Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dioxins
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
Book Description
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2017
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1140
Book Description
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2014
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2016, Part 4 A, 2015, 114-1
Author: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2016
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
Science Under Siege
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309278139
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards. These include Superfund sites and other facilities that handle and dispose of hazardous waste, active and inactive dry cleaners, and leaking underground storage tanks; many are at federal facilities such as military installations. While many sites have been closed over the past 30 years through cleanup programs run by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. EPA, and other state and federal agencies, the remaining caseload is much more difficult to address because the nature of the contamination and subsurface conditions make it difficult to achieve drinking water standards in the affected groundwater. Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites estimates that at least 126,000 sites across the U.S. still have contaminated groundwater, and their closure is expected to cost at least $110 billion to $127 billion. About 10 percent of these sites are considered "complex," meaning restoration is unlikely to be achieved in the next 50 to 100 years due to technological limitations. At sites where contaminant concentrations have plateaued at levels above cleanup goals despite active efforts, the report recommends evaluating whether the sites should transition to long-term management, where risks would be monitored and harmful exposures prevented, but at reduced costs.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports
Author: United States. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 2502
Book Description
Unfunded Mandates--a Five-year Review and Recommendations for Change
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural Resources, and Regulatory AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
United States Court of International Trade Reports
Author: United States. Court of International TradePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Customs administration
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
Book Description
Review of the Draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309471699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued climate change can be lessened. The National Climate Assessment, coordinated by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, is a mandated report intended to inform response decisions. Required to be developed every four years, these reports provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date evaluation of climate change impacts available for the United States, making them a unique and important climate change document. The draft Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) report reviewed here addresses a wide range of topics of high importance to the United States and society more broadly, extending from human health and community well-being, to the built environment, to businesses and economies, to ecosystems and natural resources. This report evaluates the draft NCA4 to determine if it meets the requirements of the federal mandate, whether it provides accurate information grounded in the scientific literature, and whether it effectively communicates climate science, impacts, and responses for general audiences including the public, decision makers, and other stakeholders.