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Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuation of individuals from Hurricane Katrina. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted. This report will be updated as significant legislative or administrative changes occur.
Date: March 30, 2009
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues (open access)

FEMA Disaster Housing and Hurricane Katrina: Overview, Analysis, and Congressional Issues

This report discusses the issues with the housing policies of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), particularly as they relate to the Post-Katrina Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-295) and the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Plan (P.L. 93-288). It includes an overview of the Stafford Act sections 403 and 408 as well as a breakdown of issues for Congress and possible Congressional approaches to address the policies.
Date: August 8, 2008
Creator: McCarthy, Francis X.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Interim Report: Volume 1. Papers on the Evolving Offshore Industry

An historical evaluation and documentation of the offshore oil and gas industry and its impact on the economy of Southern Louisiana from its inception in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane; Carriker, Bob; McGuire, Tom; Pratt, Joseph; Priest, Tyler & Pulsipher, Allan G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume II: Technical Report

This report is about the observations of deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preparation of an Interactive key for Northern Gulf of Mexico Polychaete Taxonomy Employing the DELTA/INTKEY System (open access)

Preparation of an Interactive key for Northern Gulf of Mexico Polychaete Taxonomy Employing the DELTA/INTKEY System

This report is about the preparation of the interactive key for northern Gulf of Mexico.
Date: October 2003
Creator: Carney, R.S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography (open access)

Cross-Shelf Exchange Processes and the Deepwater Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico: Dynamical Effects of Submarine Canyons and the Interactions of Loop Current Eddies with Topography

This report is about the study of interactions of the Gulf of Mexico eddies with topography and the dynamical of submarine canyons in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2004
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact of recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Economic Impact of recreational Fishing and Diving Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Structures in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about offshore oil and gas structures in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: March 2002
Creator: Hiett, Robert L. & Milon, J. Walter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research (open access)

Gulf of Mexico Fish and Fisheries: Bringing Together New and Recent Research

This report is about bringing together new and recent research.
Date: October 2000
Creator: McKay, Melanie; Nides, Judith & Vigil, Debra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aspects of the Louisiana Coastal Current (open access)

Aspects of the Louisiana Coastal Current

This report is about the status of existing reduced dimensional models of the dynamics of the Louisiana Coastal Current. Local, wind-driven models reproduce credibly the flow variability during the winter season.
Date: June 2005
Creator: United States. Coastal Marine Institute.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report (open access)

Subsurface, High-Speed Current Jets in the Deepwater Region of the Gulf of Mexico: Final Report

This report is about the study of subsurface high-speed current jets in the deep water of the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Dimarco, Steven F.; Howard, Matthew K.; Nowlin, Worth D., Jr. & Reid, Robert O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999 (open access)

Effects of Changes in Oil and Gas Prices and State Offshore Petroleum Production on the Louisiana Economy, 1969-1999

This report examines the interactions between changes in crude oil and natural gas prices, oil and gas production in the state offshore waters and measures of economic activities in Louisiana.
Date: August 2004
Creator: IIedare, Omowumi O. & Olatubi, Williams O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf Of Mexico; Annual Report: Year 2 (open access)

Sperm Whale Seismic Study in the Gulf Of Mexico; Annual Report: Year 2

This report is about the cooperative research on sperm whales and their response to seismic exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: September 2004
Creator: Jochens, Ann E. & Biggs, Douglas C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces (open access)

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana, Volume 3: Samples of interviews and Ethnographic Prefaces

This study is about the history and evolution of the offshore oil and gas industry in southern Louisiana in an objective and comprehensive way.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Austin, Diane & McGuire, Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Aspects of the Ecology of the Continental Slope Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico: A synopsis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study, 1983-1988 (open access)

Selected Aspects of the Ecology of the Continental Slope Fauna of the Gulf of Mexico: A synopsis of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study, 1983-1988

This report is about the Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Study.
Date: November 2003
Creator: Gallaway, Benny J.; Cole, John G. & Fechhelm, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Observational and Predictive Study of Inner Shelf Currents over the Louisiana-Texas Shelf (open access)

Observational and Predictive Study of Inner Shelf Currents over the Louisiana-Texas Shelf

This report is about the study of the inner shelf currents over the Louisiana and Texas shelf.
Date: December 2004
Creator: Rouse, Lawrence J., Jr.; Wiseman, William J. Jr.; Bender, Leslie C.; Guinasso, Norman L. Jr.; Kelly, F. J.; Brooks, David A. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changing Patterns of Ownership and Control in the Petroleum Industry: Implications for the Market for Oil and Gas Leases in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Changing Patterns of Ownership and Control in the Petroleum Industry: Implications for the Market for Oil and Gas Leases in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the changing patterns of ownership and control in the petroleum industry.
Date: October 2003
Creator: Pulsipher, Allan G.; Iledare, Omowumi O. & Mesyanzhinov, Dmitry V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures: Information Synthesis Report (open access)

Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures: Information Synthesis Report

This report is about the explosive removal of offshore structures in aquatic environments. The scope is worldwide. The sensitive marine resources considered in this analysis include marine fishes, marine turtles, and marine mammals.
Date: March 2004
Creator: Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects (open access)

Economic Impact in the U.S. of Deepwater Projects: A Survey of Five Projects

This survey report discusses deepwater projects centered in the Gulf Coast. Their study is interested in vendors or contractors supplying the equipment used on the deck and process in extracting oil. The authors are also interested in the socioeconomic effects of the oil extracting on local communities.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Stiff, John J. & Singelmann, Joachim
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survival of a Hydrogen-Utilizing Bacterium when Introduced into Native and Foreign Environments (open access)

Survival of a Hydrogen-Utilizing Bacterium when Introduced into Native and Foreign Environments

Report detailing a bioremediation experiment in which laboratory grown cultures of the Acinetobacter were re-introduced to an experimental flow-through marsh environment. "The body of this report focuses on the competitive studies performed on the Acinetobacter sp., which actually was the second half of the project. The development of the molecular tools that were used is presented as a reprint in Appendix A."
Date: December 2001
Creator: LaRock, Paul A. & Donovan, Lisa S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary (open access)

Deepwater Observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from In-Situ Current Meters and PIES; Volume I: Executive Summary

This report is about the deepwater observations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Hamilton, Peter; Singer, James J.; Waddell, Evans & Donohue, Kathleen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Importance of Zooplankton in the Diets of Blue Runner (Caranx crysos) Near Offshore Petroleum Platforms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the importance of Zooplankton in the diet of the blue runner.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Keenan, Sean F. & Benfield, Mark C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico (open access)

Strong Mid-Depth Currents and a Deep Cyclonic Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico

This report is about the exploration of the possibility that the deep flow around the edges of the Gulf circulates in a cyclonic, or counter-clockwise direction. The existence of this flow was purely theoretical but this study shows that such is observed reliably.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Sturges, Wilton; Chassignet, Eric & Ezer, Tal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Refining and Revising the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region High-Probability Model for Historic Shipwrecks, Final Report: Volume 1. Executive Summary (open access)

Refining and Revising the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region High-Probability Model for Historic Shipwrecks, Final Report: Volume 1. Executive Summary

This report is about the refining and revising historic shipwrecks.
Date: December 2003
Creator: Pearson, Charles E.; James, Stephen R. Jr.; Krivor, Michael C.; El Darragi, S. Dean & Cunningham, Lori
System: The UNT Digital Library
Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry (open access)

Labor Migration and the Deepwater Oil Industry

This report is about how local residents respond to the presence of immigrants, in the ways in which migrants supply their labor and employers demand it, and in how migrants socially and economically incorporate into their receiving communities.
Date: July 2004
Creator: Donato, Katherine M.
System: The UNT Digital Library