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Wetland mitigation banking for the oil and gas industry: Assessment, conclusions, and recommendations

Wilkey, P.L.; Sundell, R.C.; Bailey, K.A.; Hayes, D.C. - 2008

Wetland mitigation banks are already in existence in the United States, and the number is increasing. To date, most of these banks have been created and operated for mitigation of impacts arising from highway or commercial development and have not been associated with the oil and gas industry....

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Effects of the drought on California electricity supply and demand

Benenson, P.; Greene, B.; Kahn, E.; Krieg, B.; Lasater, I. - 2010

At the end of the driest year on record, California faces water shortages whose impacts will be felt with progressive severity through the summer and fall of 1977. Electric power is not entirely exempt from these impacts and could, if severly affected, compound the direct distresses of the...

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Geothermal Progress Monitor, report No. 13

2007

achieved by joint DOE/industry R D at The Geysers which will have important impacts on the future management of this mature …

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The importance of trade in services and environmental amenities to the location of producer service activities in the western United States

Allison, T. - 2008

The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...

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Addressing Environmental Externalities from Electricity Generation in South Carolina

Lee, RM - 2008

This paper gives estimates of the externalities associated with the increased likelihood of health and environmental impacts that result from exposure to pollutants emitted by electric power plants in South Carolina. A new method for estimating externalities is developed, results are presented,...

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IOGCC/DOE oil and gas environmental workshop

2008

) conflicting state and federal regulations; (2) conflicting regulations or permit requirements established by different state …

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Assistance to Oil and Gas State Agencies and Industry through Continuation of Environmental and Production Data Management and a Water Regulatory Initiative

Grunewald, Ben; Arthur, Dan; Langhus, Bruce; Gillespie, Tom - 2009

This grant project was a major step toward completion of the Risk Based Data Management System (RBDMS) project … following outcomes were sought: (1) State regulatory agencies implemented more formalized environmental risk management … production by implementing a management system supporting the saving of abandoned or idle wells located in areas with a …

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Applying DSM evaluation results to utility planning

Baxter, L.W. - 2009

This paper describes the results of a study to assess the application of DSM evaluation results to utility forecasting and planning. The paper has three objectives: (1) identify forecasting and planning applications of evaluation studies, (2) identify major obstacles and problems associated with...

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Factors that affect electric-utility stranded commitments

Hirst, E.; Hadley, S.; Baxter, L. - 2009

their expected market values under full competition. This report quantifies the sensitivity of stranded- commitment …

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The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and the Great Lakes economy: Challenges and opportunities

Hanson, D.; Molburg, J.; Pandola, G.; Taxon, T.; Lurie, G. - 2008

This paper deals with the market for SO{sub 2} emission allowances over time and electric utility compliance choices. For currently high emitting plants ( 2.5 lb SO{sub 2}/MMBtu), the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) provide for about twice as many SO{sub 2} allowances to be issued per year...

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