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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.
Object Type: Report
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.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Civiletti Memorandum (open access)

Civiletti Memorandum

This is a legal opinion written by attorney general Benjamin Civiletti in 1979 to the Secretary of the Army regarding the jurisdiction or authority over "navigable waters."
Date: September 5, 1979
Creator: Civiletti, Benjamin R.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Harmonic Approach for Calculating Daily Temperature Normals Constrained by Homogenized Monthly Temperature Normals (open access)

A Harmonic Approach for Calculating Daily Temperature Normals Constrained by Homogenized Monthly Temperature Normals

A report offering a constrained harmonic technique that forces the daily temperature normals to be consistent with the monthly temperature normals that NOAA archived between 1981 and 2010.
Date: February 5, 2013
Creator: Arguez, Anthony & Applequist, Scott
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guidance for Implementation of Pay Our Military Act (open access)

Guidance for Implementation of Pay Our Military Act

A memorandum which provides instructions for identifying civilian personnel within the Armed Forces who "are providing support to members of the Armed Forces" within the meaning of the Pay Our Military Act.
Date: October 5, 2013
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiative (open access)

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiative

A report by USAID about a program that intends to enhance U.S. Government (USG) policy goals and complement other ongoing USG programs in the country by supporting activities that promote an enabling environment for sustainable peace.
Date: June 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FY 2008 Budget Summary (open access)

FY 2008 Budget Summary

This report presents the budget summary for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including programs and goals.
Date: February 5, 2007
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing Families, Changing Work (open access)

Changing Families, Changing Work

This study looks at the changing roles of women in the family and at work.
Date: February 5, 2014
Creator: Weisberg, Anne & Galinsky, Ellen
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
2016 Paid Leave Analysis Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

2016 Paid Leave Analysis Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions

This document is a FAQ for the 2016 paid leave analysis grant program.
Date: May 5, 2016
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library