Eligibility of Indoor Plumbing Under Alaska Sanitation Infrastructure Grant Program (open access)

Eligibility of Indoor Plumbing Under Alaska Sanitation Infrastructure Grant Program

This is a memorandum to answer questions in regards to the Village Safe Water (VSW) Program,
Date: June 17, 1999
Creator: Albright, Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fate and Effects of N-, O-, and S- Heterocycles (NOSHs) from Petroleum and Pyrogenic Sources in Marine Sediments (open access)

Fate and Effects of N-, O-, and S- Heterocycles (NOSHs) from Petroleum and Pyrogenic Sources in Marine Sediments

This work focuses on the examination of the chemistry of N-, O-, and S- heterocycles (NOSHs) from fossil fuels and pyrogenic sources in estuarine sediment-water. In addition to the experiments conducted is a characterization of NOSH transformation products using various methods.
Date: February 1995
Creator: Catallo, W. James & Gambrell, Robert P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions (open access)

A Critical Review of Four Types of Air Quality Models Pertinent to MMS Regulatory and Environmental Assessment Missions

This is a report covering the Minerals Management Service (MMS) is responsibility on leasing offshore lands for oil and gas exploration and development. The reports looks to expand air quality models.
Date: November 1998
Creator: Chang, Joseph C.; Fernau, Mark E.; Scire, Joseph S. & Strimaitis, David G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memorandum for the Heads of all Departments and Agencies (open access)

Memorandum for the Heads of all Departments and Agencies

This is a memorandum from President William Clinton to inform the heads of all departments and agencies on the implementation of his Executive Order on Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations.
Date: February 11, 1994
Creator: Clinton, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks (open access)

Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks

This report is a continuation of a similar study conducted from 1989-1991 when permanent stations were established to monitor the coral in the area to assess how environmental factors were affecting the reefs. Growth rates and declines were observed, as well as the rates of coral bleaching in the East and West Garden Banks to determine the state of the coral reefs. There are four appendices that present the data gathered.
Date: January 1997
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Emission Factor Documentation for AP-42 Section 1.4 Natural Gas Combustion (open access)

Emission Factor Documentation for AP-42 Section 1.4 Natural Gas Combustion

This report is done by the Environmental Protection Alliance (EPA) on emission factors.
Date: March 1998
Creator: Eastern Research Group
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Industry: Volume 2: Technical Report (open access)

Methane Emissions from the Natural Gas Industry: Volume 2: Technical Report

This report describes the results of a study to quantify the annual methane emissions from the natural gas industry.
Date: June 1996
Creator: Harrison, Matthew R.; Campbell, Lisa M.; Shires, Theresa M. & Cowgill, R. Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adaptation of the Minerals Management Service's Oil-Weathering Model for Use in the Gulf of Mexico Region (open access)

Adaptation of the Minerals Management Service's Oil-Weathering Model for Use in the Gulf of Mexico Region

The Minerals Management Service's open-ocean, oil-weathering model has been updated extensively for use on personal computers to determine what oil-weathering processes are wind and/or temperature dependent. Provides detailed user's instructions on how to use the model, examples demonstrating the model, and program listings.
Date: October 1992
Creator: Kirstein, Bruce E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production] (open access)

[Project Summary: Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production]

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for 'Gulf of Mexico University Initiative: Studies of Long-Term Effects of Oil and Gas Production.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: January 1995
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Summary: University Research Initiative on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Project Summary: University Research Initiative on the Effects of Offshore Petroleum Development in the Gulf of Mexico

Summary describing the work completed at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium for the university research initiative on the effects of offshore petroleum development in the Gulf of Mexico on the effects of tar on the Louisiana coastline. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: June 1993
Creator: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling the Structure and Performance of Integrated and Independent Producers in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (open access)

Modeling the Structure and Performance of Integrated and Independent Producers in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

Major oil and gas companies are shifting to foreign exploration and production, which is leading to smaller companies ("independents") playing a larger role in domestic exploration and production. This report addresses concerns about independent companies producing oil and gas less aggressively and less efficiently to assess their productivity.
Date: May 1996
Creator: Pulsipher, Allan G.; Iledare, Omowumi O. & Baumann, Robert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Hypoxia on the Interpretation of Effects of Petroleum Production Activities (open access)

Influence of Hypoxia on the Interpretation of Effects of Petroleum Production Activities

This study looks at the effects of offshore petroleum development in the form of a produced water discharge could be identified on the Louisiana continental shelf and placed in the context of natural, temporal variability as caused by hypoxic bottom waters (page v).
Date: June 1993
Creator: Rabalais, Nancy N.; Smith, Lorene E.; Overton, Edward B. & Zoeller, Anne L.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Form CJ-7, Parole Data Survey: 1999 (open access)

Form CJ-7, Parole Data Survey: 1999

Blank parole data survey containing a series of questions related to the parole population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: November 22, 1999
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Form CJ-8, Probation Data Survey: 1999 (open access)

Form CJ-8, Probation Data Survey: 1999

Blank probation data survey containing a series of questions related to the probationary population in a particular location, with instructions for filling out the survey.
Date: November 22, 1999
Creator: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
System: The UNT Digital Library
1.4 Natural Gas Combustion (open access)

1.4 Natural Gas Combustion

This document focus's on the use of natural gas as a major combustion fuel and offers information on firing practices, emissions, and controls.
Date: 1998
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Safety ALERT (open access)

Chemical Safety ALERT

This publication is an alert by the EPA to notify possible hazards from carbon adsorption deodorizing systems.
Date: May 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks (open access)

Chemical Safety Alert: Catastrophic Failure of Storage Tanks

This is an ALERT report on possible catastrophic failure of storage tanks.
Date: May 1997
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Administrative Changes to the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance for Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA) (open access)

Final Administrative Changes to the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance for Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA)

Final revisions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding guidelines for coastal states to develop programs to reduce polluted runoff in accordance with the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (CZARA). The text outlines administrative changes to the program including targeting, enforceable policies and mechanisms, timeframes, program implementation/evaluation, and resources. It also includes the transmittal letter, outlining the purpose.
Date: Summer 1998
Creator: United States. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Coastal Alabama Natural Gas Exploration and Development: Final Report (open access)

History of Coastal Alabama Natural Gas Exploration and Development: Final Report

This report tracks the history of the coastal region of Alabama following interest in oil drilling from 1969 to 1997. Mobil Oil Company sought to lease tracts to drill for oil in Mobile Bay from the state of Alabama, and later the oil companies Exxon, Chevron, and Shell became a part of the competition in the area.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Wade, William W.; Plater, Jason R. & Kelley, Jacqueline Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Satellite-Based Assessment of the Mississippi River Discharge Plume's Spatial Structure and Temporal Variability (open access)

Satellite-Based Assessment of the Mississippi River Discharge Plume's Spatial Structure and Temporal Variability

The Mississippi River is a major contributor of sediments, pollutants, and nutrients into the northern Gulf of Mexico, which creates a plume into the ocean. This report utilized lots of data to determine what environmental factors effected the dispersal of the plume from the river.
Date: November 1994
Creator: Walker, Nan D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory ATLAS No. 1 (open access)

NOAA/Air Resources Laboratory ATLAS No. 1

This is a report on air stagnation climatology for the United States (1948-1998). The report looks at the increase of urbanization and the air pollution problem that continues to rise.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Wang, Julian X. L. & Angell, James K.
System: The UNT Digital Library