Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations (open access)

Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations

Regulatory Impact Analysis report discussing benefits, costs and economic impacts of the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations where the EPA proposing a federal plan to implement the emissions guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired EGUs under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA Review of American Samoa 2016 Section 303(d) List (open access)

EPA Review of American Samoa 2016 Section 303(d) List

Review document describing the rationale for the Environmental Protection Agencies' approval of American Samoa's 2016 Section 303(d) water quality limited waters list.
Date: August 10, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Full-Water Column Current Observations in the Central Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Full-Water Column Current Observations in the Central Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

Report of the results from surface to bottom monitoring of water current and temperature of the central Gulf of Mexico for a 16 month period, May, 2003 - August, 2004.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Sheinbaum, J.; Badan, A.; Ochoa, J.; Candela, J.; Rivas, D. & Gonzalez, J. I.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report

This report is about the observations of deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Depth, Location, and Habitat Type on Relative Abundance and Species Composition of Fishes Associated with Petroleum Platforms and Sonnier Bank in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Effects of Depth, Location, and Habitat Type on Relative Abundance and Species Composition of Fishes Associated with Petroleum Platforms and Sonnier Bank in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

Report on the role and effect of depth, latitude, and habitat type on marine species in three regions of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2006
Creator: Wilson, Charles A.; Miller, Mark W.; Allen, Yvonne c.; Boswell, Kevin M. & Nieland, David L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Energy Outlook 2016: with Projections to 2040 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 2016: with Projections to 2040

This report, prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term projections of energy supply, demand and prices through 2040, based on results from EIA's National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library
State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs (open access)

State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs

A chart which shows some of the compliance pathways available to states under the final Clean Power Plan.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report: Lovaas Model of Applied Behavior Analysis (open access)

What Works Clearinghouse Intervention Report: Lovaas Model of Applied Behavior Analysis

This report analyzes research performed to test the Lovaas Model of Applied Behavior Analysis. This behavior modification technique uses prompting and reinforcement to help with children who have disabilities.
Date: August 2016
Creator: What Works Clearinghouse (Institute of Education Sciences)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Archaeological Analysis of Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (open access)

Archaeological Analysis of Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf

This is a study on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) investigation of six shipwrecks on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico in order to verify the shipwrecks existed and provide information on them.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Evans, Amanda M.; Keith, Matthew E.; Voisin, Erin E.; Hesp, Patrick A.; Cook, Gregory D.; Allison, Mead A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine and Coastal Fishes Subject to Impingement by Cooling-Water Intake Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography (open access)

Marine and Coastal Fishes Subject to Impingement by Cooling-Water Intake Systems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography of available research on the effects/impact of cooling-water intake systems on marine and estuariine life in the Gulf of Mexico. Results were obtained from electronic searches of subscription databases at Louisiana State University.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Martinez-Andrade, Fernando & Batz, Donald M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments: [Project Summary] (open access)

Degradation of Synthetic-Based Drilling Mud Base Fluids by Gulf of Mexico Sediments: [Project Summary]

Summary describes the work completed on Eastern, Central and Western areas of the Gulf of Mexico to determine the impact of synthetic-based fluids from offshore drilling on microbial sediments. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: August 2006
Creator: Roberts, D. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rigs and Reefs: A Comparison of the Fish Communities at Two Artificial Reefs, a Production Platform, and a Natural Reef in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Rigs and Reefs: A Comparison of the Fish Communities at Two Artificial Reefs, a Production Platform, and a Natural Reef in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Final report comparing the fish populations of two artificial reefs, an operating oil and gas platform, and a natural reef in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Data regarding fish species, density of species, factors effecting biomass, and configuration of reef structures is gathered using visual survey and hydro-acoustics and then statistically analyzed.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Wilson, Charles A.; Pierce, Aaron & Miller, Mark W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999 (open access)

Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999

This report examines the interactions between changes in crude oil and natural gas prices, oil and gas production in the state offshore waters and measures of economic activities in Louisiana.
Date: August 2004
Creator: IIedare, Omowumi O. & Olatubi, Williams O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Management of the MMS-LSU Coatal Marine Institute: A Report of the First Six Years, 1992-1998 (open access)

Management of the MMS-LSU Coatal Marine Institute: A Report of the First Six Years, 1992-1998

A review of the history of the Coastal Marine Institute program as well as its objectives and the range of the studies undertaken.
Date: August 2001
Creator: Carney, Robert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary

This report is about the deepwater observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer, James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mississippi/Alabama Pinnacle Trend Ecosystem Monitoring, Final Synthesis Report (open access)

Mississippi/Alabama Pinnacle Trend Ecosystem Monitoring, Final Synthesis Report

This Final Synthesis Report summarizes a four-year program to characterize and monitor carbonate mounds on the Mississippi/Alabama outer continental shelf.
Date: August 2001
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
From Strong Beginnings to Youth Resilience: Pathways Out of Adversity (open access)

From Strong Beginnings to Youth Resilience: Pathways Out of Adversity

A report that explains ways to help children who grow up in adversity, deprivation, or anger so that they may grow up as resilient youths and productive adults.
Date: August 2013
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore (open access)

Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore

This report covers the Padre Island National Seashore's pollution problems. The report seeks to address the numerous wildlife injuries and deaths related to entanglement and ingestion.
Date: August 1996
Creator: Nationals Park Service. Padre Island National Seashore Resources Management Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2016 (open access)

Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2016

A report that provides technical supporting information for the 37 indicators and five chapter-specific call-out features that appear in EPA's report known as "Climate Change Indicators in the United States" and the accompanying website.
Date: August 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Compliance Option Technical Support Document (TSD) (open access)

Alternative Compliance Option Technical Support Document (TSD)

A report intended to provide a voluntary pathway by which an affected EGU that commits to retiring would be removed from the trading program (either mass-based or rate-based trading) and instead would comply with a unit-specific emission limitation.
Date: August 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide (open access)

Gunnison Sage-Grouse Rangewide

A draft resource management plan (RMP) and environmental impact statement (EIS) to amend the management of over 700,000 acres of BLM land in Coronado and Utah for the preservation of the Gunnison Sage-Grouse (GUSG), a threatened species under the endangered Species Act (ESA).
Date: August 2016
Creator: Welch, Ruth & Whitlock, Jenna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Allowance Allocation Proposed Rule Technical Support Document (TSD) (open access)

Allowance Allocation Proposed Rule Technical Support Document (TSD)

A paper which provides information to support the EPA's approach to distribute CO2 allowances in the proposed Clean Power Plan emission guidelines (EGs) mass-based federal plan.
Date: August 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education (open access)

Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education

This guide presents energy concepts that, if understood and applied, will help individuals and communities make informed energy decisions.
Date: August 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Energy.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Multi-Scale Economic Methodologies and Scenarios Workshop (open access)

Multi-Scale Economic Methodologies and Scenarios Workshop

Report of a workshop on April 20-21, 2016, organized under the auspices of the Scenarios and Interpretive Science Coordinating Group, U.S. Global Change Research Program, and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Date: August 2016
Creator: ICF International
System: The UNT Digital Library