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2002 WIPP Environmental Monitoring Plan (open access)

2002 WIPP Environmental Monitoring Plan

DOE Order 5400.1, General Environmental Protection Program, requires each DOE | facility to prepare an environmental management plan (EMP). This document is | prepared for WIPP in accordance with the guidance contained in DOE Order 5400.1; DOE Order 5400.5, Radiation Protection of the Public and Environment; applicable sections of Environmental Regulatory Guide for Radiological Effluent Monitoring and Environmental Surveillance (DOE/EH-0173T; DOE, 1991); and the Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 834, ''Radiation Protection of the Public and Environment'' (draft). Many sections of DOE Order 5400.1 have been replaced by DOE Order 231.1, which is the driver for the annual Site Environmental Report (SER) and the guidance source for preparing many environmental program documents. The WIPP Project is operated by Westinghouse TRU Solutions (WTS) for the DOE. This plan defines the extent and scope of WIPP's effluent and environmental | monitoring programs during the facility's operational life and also discusses WIPP's quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program as it relates to environmental monitoring. In addition, this plan provides a comprehensive description of environmental activities at WIPP including: A summary of environmental programs, including the status of environmental monitoring activities A description of the WIPP Project and its mission A description …
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Westinghouse TRU Solutions LLC
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
ADVANCED OIL RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED RECOVERY FROM SLOPE BASIN CLASTIC RESERVOIRS, NASH DRAW BRUSHY CANYON POOL, EDDY COUNTY, NM (open access)

ADVANCED OIL RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED RECOVERY FROM SLOPE BASIN CLASTIC RESERVOIRS, NASH DRAW BRUSHY CANYON POOL, EDDY COUNTY, NM

The overall objective of this project is to demonstrate that a development program-based on advanced reservoir management methods-can significantly improve oil recovery at the Nash Draw Pool (NDP). The plan includes developing a control area using standard reservoir management techniques and comparing its performance to an area developed using advanced reservoir management methods. Specific goals are (1) to demonstrate that an advanced development drilling and pressure maintenance program can significantly improve oil recovery compared to existing technology applications and (2) to transfer these advanced methodologies to oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin and elsewhere throughout the U.S. oil and gas industry. This is the twenty-eighth quarterly progress report on the project. Results obtained to date are summarized.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Murphy, Mark B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Affirmative Action Revisited: A Legal History and Prospectus (open access)

Affirmative Action Revisited: A Legal History and Prospectus

Affirmative action remains a focal point of public debate as the result of legal and political developments at the federal, state, and local levels. This report discusses legislation related to affirmative action, as well as legal rulings on the topic and the federal government's role in first establishing and, later, attempting to curb affirmative action policies.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Dale, Charles V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 166, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 2002 (open access)

Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 104, No. 166, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Bush, Michael
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 76, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 2002 (open access)

The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 76, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 2002

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The American Community Survey: Accuracy and Timeliness Issues (open access)

The American Community Survey: Accuracy and Timeliness Issues

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "GAO has reviewed several major issues associated with the proposed full implementation of the American Community Survey (ACS) by the Bureau of the Census for 2003. If the ACS is approved, this mandatory mail survey would cost from $120 to $150 million a year, and would require responses from a sample of 3 million households to some 60 to 70 questions. The ACS would replace the decennial census long form for 2010 and subsequent decennial censuses. On the basis of sampling errors and related measures of reliability, the Census Bureau has decided that ACS data will be published annually for geographic areas with a population of over 65,000; as 3-year averages for geographic areas with a population of 20,000 to 65,000; and as 5-year averages for geographic areas with a population of less than 20,000. According to the Bureau, the annual ACS data and 3-year averages would be significantly less accurate than data for 2010 from the decennial census long form; 5-year averages, which would be available at the detailed long-form level of geographic detail, would be about as accurate as the long-form data. Federal agencies that extensively …
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Reservoir Characterization and Advanced Technology to Improve Recovery and Economics in a Lower Quality Shallow Shelf Carbonate Reservoir (open access)

Application of Reservoir Characterization and Advanced Technology to Improve Recovery and Economics in a Lower Quality Shallow Shelf Carbonate Reservoir

The OXY-operated Class 2 Project at West Welch is designed to demonstrate how the use of advanced technology can improve the economics of miscible CO{sub 2} injection projects in lower quality Shallow Shelf Carbonate reservoirs. The research and design phase (Budget Period 1) primarily involved advanced reservoir characterization. The current demonstration phase (Budget Period 2) is the implementation of the reservoir management plan for an optimum miscible CO{sub 2} flood design based on the reservoir characterization. Although Budget Period 1 for the Project officially ended 12/31/96, reservoir characterization and simulation work continued during the Budget Period 2. During the fifth and sixth annual reporting periods (8/3/98-8/2/00) covered by this report, work continued on interpretation of the cross well seismic data to create porosity and permeability profiles which were distributed into the reservoir geostatistically. The initial interwell seismic CO{sub 2} monitor survey was conducted, the acquired data processed and interpretation started. Only limited well work and facility construction was conducted in the project area. The CO{sub 2} injection initiated in October 1997 was continued, although the operator had to modify the operating plan in response to low injection rates, well performance and changes in CO{sub 2} supply. CO{sub 2} injection was …
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Egg, Rebecca
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applications of Sunphotometry to Aerosol Extinction and Surface Anisotropy (open access)

Applications of Sunphotometry to Aerosol Extinction and Surface Anisotropy

Support cost-sharing of a newly developed sunphotometer in field deployment for aerosol studies. This is a cost-sharing research to deploy a newly developed sun-sky-surface photometer for studying aerosol extinction and surface anisotropy at the ARM SGP, TWP, and NSA-AAO CART sites and in many field campaigns. Atmospheric aerosols affect the radiative energy balance of the Earth, both directly by perturbing the incoming/outgoing radiation fields and indirectly by influencing the properties/processes of clouds and reactive greenhouse gases. The surface bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) also plays a crucial role in the radiative energy balance, since the BRDF is required to determine (i) the spectral and spectrally-averaged surface albedo, and (ii) the top-of-the-atmosphere (TOA) angular distribution of radiance field. Therefore, the CART sites provide an excellent, albeit unique, opportunity to collect long-term climatic data in characterizing aerosol properties and various types of surface anisotropy.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Tsay, S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Armadillo

Photograph of a Armadillo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
B physics at the Tevatron (open access)

B physics at the Tevatron

A vibrant B physics program is being pursued at the Tevatron for Run II using the upgraded accelerator complex and the upgraded CDF and D0 detectors with the goal of collecting 2 fb{sup -1} of integrated luminosity. This will provide measurements of various CP parameters which both complement and extend the programs at the B factories. There are also a variety of spectroscopy measurements currently available only at the Tevatron. The detectors are now largely commissioned and data acquisition is underway.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Cranshaw, J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 308, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 2002 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 308, Ed. 1 Monday, September 30, 2002

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
BEHAVIOR OF SURFACTANT MIXTURES AT SOLID/LIQUID AND OIL/LIQUID INTERFACES IN CHEMICAL FLOODING SYSTEMS (open access)

BEHAVIOR OF SURFACTANT MIXTURES AT SOLID/LIQUID AND OIL/LIQUID INTERFACES IN CHEMICAL FLOODING SYSTEMS

The aim of the project is to develop and evaluate efficient novel surfactant mixtures for enhanced oil recovery. Surfactant loss by adsorption or precipitation depends to a great extent on the type of surfactant complexes and aggregates formed. Such information as well as techniques to generate the information is lacking currently particularly for surfactant mixtures and surfactant/polymer systems. A novel analytical centrifuge application is explored during the last period to generate information on structures-performance relationship for different surfactant aggregates in solution and, in turn, at interfaces. To use analytical untracentrifuge for surfactant mixtures, information on partial specific volumes of single surfactants and their mixtures is required. Towards this purpose, surface tension and density measurements were performed to determine critical micellar concentrations (cmc), partial specific volumes of n-dodecyl-{beta}-Dmaltoside (DM), nonyl phenol ethoxylated decyl ether (NP-10) and their 1:1 mixtures at 25 C. Durchschlag's theoretical calculation method was adopted to calculate the partial specific volumes. Effects of temperature and mixing, as well as methods used for estimation on micellization and partial specific volumes were studied during the current period. Surface tension results revealed no interaction between the two surfactants in mixed micelles. Partial specific volume measurements also indicated no interaction in mixed …
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Somasundaran, Prof. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Buffalo

Photograph of Buffalo, in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge.
Date: September 30, 2002
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History