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Annual Report to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1995

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geologic Processes at the Land Surface

Description: A report about erosion, deposition, soil formation, and water flow. It discusses hazards such as landslides, dust storms, floods, topsoil loss, ecosystem change, water contamination, and soil contamination.
Date: 1996
Creator: Wilshire, Howard G.; Howard, Keith A.; Wentworth, Carl M. & Gibbons, Helen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Chronology of Late Cretaceous Igneous and Hydrothermal Events at the Golden Sunlight Gold-Silver Breccia Pipe, Southwestern Montana

Description: A report about gold mineralization at the Golden Sunlight breccia pipe, southwestern Montana, is related to emplacement of Late Cretaceous alkali-calcic rhyolite and subsequent collapse of the Belt Supergroup wallrock and rhyolite in the pipe.
Date: 1996
Creator: DeWitt, Ed; Foord, Eugene E.; Zartman, Robert E.; Pearson, Robert C. & Foster, Fess
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska

Description: A report about metal necessary for economic or industrial development and how the metals are toxic to plants, animals, and humans.
Date: 1996
Creator: Gray, John E. & Sanzolone, Richard F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lobbying Regulations on Non-Profit Organizations

Description: This report is intended to provide a brief overview of the various potential restrictions upon or regulation of the lobbying activities of non-profit organizations.
Date: September 27, 1996
Creator: Maskell, Jack H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Abundance and Distribution of Sea Turtles off North Carolina

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analysis of Ambient Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Conditions Affecting EPA Class I and II Areas in Southeastern Louisiana, Volume 2: Appendices

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical Summaries from Selected Environmental Studies of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

Description: Report contains a collection of environmental studies conducted by the MMS in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico to guide and ensure responsible stewardship of the coastal and marine environments of the NE Gulf of Mexico and balance this against energy needs for the American public.
Date: July 1996
Creator: United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Marine Debris Point Source Investigation: Padre Island National Seashore

Description: This report covers the Padre Island National Seashore's pollution problems. The report seeks to address the numerous wildlife injuries and deaths related to entanglement and ingestion.
Date: August 1996
Creator: Nationals Park Service. Padre Island National Seashore Resources Management Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Gold Placers of the Historical Fortymile River Region, Alaska

Description: From introduction: This report focuses on the placer geology of individual creeks; mining, history of the area, high terrace gravels, and the gold source of the Fortymile River area in Alaska.
Date: 1996
Creator: Yeend, Warren E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of Field Measurements and Computer Modeling to Evaluate Deep Mine Shaft Stability in Northern Idaho

Description: 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… more
Date: 1996
Creator: Beus, Michael J.; Orr, T. J. & Whyatt, J. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Midnite Mine Summary Report

Description: The Midni'e Mine is an inactive, hard-rock uranium mine in Stevens County, WA. Oxidation of sulfide-containing minerals in the ore body produces large quantities of acidic water. The U.S. Bureau of Mines was directed by Congress in Fiscal Year 1994 to perform technological research on the treatment of radioactive water and disposal of treatment residues at the Midnite Mine and en overall site reclamation. This Report of Investigations summarizes the studies that were completed on: 1) treatment … more
Date: 1996
Creator: Dean, N. E.; Boldt, C. M. K.; Schultze, L. E.; Nilsen, D. N.; Isaacson, A. E.; Williams, B. C. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Bureau of Mines Final Report : Midnite Mine Water Treatment Studies

Description: The U.S. Bureau of Mines reviewed and evaluated options for treatment of the approximately 500 million gallons of contaminated water in flooded pits at the Midnite Mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation. While current lime treatment produces discharge quality water, the resultant sludges are radioactive, presenting a disposal problem. Of the 24 commercial processes and seven emerging technologies evaluated, none demonstrated a significant advantage over ion exchange using a strong base anion ex… more
Date: 1996
Creator: Schultze, L. E.; Nilsen, D. N.; Isaacson, A. E. & Lahoda, E. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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