Offshore Mining Regulatory Processes?A Case Study
This is a case study of the process used in permitting the Nome Offshore Placer Project (NOPP), a gold mining project offshore Nome, Alaska, which operated from 1985 through 1990. The...
Environmental Impacts on a Beach Nourishment Borrow Area, Manatee County, Florida
The author describes how environmental restraints affected a beach nourishment project in Manatee County, Florida. The project's principal sand source contained 24 million cubic yards...
Case Study - 401 Permit and Discharge Aeration
The Endangered Species Act: Unlawful Takings and an Incidental Take Permit
Overcoming Permitting and Licensing Inconsistencies While Developing and Operating Projects in Different Western States
GIS and Storm-Water Management
Developing and implementing a municipal storm-water management program under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) presents a textbook example of how the abilities...
Water Reduction as Justification for Permit Backsliding
Case History: TRE At a Refinery/Chemical Plant
State Permit Program and Toxics Individual Control Strategies: A Case Study
Pollution Control Under the NPDES Stormwater Program
Settling Down Easy
In order to more fully participate in the international and Asian Pacific aviation network, it was decided to establish a highly efficient 24-hour a day operation at the New Kansai International...
Storm-Water Permits: Trickle Becomes Torrent
The Application of Technology to Solving Practical Problems
In this paper, the roles of the scientist, technologist, engineer, and manager are discussed to place them in perspective. A distinction is made between the coastal engineer' and practicing...
Managing the High Level Waste Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Process
The Status of Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Activities
Land Development Regulations: Roadblock to Affordable Housing
Land development regulations in the State of New Jersey have been utilized to control development since the mid-1970's. The demand for affordable housing in the state is reaching a critical...
Analytical Methods for the Determination of Correlations and Spectra of Nonlinear System Response
Three analytical methods are described for the prediction of response correlation functions and spectra of nonlinear dynamic systems under white noise excitation. The associated FPK equation...
Evolving Mitigation Requirements for Port Development
Mitigation for wetland impacts associated with port development at the Port of Tampa has evolved significantly over the past two decades. A recent major wetland creation program at the...
Wetland Restoration and Creation Guidelines for Mitigation
The majority of wetland mitigation projects built in the U.S. are failures. Reasons for failure include poor siting, improper design (including inadequate baseline data collection), inadequate...
Jefferson Parish Storm Water Management
Jefferson Parish has been identified as an urban area requiring a municipal storm water NPDES permit. Jefferson is now in the progress of completing its Part 1 permit applications and...
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