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U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress: 2014

Description: 2014 annual report reviewing the status of U.S. fisheries and comparing with 2013. Includes a brief description of ecosystem-based fishery management as well as the general progress made in areas of overfishing, stock management, stock status by U.S. region, stock trends, and sustainability.
Date: April 2015
Creator: Pritzker, Penny; Sullivan, Kathryn D. & Sobeck, Eileen
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Annual Energy Outlook 2015: with Projections to 2040

Description: The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015), prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), presents long-term annual projections of energy supply, demand, and prices through 2040.
Date: April 2015
Creator: United States. Energy Information Administration.
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Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations

Description: Regulatory Impact Analysis report discussing benefits, costs and economic impacts of the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units Constructed on or before January 8, 2014; Model Trading Rules; Amendments for Framework Regulations where the EPA proposing a federal plan to implement the emissions guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired EGUs under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
Date: August 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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Alaskan Water and Sanitation Retrospective 1970-2005

Description: The purpose of this retrospective is to inform the water and sanitation industry and the general public about technologies deployed in rural Alaskan villages between ~1970 and 2005. We indicate, per interviewee input, why the majority failed on a technical level or failed to provide adequate water on an as-used basis to improve health outcomes. This retrospective will supplement prior, and often meager, documentation of unsuccessful approaches to water and sanitation in Alaska, as both a cauti… more
Date: February 2015
Creator: United States. Arctic Research Commission.
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Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Clean Power Plan Final Rule

Description: This is a Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) as it relates to greenhouse gases and climate change.
Date: October 23, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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State Plans: More State Options, Lower Costs

Description: A chart which shows some of the compliance pathways available to states under the final Clean Power Plan.
Date: August 5, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Clean Power Plan

Description: Key topics and issues surrounding the 2015 Clean Power Plan prepared by EPA, including reliability, time frame, types of power, and compliance by area.
Date: 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Russia 2015 Human Rights Report

Description: This report outlines the human rights problems identified by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor for Russia.
Date: 2015
Creator: United States. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
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TCEQ_Groundwater Conservation Districts

Description: A paper that serves as a management and planning tool to support the statewide groundwater programs conducted by Texas state agencies.
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: United States. Texas Commission on Environmental Policy.
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Economic Analysis of the EPA-Army Clean Water Rule

Description: This report of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army discusses a final rule revising the definition of the regulatory term "waters of the United States". This term identifies waters which are, and are not, subject to the Clean Water Act (CSA).
Date: May 20, 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
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EPA's 2011 National-scale Toxics Assessment

Description: This document describes the data and approaches used to conduct the EPA's National-scale Air Toxics Assessment, an ongoing comprehensive evaluation of air toxics in the United States.
Date: December 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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TRI National Analysis 2013: Release of Chemicals

Description: Report discussing the disposal or other releases of chemicals into the environment that occur through a range of practices.
Date: January 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Alternative Compliance Option Technical Support Document (TSD)

Description: A report intended to provide a voluntary pathway by which an affected EGU that commits to retiring would be removed from the trading program (either mass-based or rate-based trading) and instead would comply with a unit-specific emission limitation.
Date: August 2015
Creator: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air and Radiation.
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