Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials (open access)

Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials

This report is designed to help local public health officials prepare for smoke events, to take measures to protect the public when smoke is present, and communicate with the public about wildfire smoke and health.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tracking Adaptation Efforts (open access)

Tracking Adaptation Efforts

A presentation about global warming and implementing changes to mitigate climate change.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Burgess, Scott
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2013 National Ocean Dumping Site Monitoring Assessment Report (open access)

2013 National Ocean Dumping Site Monitoring Assessment Report

This national report presents EPA's ocean dumping monitoring activities in fiscal year 2013. EPA conducted 13 surveys at 20 ocean disposal sites offshore from Puerto Rico, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, and Oregon. This report summarizes each survey's objectives(s), activities, conclusions, and recommended environmental management actions.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report of The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing (open access)

Final Report of The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing

This is a report on President Barack Obama's executive order that created the Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
Date: May 2015
Creator: President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources (open access)

Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources

A report which analyzes an action which amends the new source performance standards (NSPS) for the oil and natural gas source category by setting standards for both methane and volatile organic compounds (VOC) for certain equipment, processes and activities across this source category.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
User's Guide and Metadata for WestuRe: U.S. Pacific Coast Estuary/Watershed Data and R Tools (open access)

User's Guide and Metadata for WestuRe: U.S. Pacific Coast Estuary/Watershed Data and R Tools

A report about the WestuRe Project. The goal of this project is to create a framework to make general descriptive data for estuaries and their watersheds more accessible. It also aims to provide tools to make analyzing and visualizing this data easier.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Frazier, D.A.; Ruesser, D. A.; Lee II, H.; McCoy, L. M.; Brown, C. & Nelson, W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrating Adaptation in Hazard Mitigation Planning Efforts (open access)

Integrating Adaptation in Hazard Mitigation Planning Efforts

A presentation that discusses the NHMA, hazard mitigation, challenges of mitigation, examples of hazard prevention, and funding that can be used.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Klima, Kelly & Jerolleman, Alessandra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12 (open access)

Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12

This is the 2011-12 report on sexual victimization in prisons and jails.
Date: May 2013
Creator: Beck, Allen J.; Berzofsky, Marcus & Casper, Rachel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice (open access)

Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice

This fact sheet defines climate change and how it relates to health factors.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students (open access)

Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students

This document covers the U.S. Department of Education efforts to protect transgender students.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Department of Education. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Office of Safe and Healthy Students.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Wetland Condition Assessment : 2011 Technical Report (open access)

National Wetland Condition Assessment : 2011 Technical Report

The National Wetland Condition Assessment: 2011 Technical Report (EPA-843-R-15-006) details methods and analysis approaches used in the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and partner organizations.
Date: May 2016
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Federal Register: Selected Notices, May 2016] (open access)

[Federal Register: Selected Notices, May 2016]

Section of the Federal Register containing several public notices issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Bureau of Land Management as well as notices from the International Trade Commission regarding a meeting about the Sunshine Act.
Date: May 4, 2016
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Federal Register: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems; Final Rule] (open access)

[Federal Register: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems; Final Rule]

Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of May 2012. This text addresses the final rule for 40 CFR parts 141 and 142: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems.
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regulations Implementing Section 1417 of the SDWA: Prohibition on Use of Lead Pipes, Soldner and Flux Public Webinar (open access)

Regulations Implementing Section 1417 of the SDWA: Prohibition on Use of Lead Pipes, Soldner and Flux Public Webinar

A few presentations that provide the water utility perspective on the lead free requirements including lessons learned by Philadelphia Water Department in complying with the RLDWA.
Date: May 14, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bird Wintering Ranges (open access)

Bird Wintering Ranges

This study examines the changes in winter ranges of North American birds from the winters of 1966-1967 thru 2013.
Date: May 2014
Creator: National Audubon Society
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Funding Strategies for Adaptation: Examples from the Water Sector

A presentation about adaptation in a water context. It discusses funding and fees.
Date: May 1, 2013
Creator: Broaddus, Lynn
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Summit on Creativity and Aging in America (open access)

The Summit on Creativity and Aging in America

A document that acknowledges an increasing number of people who are elderly in the Unite States. It discusses impacts that this causes as well as ways to adjust to this demographic shift.
Date: May 18, 2015
Creator: The Summit on Creativity and Aging in America
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2014 (open access)

Climate Change Indicators in the United States, 2014

EPA publishes this report to communicate information about the science and impacts of climate change, assess trends in environmental quality, and inform decision-making. This report presents 30 indicators to help readers understand observed long-term trends related to the causes and effects of climate change, the significance of these changes, and their possible consequences for people, the environment, and society.
Date: May 2014
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013 (open access)

National Healthcare Disparities Report 2013

This report summarizes data gathered to address three key questions: what is the status of health care quality, access and disparities in the United States, How have health care quality; access and disparities changed over time; where are health care quality, access, and disparities improving and where are they getting worse.
Date: May 2014
Creator: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Support Document for the Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (open access)

Technical Support Document for the Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States

A document addressing the legal basis and the existing scientific literature in support of the significant nexus determinations underpinning the Clean Water Rule.
Date: May 27, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Waste Heat to Power Systems (open access)

Waste Heat to Power Systems

This publication offers information on the waste heat to power (WHP). The WHP is the process of capturing heat discarded by an existing industrial process by using heat to generate energy.
Date: May 30, 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Combined Heat and Power Partnership.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The President's Malaria Initiative: Seventh Annual Report to Congress (open access)

The President's Malaria Initiative: Seventh Annual Report to Congress

A report about combating malaria in Africa. It offers statistics and methods used for fighting malaria.
Date: May 2013
Creator: United State. Agency for International Development.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Key Provisions that Take Effect Immediately (open access)

Key Provisions that Take Effect Immediately

A paper about affordable health care in the united states. It pertains to changes taking place for small businesses, seniors, the privately insured, and the uninsured.
Date: May 3, 2010
Creator: Pelosi, Nancy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
2016 Paid Leave Analysis Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions (open access)

2016 Paid Leave Analysis Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions

This document is a FAQ for the 2016 paid leave analysis grant program.
Date: May 5, 2016
Creator: United States. Women's Bureau.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library