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Air Quality Issues and Animal Agriculture: EPA’s Air Compliance Agreement

Description: This report discusses a plan announced by EPA in January 2005, called the Air Compliance Agreement, that would produce air quality monitoring data on animal agriculture emissions from a small number of farms, while at the same time protecting all participants (including farms where no monitoring takes place) through a “safe harbor” from liability under certain provisions of federal environmental laws.
Date: July 18, 2007
Creator: Copeland, Claudia
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Quality Standards and Sound Science: What Role for CASAC?

Description: This report discusses the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which are standards that define what EPA considers to be clean air. Their importance stems from the long and complicated implementation process that is set in motion by their establishment.
Date: September 18, 2007
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Air Quality Standards and Sound Science: What Role for CASAC?

Description: This report discusses the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which are standards that define what EPA considers to be clean air. Their importance stems from the long and complicated implementation process that is set in motion by their establishment.
Date: September 18, 2007
Creator: McCarthy, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cambodia: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: This report provides historical context, discusses political and economic developments in Cambodia, and raises policy issues regarding U.S. - Cambodian relations.
Date: July 18, 2007
Creator: Lum, Thomas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change Litigation: A Growing Phenomenon

Description: This report discusses international law aspects of a nation's contributions to climate change.
Date: May 18, 2007
Creator: Meltz, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consumer Rental-Purchase (Rent-to-Own) Agreements

Description: This report gives background on the rent-to-own industry and the issues raised by rental-purchase agreements. Information of the FTC survey and the status of federal regulation and legislation is discussed.
Date: April 18, 2007
Creator: Smale, Pauline
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing

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Date: July 18, 2007
Creator: Rubin, Janice E. & Seitzinger, Michael V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview

Description: This report provides an overview of data mining and the Homeland Security.
Date: January 18, 2007
Creator: Seifert, Jeffrey W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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District of Columbia: Appropriations for 2007

Description: The annual consideration of appropriations bills by Congress is a part of a complex set of budget processes that also encompasses the consideration of budget resolutions, revenue and debt-limit legislation, other spending measures, and reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year.
Date: January 18, 2007
Creator: Boyd, Eugene & Smole, David P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Energy and Water Development: FY2008 Appropriations

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Date: June 18, 2007
Creator: Behrens, Carl E.; Andrews, Anthony; Bearden, David M.; Carter, Nicole T.; Holt, Mark; Lane, Nic et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer

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Date: June 18, 2007
Creator: Becker, Geoffrey S. & Porter, Donna V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Taxation of Aliens Working in the United States

Description: This report discusses the federal tax treatment of alien individuals, i.e., foreign nationals, who are working in the United States.
Date: January 18, 2007
Creator: Lunder, Erika
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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