to water resources according to the Texas legal code.
Date: 2012
Creator: State Bar of Texas. Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire Impacts on the Mojave Desert Ecosystem: Literature Review (open access)

Fire Impacts on the Mojave Desert Ecosystem: Literature Review

The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) is located within the Mojave Desert, which is the driest region in North America. Precipitation on the NNSS varies from an annual average of 130 millimeters (mm; 5.1 inches) with a minimum of 47 mm (1.9 inches) and maximum of 328 mm (12.9 inches) over the past 15 year period to an annual average of 205 mm (8.1 inches) with an annual minimum of 89 mm (3.5 inches) and maximum of 391 mm (15.4 inches) for the same time period; for a Frenchman Flat location at 970 meters (m; 3182 feet) and a Pahute Mesa location at 1986 m (6516 feet), respectively. The combination of aridity and temperature extremes has resulted in sparsely vegetated basins (desert shrub plant communities) to moderately vegetated mountains (mixed coniferous forest plant communities); both plant density and precipitation increase with increasing elevation. Whereas some plant communities have evolved under fire regimes and are dependent upon fire for seed germination, plant communities within the Mojave Desert are not dependent on a fire regime and therefore are highly impacted by fire (Brown and Minnich, 1986; Brooks, 1999). As noted by Johansen (2003) natural range fires are not prevalent in the Mojave …
Date: January 1, 2012
Creator: Lynn, Fenstermaker
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiscal Size-up: 2012-2013 (open access)

Fiscal Size-up: 2012-2013

Biennial report produced by the Texas Legislative Budget Board providing information about the structure and operation of the state government including an overview of the budget, descriptions of revenue sources and funds, the economic outlook and demographic information, and descriptions of the programs, activities, and issues of state agencies and institutions.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: December 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: December 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Journal of Big Bend Studies, Volume 24, 2012

Journal exploring topics related to the history and culture of the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, with an emphasis on the Big Bend Region of Texas.
Date: 2012
Creator: Sul Ross State University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Effective Schools Project, Volume 19, 2012 (open access)

Journal of the Effective Schools Project, Volume 19, 2012

The Journal of the Effective Schools Project covers topics related to the member schools involved in the program. The Journal includes articles from several educators and education specialists.
Date: 2012
Creator: Tarleton State University. Effective Schools Project.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption (open access)

Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaption

"This report focuses on the relationship between climate change and extreme weather and climate events, the impacts of such events, and the strategies to manage the associated risks."
Date: 2012
Creator: Cambridge University Press
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mineral Wells East Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mineral Wells West Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Party Talk: Answers to Everyday Legal Questions for Texas Lawyers (open access)

Party Talk: Answers to Everyday Legal Questions for Texas Lawyers

This book provides answers to common legal questions asked of lawyers in their everyday life by friends and acquaintances divided by topic.
Date: 2012
Creator: State Bar of Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History