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Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Key Environmental and Public Health Requirements (open access)

Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Key Environmental and Public Health Requirements

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As with conventional oil and gas development, requirements from eight federal environmental and public health laws apply to unconventional oil and gas development. For example, the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulates discharges of pollutants into surface waters. Among other things, CWA requires oil and gas well site operators to obtain permits for discharges of produced water—which includes fluids used for hydraulic fracturing, as well as water that occurs naturally in oil- or gas-bearing formations—to surface waters. In addition, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) governs the management and disposal of hazardous wastes, among other things. However, key exemptions or limitations in regulatory coverage affect the applicability of six of these environmental and public health laws. For example, CWA also generally regulates stormwater discharges by requiring that facilities associated with industrial and construction activities get permits, but the law and its regulations largely exempt oil and gas well sites. In addition, oil and gas exploration and production wastes are exempt from RCRA hazardous waste requirements based on a regulatory determination made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1988. EPA generally retains its authorities under federal …
Date: September 5, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
BF AWP Grantee Checklist: How to address Changing Climate Concerns in Your Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Project (open access)

BF AWP Grantee Checklist: How to address Changing Climate Concerns in Your Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Project

A document which provides information about climactic changes in brownfields. The paper offers information about land reuse considering the conditions of the brownfields.
Date: September 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 2. Basic First Steps and Considerations (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 2. Basic First Steps and Considerations

Part 2 of a larger report on biomass energy partnerships between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section outlines the necessary steps, considerations, and resources to establish a biomass industry.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies.  7. Representative biomass CHP System Cost and Performance Profiles (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. 7. Representative biomass CHP System Cost and Performance Profiles

Part 7 of a larger report on a partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section provides information on the cost and performance of various biomass industries.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. [Part] 3. Biomass Resources (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. [Part] 3. Biomass Resources

Part 3 of a larger report on a partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section offers an overview of the natural resources available for biomass power and also identifies the necessary characteristics of a biomass fuel.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Spring and Summer 1998: Final Report (open access)

Coastal Upwelling and Mass Mortalities of Fishes and Invertebrates in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during Spring and Summer 1998: Final Report

Report of the mass mortality of fish and invertebrates resulting from the 1998 El Nino in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Mortality was linked to a condition of near anoxia caused by a confluence of unusual oceanographic stratification associated with coastal upwelling, algal proliferation, and climatic conditions.
Date: September 1999
Creator: Collard, Sneed B & Lugo-Fernandez, Alexis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies: Appendix B--EPA CHP Partnership Biomass Tools and Resources (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies: Appendix B--EPA CHP Partnership Biomass Tools and Resources

Appendix B is part of a larger report on biomass energy partnerships between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; it describes available tools and resources in the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) industry.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Accidents from Electric Power Outages (open access)

Chemical Accidents from Electric Power Outages

A report about preventing, dealing with, and identifying electric power outages.
Date: September 2001
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
2010 GLHHFTS Fish Tissue Data Dictionary for Mercury, PFC, PBDE, and PCBs (open access)

2010 GLHHFTS Fish Tissue Data Dictionary for Mercury, PFC, PBDE, and PCBs

A document containing fish tissue results from the 2010 Great Lakes Human Health Fish Tissue Study.
Date: September 2014
Creator: United States. Office of Science and Technology.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves (open access)

Shaft Blow-Out Hazard of Check and Butterfly Valves

A report about check and butterfly valves which can fail catastrophically. This can cause gas releases, fires, and vapor cloud explosions.
Date: September 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix F: References (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix F: References

Appendix F reference list of a biomass energy report from the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix D--Anaerobic Digesters (open access)

Biomass Combined heat and Power Catalog of Technologies. Appendix D--Anaerobic Digesters

Appendix D of a biomass energy report from the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership. This report briefly describes three design guidelines for three types of anaerobic digesters: covered anaerobic lagoon, complete-mix digester, and plug-flow digester.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties. (open access)

Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles with Civil Liberties.

A report which has a primary focus on the uncertain boundaries of religious freedom under the Free Exercises and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment and under some federal statutes.
Date: September 2016
Creator: United States Commission on Civil Rights
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf Of Mexico; Annual Report: Year 2 (open access)

Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf Of Mexico; Annual Report: Year 2

This report is about the cooperative research on sperm whales and their response to seismic exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: September 2004
Creator: Jochens, Ann E. & Biggs, Douglas C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Building Partnerships to Control Tuberculosis, Report to Congress: 2008 (open access)

Building Partnerships to Control Tuberculosis, Report to Congress: 2008

Report summarizing the USAID's efforts in preventing and controlling tuberculosis worldwide.
Date: September 2009
Creator: United States. Agency International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2002-2003: Final Report (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, 2002-2003: Final Report

Final report of 2002-2003 monitoring of habitat and marine life of the East and West Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico
Date: September 2006
Creator: Precht, William F.; Aronson, Richard B.; Deslarzes, Kenneth J. P.; Robbart, Martha L.; Murdoch, Thaddeus J. T.; Gelber, Adam et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food for Peace Act, Section 202(e) Funding Report (open access)

Food for Peace Act, Section 202(e) Funding Report

Report about how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) used the Food for Peace Act, Section 202(e) funding in Fiscal Year 2015 to improve the impact of the Office of Food for Peace's Title II programming.
Date: September 30, 2016
Creator: U.S. Agency International Development
System: The UNT Digital Library
USAID Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs Annual Report: 2013 (open access)

USAID Biodiversity Conservation and Forestry Programs Annual Report: 2013

Annual report detailing USAID's biodiversity conservation and forestry programs, including results and funding, for the fiscal year 2012.
Date: September 2013
Creator: United States. Agency International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 6. Power Generation Technologies (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 6. Power Generation Technologies

Part 6 of a report regarding the partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section highlights and compares various technologies and their capacity to run on biomass energy.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 5. Biomass Conversion Technologies (open access)

Biomass Combined Heat and Power Catalog of Technologies, [Part] 5. Biomass Conversion Technologies

Part 5 of a report regarding the partnership between the EPA and biomass stakeholders; this section addresses the principles of biomass conversion and energy production.
Date: September 2007
Creator: [Wickwire, Susan]
System: The UNT Digital Library
This POODLE Bites: Exploiting the SSL 3.0 Fallback (open access)

This POODLE Bites: Exploiting the SSL 3.0 Fallback

This document discusses how attackers can exploit the downgrade dance and break the cryptographic security of SSL 3.0.
Date: September 2014
Creator: Möller, Bodo; Duong, Thai & Kotowicz, Krzysztof
System: The UNT Digital Library
Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2000 (open access)

Good Neighbor Environmental Board Annual Report: 2000

This report presents five interrelated recommendations related ecology between the United States and Mexico in the border region between the two countries.
Date: September 2000
Creator: United States. Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Green Jobs: A Resource Guide for Individuals with Disabilities (open access)

Green Jobs: A Resource Guide for Individuals with Disabilities

This guide is designed to direct people with disabilities and their advocates to the information and resources they need to begin an effective job search for green occupations.
Date: September 9, 2011
Creator: NTAR Leadership Center
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Coastal Condition Report IV (open access)

National Coastal Condition Report IV

This report assesses the condition of the nation's estuaries and costal embayments, including the coastal waters of the conterminous United States, Southeastern Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Date: September 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library