1995 Midnite Mine Radiation Survey (open access)

1995 Midnite Mine Radiation Survey

Abstract: During the week of September 4, 1995, personnel from the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a Ra-226 survey at the Midnite Mine. One hundred thirty measurements were made on a rectangular grid with 150-m spacings. Concurrently, Shepherd Miller, Inc., took gross gamma readings in gR/h at the same grid points. In addition, the USBM collected 17 soil samples to be analyzed for radium, thorium, and potassium. The results of this survey are summarized in this report.
Date: 1996
Creator: Stroud, William P. & Droullard, Robert F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
1995 Savings Profile System for Texas School Districts (open access)

1995 Savings Profile System for Texas School Districts

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the 1995 Savings Profile System, identifying potential cost savings in Texas school districts and providing school districts with a tool of self-assessment for non-instructional costs.
Date: July 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
1996 Regional Assessment of Water Quality in the Nueces Coastal Basins (open access)

1996 Regional Assessment of Water Quality in the Nueces Coastal Basins

A regional water quality assessment of the Nueces River Coastal Basins in 1996.
Date: October 1996
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
1996 Small Agency Management Control Audit (open access)

1996 Small Agency Management Control Audit

Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to the financial analyses and assessments of management control systems at eight small agencies in order to establish reasonable controls to ensure that public funds were appropriately used, missions were accomplished, goals and objectives were achieved, and resources were safeguarded.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina (open access)

Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina

Report on a study of migration patterns and density of loggerhead, leatherback, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in order to determine the potential impact of Mobil Oil's plan to drill an exploratory well 45 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, NC.
Date: February 1996
Creator: Keinath, J. A.; Musick, J. A. & Barnard, D. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

ACIR (Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations) Home Page

The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) is a permanent, independent, bipartisan intergovernmental agency established by Public Law 86-380 in 1959. As it was established, ACIR's mission is:To strengthen the American federal system and improve the ability of federal, state, and local governments to work together cooperatively, efficiently, and effectively.
Date: May 15, 1996
Creator: Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Object Type: Website
System: The UNT Digital Library
Activities of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee,  Report to the 75th Legislature, December 1996 (open access)

Activities of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee, Report to the 75th Legislature, December 1996

A report of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee on their activities for the 75th Legislature of Texas.
Date: December 1996
Creator: Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advanced oil recovery technologies for improved recovery from slope basin clastic reservoirs, Nash Draw Brushy Canyon Pool, Eddy County, NM. Quarterly technical progress report (open access)

Advanced oil recovery technologies for improved recovery from slope basin clastic reservoirs, Nash Draw Brushy Canyon Pool, Eddy County, NM. Quarterly technical progress report

The overall objective of this project is to demonstrate that development program based on advanced reservoir management methods can significantly improve oil recovery. The demonstration plan includes developing a control area using standard reservoir management techniques and comparing the performance of the control area with an area developed using advanced reservoir management methods. specific goals to attain the objective are (1) to demonstrate that development drilling program and pressure maintenance program, based on advanced reservoir management methods , can significantly improve oil recovery compared with existing technology applications, and (2) to transfer the advanced methodologies to oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin and elsewhere in the US oil and gas industry. This is the second quarterly progress report on the project. Results obtained to date are summarized.
Date: April 22, 1996
Creator: Murphy, M. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aging and Driving Successfully in Texas (open access)

Aging and Driving Successfully in Texas

Pamphlet containing information for elderly drivers regarding the dangers of driving at an advanced age. Includes accident statistics, effects of various substances, and safety tips.
Date: 1996
Creator: Yee, Darlene
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension : Questionnaire Responses from Partners and Stakeholders (open access)

Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension : Questionnaire Responses from Partners and Stakeholders

This report describes the public agricultural, research, education, and extension system. Furthermore, the report summarizes the budgetary issues with the program in terms of under funding from both federal and state government. The report suggests that the need for this funding will be assessed by debating if the program is meeting its research challenges.
Date: March 6, 1996
Creator: Rawson, Jean M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The AgriFood Master, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1996 (open access)

The AgriFood Master, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring 1996

Newsletter of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service regarding news and events related to the TAM (Texas AgriFood Master) program as well as information about the farming industry and other information of interest to participants.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The AgriFood Master, Volume 2, Number 2, Summer 1996 (open access)

The AgriFood Master, Volume 2, Number 2, Summer 1996

Newsletter of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service regarding news and events related to the TAM (Texas AgriFood Master) program as well as information about the farming industry and other information of interest to participants.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The AgriFood Master, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1996 (open access)

The AgriFood Master, Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 1996

Newsletter of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service regarding news and events related to the TAM (Texas AgriFood Master) program as well as information about the farming industry and other information of interest to participants.
Date: Autumn 1996
Creator: Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Monitoring Report: 1993 (open access)

Air Monitoring Report: 1993

Annual report documenting air quality measurements throughout the state of Texas for calendar year 1993, including a summary and information about specific pollutants.
Date: 1996
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Monitoring Operations Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Monitoring Report: 1994 (open access)

Air Monitoring Report: 1994

Annual report documenting air quality measurements throughout the state of Texas for calendar year 1994, including a summary and information about specific pollutants.
Date: November 1996
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Monitoring Operations Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Quality Modeling Guidelines (open access)

Air Quality Modeling Guidelines

Guideline documenting the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) air analysis procedures. This edition "focuses on the application of air dispersion models and procedures to meet air permitting requirements of the TNRCC and is not a modeling primer" (p. 1).
Date: January 1996
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alzheimer's Disease Newsletter, Spring-Summer 1996 (open access)

Alzheimer's Disease Newsletter, Spring-Summer 1996

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Health regarding news and events related to the agency's work wih Alzheimer's disease as well as symptoms, treatments, and other information of interest to caregivers.
Date: Spring 1996
Creator: Texas. Department of Health.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analysis of Ambient Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Conditions Affecting EPA Class I and II Areas in Southeastern Louisiana, Volume 2: Appendices (open access)

Analysis of Ambient Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Conditions Affecting EPA Class I and II Areas in Southeastern Louisiana, Volume 2: Appendices

Appendices containing data that was collected as apart of a study on pollutants in Southeastern Louisiana. The four appendices include: [A] Gosier Island Hourly Data, [B] Breton Island (Chandeleur Islander) Hourly Data, [C] Pass-A-Loutre Hourly Data, and [D] Radiosonde Data.
Date: December 1996
Creator: Hsu, S. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Building Permit Activity in Texas Metropolitan Areas, 1980-95 (open access)

Annual Building Permit Activity in Texas Metropolitan Areas, 1980-95

Summary of building permit activities in large Texas cities between 1980 and 1995.
Date: 1996
Creator: Texas A & M University. Real Estate Center.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Energy Outlook 1997: with Projections to 2015 (open access)

Annual Energy Outlook 1997: with Projections to 2015

The Annual Energy Outlook 1997 (AEO97) presents midterm forecasts of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2015 prepared by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). These projections are based on results of EIA`s National Energy Modeling System (NEMS). This report begins with a summary of the reference case, followed by a discussion of the legislative assumptions and evolving legislative and regulatory issues. ``Issues in Focus`` discusses emerging energy issues and other topics of particular interest. It is followed by the analysis of energy market trends. The analysis in AEO97 focuses primarily on a reference case and four other cases that assume higher and lower economic growth and higher and lower world oil prices than in the reference case. Forecast tables for these cases are provided in Appendixes A through C. Appendixes D and E present summaries of the reference case forecasts in units of oil equivalence and household energy expenditures. Twenty-three other cases explore the impacts of varying key assumptions in NEMS--generally, technology penetration, with the major results shown in Appendix F. Appendix G briefly describes NEMS and the major AEO97 assumptions, with a summary table. 114 figs., 22 tabs.
Date: December 1996
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration. Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1995 (open access)

Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1995

This report includes statements by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the board, TAAC Chairman, and the director of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). The report discusses the year in review regarding the work in progress, organization and operations of OTA.
Date: March 1996
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: DIsability Determination Services (open access)

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: DIsability Determination Services

Brochure explains how the Disability Determination Services program can help the user and answers frequently asked questions.
Date: March 1996
Creator: Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: A Summary (open access)

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996: A Summary

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is the product of legislative efforts stretching back well over a decade and stimulated to passage in part by the tragedies in Oklahoma City and the World Trade Center. This report summarizes the six titles of the Act, its sources, and related legislation.
Date: June 3, 1996
Creator: Doyle, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of Field Measurements and Computer Modeling to Evaluate Deep Mine Shaft Stability in Northern Idaho (open access)

Application of Field Measurements and Computer Modeling to Evaluate Deep Mine Shaft Stability in Northern Idaho

Abstract: Researchers at the U.S. Bureau of Mines have developed personal-computer-based data acquisition, instrumentation, and mine visualization and modeling techniques to evaluate a mine accessway in a deep hard-rock mine in northern Idaho. These techniques were applied to a mine shaft in a large silver mine that has been in operation for many years. A very deep, rectangular, timber-supported shaft extending to depths exceeding 2.3 km (7,500 ft) had been deforming continuously as a result of nearby mining, resulting in operational problems. Preliminary visual observations and rock and support monitoring confirmed that severe diagonal distortion was occurring. Extensive field measurements and data analysis confirmed initial observations, provided insights into the cause of deformation, and defined a general approach to structural modeling. Computer analysis of the problem was initiated by developing a three-dimensional model of the terrain. This represented a volume of rock approximately 80 km3 (40 x 1010 ft) and an area on the surface surrounding the mine 9 km2 (3 square miles). Based on this model, a three-dimensional, finiteelement analysis was conducted to establish boundary conditions for sequentially more detailed two- and three-dimensional submodels of the shaft area. Results from the computer study are being used to develop new …
Date: 1996
Creator: Beus, Michael J.; Orr, T. J. & Whyatt, J. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library