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Compendium of federal and state radioactive materials transportation laws and regulations: Transportation Legislative Database (TLDB)

Description: The Transportation Legislative Database (TLDB) is an on-line information service containing detailed information on legislation and regulations regarding the transportation of radioactive materials in the United States. The system is dedicated to serving the legislative and regulatory information needs of the US Department of Energy and other federal agencies; state, tribal, and local governments; the hazardous materials transportation industry; and interested members of the general public. In … more
Date: October 1, 1989
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Site-specific legal and institutional analysis of the barriers to geothermal hydrothermal commercialization present at target prospects in the five Pacific Rim states

Description: The specifics of the permitting process, land access, power plant siting, water law, and other legal or institutional barriers or conflicts are presented for each of the most highly regarded target electric prospects in the five Pacific Rim states: California, Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, and Wasington. (MHR)
Date: October 20, 1979
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proposed Reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the 113th Congress: S. 1009 Compared with S. 696 and Current Law

Description: This report compares key provisions of S. 696 and S. 1009 with provisions of TSCA Title I (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) that would be affected if either bill became law. These provisions are summarized in Tables 1 through 6 of this report.
Date: October 23, 2013
Creator: Yen, Jerry H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping

Description: Report that provides an overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Topics include the prohibition and penalties of wiretapping and eavesdropping, legal instances of both, and penalties for violations.
Date: October 9, 2012
Creator: Stevens, Gina & Doyle, Charles
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Privacy: An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping

Description: Report that provides a short overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Legal and illegal means of surveillance are noted, as well as the penalties for violations.
Date: October 9, 2012
Creator: Stevens, Gina & Doyle, Charles
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Food Safety on the Farm: Federal Programs and Legislative Action

Description: In recent years, major outbreaks of foodborne illnesses, product recalls, and reports about unsafe food imports have caused some to question the adequacy of the U.S. food safety system. Stakeholders appear to agree that an optimal system should encompass a comprehensive, preventive approach to food safety, focusing on those foods and points in the food system that pose the greatest public health risks, starting at the point of production - that is, on farms and ranches. This report discusses di… more
Date: October 5, 2010
Creator: Johnson, Renée
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Biomass: Comparison of Definitions in Legislation Through the 111th Congress

Description: This report discusses the use of biomass as an energy feedstock, which is emerging as a potentially viable alternative to address U.S. energy security concerns, foreign oil dependence, rural economic development, and diminishing sources of conventional energy. Biomass (organic matter that can be converted into energy) may include food crops, crops for energy (e.g., switchgrass or prairie perennials), crop residues, wood waste and byproducts, and animal manure. This report discusses legislation … more
Date: October 28, 2010
Creator: Bracmort, Kelsi & Gorte, Ross W.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Intermediate-Level Blends of Ethanol in Gasoline, and the Ethanol "Blend Wall"

Description: This report discusses the growing interest in the potential for ethanol to displace petroleum as a transportation fuel, as well as related issues, including current Clean Air Act (CAA) limitation on ethanol content in gasoline; the requests of ethanol producers for an increase of this limitation; and the effects the limitation has upon vehicle and engine warranties and the infrastructures of the automobile and fuel industries.
Date: October 18, 2010
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Agriculture-Based Biofuels: Overview and Emerging Issues

Description: This report reviews the evolution of the U.S. biofuels sector and the role that federal policy has played in shaping its development. In addition, it highlights emerging issues that are critical to the biofuels sector and of relevance to Congress.
Date: October 14, 2010
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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False Patent Marking: Litigation and Legislation

Description: This report will describe and analyze the Federal Circuit's 2009 decision that requires a per-article penalty for false marking, as well as two subsequent Federal Circuit decisions in 2010 that answer several questions that have arisen during the recent false patent marking litigation. It also identifies and discusses legislation in the 111th Congress that would amend § 292 in order to retroactively end qui tam false marking suits and with the intent of reducing the number of false marking suit… more
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Yeh, Brian T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Federal Government's Role in Electric Transmission Facility Siting

Description: This report looks at the history of transmission siting and the reason behind the movement toward an increased federal role in siting decisions, explains the new federal role in transmission siting pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and discusses legal issues related to this and any potential future expansions of the federal role.
Date: October 28, 2010
Creator: Vann, Adam
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Pornography]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 14, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fort Worth porn]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 15, 1979, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Regional Issue Identification and Assessment (RIIA). Volume III. Institutional barriers to developing power generation facilities in the Pacific Northwest

Description: The Regional Assessments Division in the US Department of Energy (DOE) has undertaken a program to assess the probable consequences of various national energy policies in regions of the United States and to evaluate the constraints on national energy policy imposed by conditions in these regions. The program is referred to as the Regional Issues Identification and Assessment (RIIA) Program. Currently the RIIA Program is evaluating the Trendlong Mid-Mid scenario, a pattern of energy development … more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Morris, F. A.; Sawyer, C. H. & Maxwell, J. H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of interstate compacts to energy-facility siting

Description: This paper examines the nature and function of interstate compacts in the US, and explores their potential for helping to resolve environmental issues related to the siting and permitting of energy-producing facilities (e.g., power plants, synthetic fuel plants). Elements of state energy facility-siting programs are identified, and the ability of interstate compacts to assist in accomplishing each element is analyzed. This analysis provides the basis for assessing the potential capabilities and… more
Date: October 1, 1979
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Direct regional energy/economic modeling (DREEM) design

Description: This report summarizes an investigation into the use of regional and multiregional economic models for estimating the indirect and induced impacts of Federally-mandated energy policies. It includes an examination of alternative types of energy policies that can impact regional economies and the available analytical frameworks for measuring the magnitudes and spatial extents of these impacts. One such analytical system, the National Regional Impact Evaluation System (NRIES), currently operationa… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Hall, P.D. & Pleatsikas, C.J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legal and institutional problems facing geothermal development in Oregon and Washington

Description: The energy supply and demand picture of these two states is sketched. The perceived legal and institutional problems facing geothermal are shown against the backdrop of this broader, energy policy portrait. The following are discussed: the Bonneville Power Administration - regional power broker; other key institutional players; industrial users, public utilities, two state governments, and one regional commission; and a legal/institutional agenda for the Pacific Region team. (MHR)
Date: October 1, 1978
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legal and institutional problems facing geothermal development in Hawaii

Description: The problems discussed confronting future geothermal development in Hawaii include: a seemingly insoluble mismatch of resource and market; the burgeoning land claims of the Native Hawaiian community; a potential legal challenge to the State's claim to hegemony over all of Hawaii's geothermal resources, regardless of surface ownership; resistance to any sudden, large scale influx of Mainland industry, and questionable economics for the largest potential industrial users. (MHR)
Date: October 1, 1978
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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1979 New Mexico legislative session: energy issues and legislation. [WIPP]

Description: This report is an account of the energy legislation and associated issues considered during the 1979 session of the 34th New Mexico Legislature. The session's major issue was the federal study of a proposed nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. A large proportion of time and effort was spent on resolving the state's formal position toward the federal project. However, other energy concerns were also significant even though they were neither as controversial nor as visible as… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Barsumian, L. & Vandevender, S.G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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