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The Facility Registry System (FRS) identifies facilities, sites, or places subject to environmental regulation or of environmental interest to EPA programs or delegated states. Using vigorous verification and data management procedures, FRS integrates facility data from program national systems, state master facility records, tribal partners, and other federal agencies and provides the Agency with a centrally managed, single source of comprehensive and authoritative information on facilities.

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An unusual accumulation ofi ncohesive fine-grained sediment (silt and clay) occurs in the midst of the sand-covered continental shelf south of Martha's Vineyard. This 4000 square mile deposit of soft material is assumed to overlie relict Pleistocene sands. The objective of this study was to determine the distribution, thickness, and engineering properties of this fine-grained deposit.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Bayou Sauvage NWR for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Bayou Sauvage NWR will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information on plan development and management direction, and strategies for plan implementation. Key planning issues include: fish and wildlife population management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and Refuge administration.

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Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory Data. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by facilities in certain industries as well as federal facilities. The TRI Program provides the Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory dataset annually in mid- to late July to give the public an opportunity to see the most recent TRI information prior to the publication of the TRI National Analysis report in December. Please note that the Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory dataset is not yet complete and will be updated every two weeks as the TRI Program continues to process additional reporting year 2012 TRI submissions. DISCLAIMER: See http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/2012-tri-preliminary-dataset for limitations and other information regarding the use of this data.

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The 2011 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) dataset contains the most current TRI data available and reflects toxic chemical releases and pollution prevention activities that occurred at TRI facilities during the 2011 calendar year. You can use this dataset to find out what TRI-covered toxic chemicals are being produced and used at industrial facilities in your local area and how they are being managed. Please note that this dataset will change as the TRI Program continues to process TRI submissions. The TRI Program provides this dataset annually in late July to give the public an opportunity to see the most recent TRI information prior to the publication of the TRI National Analysis report in December. To view National Analysis reports from previous years, please consult TRI's archive of National Analysis data at http://www.epa.gov/tri/.

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"This file contains reported cases of collisions, derailments, fires, explosions, acts of God, or other events involving the operation of railroad on-track equipment and involving damages exceeding the reporting threshold for the year reported. National files from 1975 through the current year are available for download. In addition, individual files by State are available for the years 1991 through the current year.

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Basemap datasets comprise six of the seven FGDC themes of geospatial data that are used by most GIS applications (Note: the seventh framework theme, orthographic imagery, is packaged in a separate NFIP Metadata Profile): cadastral, geodetic control, governmental unit, transportation, general structures, hydrography (water areas and lines). These data include an encoding of the geographic extent of the features and a minimal number of attributes needed to identify and describe the features. (Source: Circular A16, p. 13)

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The goal of this project was to develop a technique to quantitatively predict the area of moist soil that would be exposed as a result of a water drawdown of any magnitude and subsequently predict the abundance of flora and fauna. The use of this technique will allow managers to model their impoundments and predict amounts of food resources with various management strategies.

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The program is designed to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge and understanding of and appreciation for traditional U.S. history. Grant awards will assist LEAs, in partnership with entities that have content expertise, to develop, document, evaluate, and disseminate innovative and cohesive models of professional development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of U.S. history as a separate subject matter within the core curriculum, these programs will improve instruction and raise student achievement.

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Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory Data. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by facilities in certain industries as well as federal facilities. The TRI Program provides the Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory dataset annually in mid- to late July to give the public an opportunity to see the most recent TRI information prior to the publication of the TRI National Analysis report in December. Please note that the Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory dataset is not yet complete and will be updated every two weeks as the TRI Program continues to process additional reporting year 2012 TRI submissions. DISCLAIMER: See http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/2012-tri-preliminary-dataset for limitations and other information regarding the use of this data.

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The USFWS wanted to upgrade the dike roads for safe passage during moist conditions, specifically for a 50year return period rainfall event. Secondly, they wanted to rid the lake of rough fish species by being able to draw down the lake when it was needed. Lastly they wished to improve and expand on existing lake unit outflow structures and increase outflow capacities.

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The Facility Registry System (FRS) identifies facilities, sites, or places subject to environmental regulation or of environmental interest to EPA programs or delegated states. Using vigorous verification and data management procedures, FRS integrates facility data from program national systems, state master facility records, tribal partners, and other federal agencies and provides the Agency with a centrally managed, single source of comprehensive and authoritative information on facilities.

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Recharge of the shallow waterbearing beds takes place all along the stream. On the other hand, recharge of the deep pervious beds is inferred to take place largely within 5 miles from the head of the alluvial fan near Burns, where clean gravel and sand form about 90 percent of the fill. Farther from the head of the fan, confining beds prevent recharge of the deep pervious beds by downward percolation. From several lines of evidence it is estimated that the average annual recharge along the Silvies River is about 40,000 acrefeet, of whicn about 6,500 acrefeet could be pumped perennially from wells. In additon some water might be salvaged from the shallow pervious beds by growing alfalfa as a groundwater plant. The water in the bedrock appears to fall into three distinct temperature ranges slightly thermal water, 52 to 62 F.; water of intermediate temperature, 64 to 82 F.; and hot water, 90 to 154 F. The slightly thermal water has been encountered in bedrock wells of moderate depth in the northern part of the basin, where the safe yield of the aquifers appears to be at leart equal to the safe yield of the valley fill. The water of intermediate temperature issues from relatively large springs in three small districts in the west half of the basin; the aggregate discharge by these springs in 1931 was about 40 secondfeet. Water of intermediate temperature also issues from several flowing wells in the vicinity of the springs. The hot water issues from a few springs that are widely scattered over the basin, and their aggregate yield in 1931 was about 5 secondfeet. It issues also from a deep flowing well in the southwestern part of the central alluvial plain. With few exceptions the thermal springs and the flowing thermal wells occur along or very near faults that cut the Tertiary rocks. Six wells more than 500 feet deep have been drilled in the central plain in search of flowing water. The single deep well that was flowing in 1931 suggests that the artesian head is not large.

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The Wetland Grant Database (WGD) houses grant data for Wetland Program Development Grants (created by EPA in 1990 under the Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(3) authority). The Wetland Grants Database contains further information on WPDG Case Studies that were awarded in past years.

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The Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity (DSSTox) Database Network provides a public forum for search and publishing downloadable, structure-searchable, standardized chemical structure files associated with toxicity data.

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READ is EPA's authoritative source for information about Agency information resources, including applications/systems, datasets and models. READ is one component of the System of Registries (SoR).

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Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended by the Hazardous Waste Disposal Act of 1984, brought underground storage tanks (USTs) under federal regulation. As part of that regulation, Congress directed EPA to develop financial responsibility regulations for UST owners and operators. Congress wanted owners and operators of underground storage tanks (USTs) to show that they have the financial resources to clean up a site if a release occurs, correct environmental damage, and compensate third parties for injury to their property or themselves. Owners and operators have several options: obtain insurance coverage from an insurer or a risk retention group; demonstrate self-insurance using a financial test; obtain corporate guarantees, surety bonds, or letters of credit; place the required amount into a trust fund administered by a third party; or rely on coverage provided by a state financial assurance fund. Information in this data asset includes state documentation to support this requirement. Many states have developed financial assurance funds to help owners and operators meet financial responsibility requirements and to help cover the costs of cleanups. State financial assurance fund programs, which supplement or are a substitute for private insurance, have been especially useful for small-to-medium sized petroleum marketers. EPA requires its Regional Offices to conduct annual reviews of state financial assurance funds. Data is provided by states, and reviewed by EPA, to determine financial soundness as follows: 1. How quickly each state's fund is reducing its federally-regulated, fund-eligible cleanup backlog. 2. Whether the fund currently has enough resources to address its backlog. 3. Whether the fund will continue to have adequate resources to continue to reduce its backlog in the future. 4. Whether there are any major or pending changes to the fund. EPA has the option of withdrawing fund approval, in which case the Agency works with the state to ensure that UST owners and operators have obtained an alternative financial responsibility mechanism. All documentation for these reviews, and subsequent decisions and actions, are maintained at the Regional Offices.

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Branch of Air Quality Permit Review for Florida Gas Transmission Company and their expansion of Compressor Station Number 10 in Wiggins, Mississippi. The facility is located approximately 100 km north of Breton Wilderness Area. Florida Gas Transmission proposes to add a sixth natural gasfired engine to the station, which would result in a significant increase in emissions of nitrogen oxides.

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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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<p>Conventional high reflectance optical coatings consisting of multilayer stacks of alternating high and low refractive index dielectric materials can achieve high reflectivity and low loss over the visible to the near infra red range.  <em>Unfortunately, conventional all-dielectric interference optical coating technologies are not viable for making these components in the mid to far-infrared range due to large thick­nesses required and the lack of materials with low enough absorption at those wavelengths. </em>The task becomes even harder since the coatings typically have to operate at a cryogenic temperature: mul­tilayered dissimilar materials inevitably crack and delaminate from the substrate surface due to thermal expansion mismatch.</p>

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The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge Habitat Management Plan provides a longterm vision and specific guidance on managing habitats for the resources of concern at Mingo, to facilitate continuity in management programs. Refuge background, resources of concern, and habitat management goals and objectives are discussed. Management strategies and prescriptions then identify how and the specific means by which management and monitoring strategies will be implemented. Appendices follow.

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This document provides information about the opening of portions of Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge to the hunting of eastern mourning doves and migratory waterfowl. Proposed Special Conditions for all refuge hunting are attached to this fact sheet.

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Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory Data. The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by facilities in certain industries as well as federal facilities. The TRI Program provides the Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory dataset annually in mid- to late July to give the public an opportunity to see the most recent TRI information prior to the publication of the TRI National Analysis report in December. Please note that the Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory dataset is not yet complete and will be updated every two weeks as the TRI Program continues to process additional reporting year 2012 TRI submissions. DISCLAIMER: See http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/2012-tri-preliminary-dataset for limitations and other information regarding the use of this data.

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The Facility Registry System (FRS) identifies facilities, sites, or places subject to environmental regulation or of environmental interest to EPA programs or delegated states. Using vigorous verification and data management procedures, FRS integrates facility data from program national systems, state master facility records, tribal partners, and other federal agencies and provides the Agency with a centrally managed, single source of comprehensive and authoritative information on facilities.

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The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation study deliverables depict and quantify the flood risks for the study area. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance flood event, the 0.2-percent-annual- chance flood event, and areas of minimal flood risk. The Floodplain Mapping/Redelineation flood risk boundaries are derived from the engineering information Flood Insurance Studies (FISs), previously published Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), flood hazard analyses performed in support of the FISs and FIRMs, and new mapping data, where available. The FISs and FIRMs are published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).