This document focus's on the use of natural gas as a major combustion fuel and offers information on firing practices, emissions, and controls.

Insurance rate guide for territory 19N (Counties of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Shackelford, Wichita, and Willacy).

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.

A model of the cumulative ecological significance of offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico.

A user manual for ArcView, a computer program that brings geographic information to the desktop.

A review of how oil spills effect vegetation in U.S. Gulf coastal marshes.

The voltage or electric potential difference across the terminals of a cell when no current is drawn from it. The emf of a cell is the sum of the electric potential differences (PDs) produced by a separation of charges (electrons or ions) that can occur at each phase boundary (or interface) in the cell. The magnitude of each PD depends on the chemical nature of the two contacting phases. Thus, at the interface between two different metals, some electrons will have moved from the metal with a higher free energy of electrons to the metal with a lower free energy of electrons. The resultant charge separation will produce a PD (just as charge separation produces a voltage across a capacitor) that, at equilibrium, exactly opposes further electron flow. Similarly, PDs can be produced when electrons partition across a metal/solution interface or metal/solid interface, and when ions partition across a solution/membrane/solution interface.

This report is done by the Environmental Protection Alliance (EPA) on emission factors.

A report on the environmental and safety risks involved in the expanding exploration and production of independent oil producers.

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.

An innovative partnership between government and industry has been awarded the prestigious R&D 100 Award for developing a new biomass gasification technology. Based on research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the technology demonstrates how biomass can be converted into a clean burning gaseous fuel for firing advanced power systems with high efficiencies and low emissions. The award is given yearly by R&D magazine to the 100 most significant technical achievements of the year.

A short review of the application of surface x-ray scattering techniques to the electrode/electrolyte interfaces is presented. Recent results on metal, halide, and metal-halide adlayers with three specific systems: Bi on Au(100) and Au(110); Br on Au(100) and Ag(100); and the coadsorption of Tl with Br or I on Au(111), are given as an illustration. Factors affecting ordering of pure metal and halide adlayers and the metal-halide surface compounds are discussed in some detail.

Document discussing parole regulations in Texas.

Summary describing the work completed at Texas A&M University Center for Coastal Studies for 'Long-Term Monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

A report characterizing the velocity structure of the Mississippi River coastal plume as well as its hydrographic, pollutant chemistry, and biological properties.

This document is a faxed transmission of Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) materials located in the National Archives as overseen by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and as of May 12, 1998.

The National Photovoltaic (PV) Program, a joint effort of DOE, the national laboratories, and the U.S. PV industry, had exciting advances and significant accomplishments in fiscal year 1997. The booklet provides details of new products introduced, manufacturing processes improved, capacity expanded, and new materials explored. The Million Solar Roofs Initiative, announced by President Clinton on June 26, 1997, will build on the solid foundation of steady research progress in laboratories and universities, industry investment in new technology and capacity, and the burgeoning solar power market both here and abroad.

The ''photovoltaic promise'' is that this solar technology is good for our nation's energy supply, good for our environment, good for our economy, and good for our future. This FAQ sheet briefly discusses details in each of these four areas. It also explains the federal role in solar electricity, specifically, the U.S. Department of Energy's PV Program, whose twofold purpose is to accelerate the development of PV as a global energy option and to assure U.S. technology and global market leadership.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) Coastal Studies Institute for the Mississippi River Plume Hydrography Study (LATEX-B). It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Summary describing the work completed at McNeese State University Louisiana Environmental Research Center for 'Planning Workshops for Oil Spill Remediation for Habitats and Resources in the Gulf of Mexico.' It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Summary describing the work completed at Texas A&M University for the Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transportation Processes Study. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University for the study on the effects of simultaneous exposure to petroleum hydrocarbons, hypoxia, and prior exposure on the tolerance and sublethal responses of marine animals. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Summary describing the work completed at Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies for The Environmental and Safety Risks of Increasing Activity by Independents on the Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.

Synchrotron radiation is a very bright, broadband, polarized, pulsed source of light extending from the infrared to the x-ray region. It is an extremely important source of Vacuum Ultraviolet radiation. Brightness is defined as flux per unit area per unit solid angle and is normally a more important quantity than flux alone particularly in throughput limited applications which include those in which monochromators are used. It is well known from classical theory of electricity and magnetism that accelerating charges emit electromagnetic radiation. In the case of synchrotron radiation, relativistic electrons are accelerated in a circular orbit and emit electromagnetic radiation in a broad spectral range. The visible portion of this spectrum was first observed on April 24, 1947 at General Electric's Schenectady facility by Floyd Haber, a machinist working with the synchrotron team, although the first theoretical predictions were by Lienard in the latter part of the 1800's. An excellent early history with references was presented by Blewett and a history covering the development of the utilization of synchrotron radiation was presented by Hartman. Synchrotron radiation covers the entire electromagnetic spectrum from the infrared region through the visible, ultraviolet, and into the x-ray region up to energies of many 10's …