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Unconventional Oil and Gas Development: Key Environmental and Public Health Requirements

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As with conventional oil and gas development, requirements from eight federal environmental and public health laws apply to unconventional oil and gas development. For example, the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulates discharges of pollutants into surface waters. Among other things, CWA requires oil and gas well site operators to obtain permits for discharges of produced water—which includes fluids used for … more
Date: September 5, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Ruling On Petitions for Review of Final Actions of the Environmental Protection Agency]

Description: Text of the per curiam decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit regarding a series of petitions on the review of actions by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Date: Summer 2012
Creator: United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit).
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Roadmap for Incorporating Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Policies and Programs into State and Tribal Implementation Plans

Description: Report describing four pathways for incorporating energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) policies in State and Tribal Implementation Plans (SIPs/TIPs). The purpose of the report is to reduce the barriers for state, tribal, and local agencies to incorporate EE/RE policies in SIPs/TIPs by clarifying existing EPA guidance.
Date: July 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Outreach and Information Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Global Health Programs

Description: Summary report of USAIDS' key accomplishments achieved in fiscal year 2012 in partnership with other governments, U.S. agencies, and corporate partners.
Date: 2012
Creator: United States. Agency International Development.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Project Summary: Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures]

Description: Summary describing the work completed at Industrial Economics, Incorporated for the Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Industrial Economics, Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Identification of Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Space-Use Conflicts and Analysis of Potential Mitigation Measures

Description: A report of a study which identified potential space-use conflicts between OCS renewable energy development and other uses of the ocean environment.
Date: September 2012
Creator: Conway, Flaxen; Hall-Arber, Madeleine; Harte, Michael; Hudgens, Daniel; Murray, Thomas; Pomeroy, Carrie et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Breast Cancer Diagnostic Workup, Data Points #15

Description: "This report examines variation in testing of ER, PR, HER2, BRCA, and lymph nodes in women ages 65 and older who were enrolled in the Medicare program and diagnosed with DCIS between 2004 and 2007."
Date: August 2012
Creator: Jarosek, Stephanie; Tuttle, Todd M.; Durham, Sara & Virnig, Beth A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategic Management Plan - Newtok to Mertarvik

Description: "The goal of the Mertarvik Strategic Management Plan is to set a common vision for relocating the village of Newtok through a plan that provides guidance to all activities at Mertarvik, with a focus on priority actions during the next three years."
Date: March 2012
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Roadmap for Incorporating Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Policies and Programs into State and Tribal Implementation Plans, Appendix K: State, Tribal and Local Examples and Opportunities

Description: Appendix to accompany a report about incorporating energy policies and programs into implementation plans, describing states and tribal governments that have implemented EE/RE policies and programs in their SIPs as well as opportunities opportunities to reduce electricity consumption and nitrogen oxides emissions through renewable energy certificates credits and storm water mitigation requirements.
Date: July 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Outreach and Information Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Roadmap for Incorporating Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Policies and Programs into State and Tribal Implementation Plans, Appendix H: Weight of Evidence Pathway

Description: Appendix to accompany a report about incorporating energy policies and programs into implementation plans, describing the weight of evidence pathway.
Date: July 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Outreach and Information Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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How to use eGrid for Carbon Footprinting Electricity Purchases in Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories

Description: The purpose of this paper is to provide some recommendations (and caveats) regarding which year(S) of eGROD subregion GHG emissions factors to use for estimating Scopes 2 and 3 GHG emissions from electricity use under various conditions.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Diem, Art & Quiroz, Cristina
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Close-Out of OIG Report No. 11-P-0702, Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes, September 26, 2011

Description: OIG analysis of EPA response to OIG Report No. 11-P-0702, "Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes", September 26, 2011.
Date: February 7, 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of the Inspector General.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Response to Final OIG Report Dated September 26, 2011, "Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes", Report No. 11-P-0702

Description: EPA response to Office of the Inspector General (OIG) final report "Procedural Review of Greenhouse Gases Endangerment Finding Data Quality Processes" (Project No. OPE-FY10-0017), dated September 26, 2011.
Date: January 11, 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Roadmap for Incorporating Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Policies and Programs into State and Tribal Implementation Plans, Appendix F: Control Strategy Pathway

Description: Appendix to accompany a report about incorporating energy policies and programs into implementation plans, describing the tradeoffs, level of effort, methods, and other key criteria involved in incorporating energy efficiency and renewable energy (EE/RE) polices and programs in a SIP/TIP as a control strategy.
Date: July 2012
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. Outreach and Information Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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