BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Riley, KS) (open access)

BRAC 2005 DoD Report, Army Justification Book (Ft Riley, KS)

INSTALLATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE FORT RILEY, KS (Disregard Restriction Headers and Footers)
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
BRAC 2005 DoD Report: Army Justification Book (IGPBS/Ft. Bliss,KS) (open access)

BRAC 2005 DoD Report: Army Justification Book (IGPBS/Ft. Bliss,KS)

USA-0221v4 Trans Op Army Supporting Information.pdf Recommendation Supporting Information 03-May-05 Operational Army (IGPBS)(Disregard Restriction Headers and Footers)
Date: May 27, 2005
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields (open access)

Waste of Oil and Gas in the Mid-Continent Fields

Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies of waste in oil and gas fields in the mid-continent area. As stated in the introduction, this report "describes the general amounts and kinds of waste, and attempts to show the importance of conserving these natural resources" (p. 5). This paper includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: May 1914
Creator: Blatchley, Raymond S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for new and improved sash-fastener so as to "lock the sash when elevated as well as closed" (line 15 & 16), including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condition Survey: McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas (open access)

Condition Survey: McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas

The purpose of this report is to present the results of a condition survey performed at McConnell Air Force Base (MAFB), Kansas, during 8-12 May 1972. The three major areas of interest considered in this condition survey were the structural condition of the primary airfield pavements, the condition of pavement repairs and the types of maintenance materials that have been used at this airfield, and any detrimental effects of frost action to the pavement facilities.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Jackson, Ralph D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recommendations for new monitoring wells at Everest, Kansas. (open access)

Recommendations for new monitoring wells at Everest, Kansas.

On February 15, 2007, the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) submitted Recommendations for Remedial Action at Everest, Kansas. Those Recommendations were accepted by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) in a letter to the CCC/USDA dated March 5, 2007. The approved Recommendations document outlines a plan for systematic groundwater sampling and monitoring at Everest to provide data necessary for the critical evaluation of remedial options - including a phytoremediation alternative - for restoration of the groundwater and protection of the surface waters of the intermittent creek at this site. Phase I of the KDHE-approved monitoring plan includes the following activities: (1) Groundwater sampling at existing monitoring wells, with analyses for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and selected biodegradation parameters; (2) Sampling of surface waters along the intermittent creek for VOCs analyses; and (3) Periodic manual measurement and automated recording of groundwater and surface water levels in the vicinity of the intermittent creek. The locations selected for groundwater and surface water sampling and analyses under the approved monitoring program were determined in consultation with the KDHE. As a result of subsequent discussions among representatives of the KDHE, the CCC/USDA, and Argonne regarding the technical program …
Date: May 3, 2007
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of Monitoring at Barnes, Kansas, in 2010 (open access)

Annual Report of Monitoring at Barnes, Kansas, in 2010

The Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) operated a grain storage facility at Barnes, Kansas, in 1949-1974. Carbon tetrachloride contamination was initially detected in 1986 in the town's public water supply wells. In 2006-2007, the CCC/USDA conducted a comprehensive targeted investigation at and near its former property in Barnes to characterize this contamination. Those results were reported previously (Argonne 2008a). The results of that investigation indicated that carbon tetrachloride contamination is present in groundwater at low to moderate levels in the vicinity of the former CCC/USDA grain storage facility. Information obtained during the 2006-2007 investigation also indicated that at least one other potential source might have contributed to the groundwater contaminant plume (Argonne 2008a). The former agriculture building owned by the local school district, located immediately east of well PWS3, is also a potential source of the contamination. In November 2007, the CCC/USDA began periodic groundwater monitoring at Barnes. The monitoring is being conducted on behalf of the CCC/USDA by Argonne National Laboratory, under the direction of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The objective is to monitor the carbon tetrachloride contamination identified in the groundwater at Barnes. Through 2010, sampling was conducted in …
Date: May 25, 2011
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Work Plan: Indoor Air and Ambient Air Sampling Near the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility in Everest, Kansas. (open access)

Final Work Plan: Indoor Air and Ambient Air Sampling Near the Former CCC/USDA Grain Storage Facility in Everest, Kansas.

The Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) operated a grain storage facility at the western edge of Everest, Kansas, from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Sampling by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) in 1997 resulted in the detection of carbon tetrachloride in one domestic well (the Nigh well) northwest of the former facility. On behalf of the CCC/USDA, Argonne National Laboratory subsequently conducted a series of investigations to characterize the contamination (Argonne 2003, 2006a,b,c). Automatic, continuous monitoring of groundwater levels began in 2002 and is ongoing at six locations. The results have consistently indicated groundwater flow toward the north-northwest from the former CCC/USDA property to the Nigh property, then west-southwest from the Nigh property to the intermittent creek. Sitewide periodic groundwater and surface water sampling with analysis for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) began in 2008. Argonne's combined data indicate no significant downgradient extension of contamination since 2000. At present, the sampling is annual, as approved by the KDHE (2009) in response to a plan developed for the CCC/USDA (Argonne 2009). This document presents a plan for collecting indoor air samples in homes located along and adjacent to the defined extent of …
Date: May 24, 2010
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Work Plan for Targeted Sampling at Webber, Kansas. (open access)

Final Work Plan for Targeted Sampling at Webber, Kansas.

This Work Plan outlines the scope of work for targeted sampling at Webber, Kansas (Figure 1.1). This activity is being conducted at the request of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), in accordance with Section V of the Intergovernmental Agreement between the KDHE and the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA). Data obtained in this sampling event will be used to (1) evaluate the current status of previously detected contamination at Webber and (2) determine whether the site requires further action. This work is being performed on behalf of the CCC/USDA by the Environmental Science Division of Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary research center operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The CCC/USDA has entered into an interagency agreement with DOE, under which Argonne provides technical assistance to the CCC/USDA with environmental site characterization and remediation at its former grain storage facilities. Argonne has issued a Master Work Plan (Argonne 2002) that describes the general scope of and guidance for all investigations at former CCC/USDA facilities in Kansas. The Master Work Plan, approved by the KDHE, contains the materials common to investigations at all locations …
Date: May 1, 2006
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
September 2007 monitoring results for Centralia, Kansas. (open access)

September 2007 monitoring results for Centralia, Kansas.

In September 2005, periodic sampling of groundwater was initiated by the Commodity Credit Corporation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (CCC/USDA) in the vicinity of a grain storage facility formerly operated by the CCC/USDA at Centralia, Kansas. The sampling at Centralia is being performed on behalf of the CCC/USDA by Argonne National Laboratory, in accord with a monitoring program approved by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). The objective is to monitor levels of carbon tetrachloride contamination identified in the groundwater at Centralia (Argonne 2003, 2004, 2005a). Under the KDHE-approved monitoring plan (Argonne 2005b), the groundwater is being sampled twice yearly (for a recommended period of two years) for analyses for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as measurement of selected geochemical parameters to aid in the evaluation of possible natural contaminant degradation (reductive dechlorination) processes in the subsurface environment. The sampling is presently conducted in a network of 10 monitoring wells and 6 piezometers (Figure 1.1), at locations approved by the KDHE (Argonne 2006a). The results of groundwater sampling and VOCs analyses in September-October 2005, March 2006, September 2006, and March 2007 were documented previously (Argonne 2006a,b, 2007a). The results have demonstrated the presence of carbon tetrachloride …
Date: May 1, 2008
Creator: LaFreniere, L. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tectonic Map of Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas Showing the Distribution of Uranium Occurrences (open access)

Tectonic Map of Western Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas Showing the Distribution of Uranium Occurrences

From introduction: The Cordilleran Foreland (King. 1951, p. 58-62; Horberg and others, 1949, p. 192194) forms a broad north-south belt, parallel to and east of the Cordilleran geanticline (fig. 1), in which the predominant geologic structure is a series of anticlinal mountains and broad asymmetric basins that contrast sharply with the folds and overthrusts related to the Cordilleran geanticline. A tectonic map of most of the Cordilleran Foreland (fig. 2) is being compiled as an aid to study the geologic setting of uranium deposits within the region, and to determine what relationships may exist between the distribution of uranium deposits and the regional tectonic pattern (Osterwald, 1955). The map will show the distribution of faults, uranium deposits, areas of volcanic activity, and crestlines and troughs of folds.
Date: May 1956
Creator: Osterwald, Frank W. & Dean, Basil G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Locking Device for Car-Doors. (open access)

Locking Device for Car-Doors.

Patent for a locking device for a sliding train car capable of locking automatically upon close, including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Tierney, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Treating Ores. (open access)

Method of Treating Ores.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in methods of Treating Ores, of which the following is a specification. The present invention relates to a method of treating ores carrying gold and silver values in any form amenable to cyanid treatment or flotation" (lines 6-12).
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Friberger, Harry Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data for Lincoln NTMS Quadrangle, Nebraska; Kansas (open access)

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data for Lincoln NTMS Quadrangle, Nebraska; Kansas

From abstract: Results of a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the Lincoln Quadrangle are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 577 groundwater and 754 stream sediment samples. Statistical and areal distributions of uranium and possible uranium-related variables are displayed. A generalized geologic map of the survey area is provided, and pertinent geologic factors which may be of significance in evaluating the potential for uranium mineralization are briefly discussed.
Date: May 29, 1981
Creator: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Basic Data for Lincoln NTMS Quadrangle, Nebraska; Kansas: Appendix C

Data collected as part of a hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance for the Lincoln NTMS quadrangle in Kansas and Nebraska including laboratory data on well water and stream sediments as well as field data.
Date: May 29, 1981
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Distribution of Uranium in Rocks of Pennsylvanian Age in Northeastern Oklahoma, Southeastern Kansas, and Western Missouri (open access)

Distribution of Uranium in Rocks of Pennsylvanian Age in Northeastern Oklahoma, Southeastern Kansas, and Western Missouri

The following report covers investigations on sedimentary rocks of Middle Pennsylvanian age in northeastern Oklahoma, southeastern Kansas, and western Missouri. Distribution of uranium and other trace elements in these rocks was studied during 1955 and 1956.
Date: May 1958
Creator: Danilchik, Walter & Hyden, H. J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kansas (open access)

The Synthetic Liquid Fuel Potential of Kansas

Report documenting the suitability of Kansas for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest.
Date: May 14, 1951
Creator: Ford, Bacon, and Davis
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library