Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers (open access)

Assessing Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act: Insights from a Survey of Employers

A report which provides evidence on Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law, which took effect in January 2014, based on a survey of small and medium-sized businesses in the food services and manufacturing sectors in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Bartel, Ann; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher & Waldfogel, Jane
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Rhode Islands Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act-Insights from a Survey of Employers (open access)

Assessing Rhode Islands Temporary Caregiver Insurance Act-Insights from a Survey of Employers

This report adds new evidence Rhode Island's Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI) law.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Bartel, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment of Space and Use Conflicts Between the Fishing and Oil Industries, Volume 4: Catch Loss Model (open access)

Assessment of Space and Use Conflicts Between the Fishing and Oil Industries, Volume 4: Catch Loss Model

Fourth volume of results from a study done to assess potential interactions between the fishing industry and on going oil/gas development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. This volume describes the methodology and analysis of lease sale scenarios for six regions: North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Southern California, and Central and Northern California. It also contains an appendix containing "Literature of Movement Behavior."
Date: January 1981
Creator: Centaur Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Baseline Bioacoustic Characterization for Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the North Carolina and Georgia Wind Planning Areas (open access)

Baseline Bioacoustic Characterization for Offshore Renewable Energy Development in the North Carolina and Georgia Wind Planning Areas

This is a study on technologies developments for harnessing energy from the ocean environment. Technological improvements in offshore renewable energy like wind and hydrokinetic captured energy. Passive acoustics allow researchers to analyze how the construction and use of such technologies affect marine species.
Date: January 2015
Creator: Rice, Aaron N.; Morano, Janelle L.; Hodge, Kristin B.; Muirhead, Charles A.; Frankel, Adam S.; Feinblatt, Michael et al.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule (open access)

Benefit Analysis for the Section 112 Utility Rule

A report which provides information on the types and levels of social benefits anticipated from reducing mercury and nickel emissions. Health and welfare effects are a main focus.
Date: January 2004
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 3. Management Measures for Forestry (open access)

Chapter 3. Management Measures for Forestry

A chapter which specifies management measures to protect coastal waters from silvicultural sources of non point pollution. Contains ten management measures that address various phases of forestry operations.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 4: Management Measures for Urban Areas (open access)

Chapter 4: Management Measures for Urban Areas

This chapter addresses six major categories of sources of urban non point pollution that affect surface waters. Each category is given a management measure.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 5: Management Measures for Marinas and Recreational Boating (open access)

Chapter 5: Management Measures for Marinas and Recreational Boating

This chapter addresses categories of sources of nonpoint pollution from marinas and recreational boating that affect coastal waters.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 6: Management Measures for Hydromodification: Channelization and Channel Modification, Dams, and Streambank and Shoreline Erosion (open access)

Chapter 6: Management Measures for Hydromodification: Channelization and Channel Modification, Dams, and Streambank and Shoreline Erosion

This chapter addresses three categories of sources of nonpoint pollution from hydromodification activities that affect coastal waters.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 7: Management Measures for Wetlands, Riparian Areas, and Vegetated Treatment Systems (open access)

Chapter 7: Management Measures for Wetlands, Riparian Areas, and Vegetated Treatment Systems

This chapter contains management measures that address multiple categories of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution that affect coastal waters. These pollutants include sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, and temperature.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chapter 8: Monitoring and Tracking Techniques to Accompany Management Measures (open access)

Chapter 8: Monitoring and Tracking Techniques to Accompany Management Measures

This chapter describes monitoring methods that can be used to measure changes in pollutant loads and water quality.
Date: January 1993
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Clean Power Plan: Energy Efficiency and Evaluation, Measurement and Verification in State Plans (open access)

The Clean Power Plan: Energy Efficiency and Evaluation, Measurement and Verification in State Plans

This document addresses energy efficiency and evaluation of measurements and verification with State plans in accordance with The Clean Power Plan.
Date: January 14, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan Implementation Update (open access)

Clean Power Plan Implementation Update

A presentation about updates to the implementation of the power plan from the EPA.
Date: January 24, 2015
Creator: McCabe, Janet & Santiago, Juan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Considerations in Project Level NEPA Analysis (open access)

Climate Change Considerations in Project Level NEPA Analysis

A document that provides initial Forest Service guidance on how to consider climate change in project-level National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis and documentation.
Date: January 13, 2009
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
DoD Directive 4715.21: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (open access)

DoD Directive 4715.21: Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

In accordance with the direction in Executive Order 13653, this issuance establishes policy and assigns responsibilities to provide the DoD with the resources necessary to assess and manage risks associated with the impacts of climate change. This involves deliberate preparation, close cooperation, and coordinated planning by the DoD to: Facilitate federal, State, local, tribal, private sector, and nonprofit sector efforts to improve climate preparedness and resilience, and to implement the 2014 DoD Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap. Help safeguard U.S. economy, infrastructure, environment, and natural resources. Provide for the continuity of DoD operations, services, and programs.
Date: January 14, 2016
Creator: United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics,
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emission Trading 101: Introductory Concepts of Mass-and Rate-based Emission Trading Programs (open access)

Emission Trading 101: Introductory Concepts of Mass-and Rate-based Emission Trading Programs

The document is on the U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan webinar on emission trading.
Date: January 11, 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Environmental Compliance (open access)

Environmental Compliance

A paper that establishes Defense Logistics Agency-wide policy and directives for maintaining compliance with all environmental laws, regulations, directives, executive orders, international treatise and standards, and other controlling legal authorities.
Date: January 28, 2010
Creator: United States. Defense Logistics Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment: Fact Sheet (open access)

EPA National Wetland Condition Assessment: Fact Sheet

Fact sheet that introduces the National Wetlands Condition Assessment, a multi-year plan to statistically assess the quality of wetlands across the United States. The objectives of the assessment are briefly outlined, partnership with the Fish and Wildlife Service is acknowledged, and a timeline is given with target goals for years 2007 - 2013.
Date: January 2008
Creator: Scozzafava, Michael; Engle, Virginia; Faulkner, Chris & Kentula, Mary
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fate and Effects of Barium and Radium-Rich Fluid Emissions of Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Benthic Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Louisiana (open access)

Fate and Effects of Barium and Radium-Rich Fluid Emissions of Hydrocarbon Seeps on the Benthic Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Louisiana

An analysis of how barium and radium-laced fluid seeps affect the climate and habitats of the Gulf of Mexico offshore Louisiana.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Aharon, Paul; Gent, Dan Van; Fu, Baoshun & Scott, L. Max
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Federal Register: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper] (open access)

[Federal Register: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper]

Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of January 2000. This text addresses the final rule for 40 CFR parts 9, 141, and 142: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper.
Date: January 12, 2000
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Federal Register: Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators] (open access)

[Federal Register: Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators]

Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of January 2017. This text addresses the final rule for 40 CFR parts 171: Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators.
Date: January 4, 2017
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gender Pay Gap on the Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (open access)

The Gender Pay Gap on the Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

A report discussing the gender wage gap and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act intended to eliminate it. The paper discusses potential causes for the differences in pay.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Council of Economic Advisors
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida (open access)

Impact Assessment of Exploratory Wells Offshore South Florida

This report investigates five older and two newer exploration oil wells to determine the environmental impact in a tropical climate. The five older sites were created prior to the OCS and MMS regulations for drilling, and the newer two were created with the OCS and MMS regulations. This investigation was set to determine if these sites had a positive, negative, or no impact on the environment.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Shinn, Eugene A.; Lidz, Barbara H. & Dustan, Philip A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
League of Women Voters: Water Pollution Survey (open access)

League of Women Voters: Water Pollution Survey

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Date: January 24, 2002
Creator: Aspen Market Research
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library