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go directly to report, PDF _ R40811 - Wildfire Fuels and Fuel Reduction
16-Sep-2009; Ross W. Gorte; 18 p.
 Abstract: Severe wildfires have been burning more area and more houses in recent years. Some assert that climate change is at least partly to blame; others claim that the increasing number of homes in and near the forest (the wildland-urban interface) is a major cause. However, most observers agree that wi.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Forests, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ RS22060 - The Sport Fish and Restoration Boating Trust Fund
17-Mar-2009; Eugene H. Buck; 9 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
May 19, 2005
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Abstract: The Aquatic Resources Trust Fund was created in 1984 and subsequently amended to support a variety of programs. This report details sources of funding for this trust fund?s two accounts ? the Sport Fish Restoration Account and the Boat Safety Account ? and summarizes the various programs and activit.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Natural Resources, Water
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go directly to report _ RL34429 - Coal Mine Safety and Health
23-Feb-2009; Linda Levine; 17 p.
 Update: Previous editions:
September 5, 2008
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Abstract: Safety in the coal mining industry is much improved compared to the early decades of the twentieth century, a time when hundreds of miners could lose their lives in a single accident and more than 1,000 fatalities could occur in a single year. Fatal injuries associated with coal mine accidents fell .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Energy, General Interest, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33341 - The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: History, Perspectives, and Issues
20-Feb-2009; Robert Bamberger; 16 p.
 Update: Previous Releases:
September 19, 2008
June 6, 2008
November 1, 2007
February 22, 2007
April 3, 2006
June 19, 2006
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Abstract: Congress authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA, P.L. 94-163) to help prevent a repetition of the economic dislocation caused by the 1973-1974 Arab oil embargo. The program is managed by the Department of Energy (DOE). The capacity of the .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Natural Resources, Federal Agencies, Energy
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL34403 - Whales and Sonar: Environmental Exemptions for the Navy’s Mid-Frequency Active Sonar Training Program
18-Feb-2009; Kristina Alexander; 18 p.
 Update: Previous Editions:
September 27, 2009
April 15, 2008
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Abstract: Mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar emits pulses of sound from an underwater transmitter to help determine the size, distance, and speed of objects. The sound waves bounce off objects and reflect back to underwater acoustic receivers as an echo. MFA sonar has been used since World War II, and the Na.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Natural Resources, Science & Technology
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL33347 - Pipeline Safety and Security: Federal Programs
17-Feb-2009; Paul W. Parfomak; 21 p.
 Update: Previous editions:
February 29, 2008
February 26, 2007
October 11, 2006

Previous Releases:
/NLE/CRSreports/06May/RL33347.pdf .... [expand]  [read report]
Abstract: Nearly half a million miles of oil and gas transmission pipeline crisscross the United States. While an efficient and fundamentally safe means of transport, many pipelines carry hazardous materials with the potential to cause public injury and environmental damage. The nation’s pipeline networks .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Natural Resources, Science & Technology, Government

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go directly to report, PDF _ RL32154 - Marine Protected Areas: An Overview
6-Feb-2009; Eugene H. Buck, and Harold F. Upton; 25 p.
 Update: Previous releases:
January 29, 2008
March 1, 2007
May 13,2005 (http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/05Feb/RL32154.pdf)
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Abstract: Some Members of Congress (among many others) are interested in considering limiting human activity in some areas of the marine environment as one response to mounting evidence of deteriorating conditions and declining populations of living resources. The purposes of proposed additional limits would .... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Marine, Biodiversity, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ RS22567 - Royalty Relief for U.S. Deepwater Oil and Gas Leases
4-Feb-2009; Marc Humphries; 9 p.
 Update: Previous releases:
September 18, 2008
February 27, 2008
December 7, 2007
(www.NCSEonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/07Apr/RS22567.pdf)
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Abstract: The most common incentives for offshore oil and gas development include various forms of royalty relief. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to grant royalty relief to promote increased oil and gas production (43 U.S.C. 1337). The Deep Water Roya.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Energy, Economics & Trade, Natural Resources
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go directly to report, PDF _ RL34395 - International Illegal Trade in Wildlife: Threats and U.S. Policy
2-Feb-2009; Liana Sun Wyler, Pervase Sheikh; 51 p.
 Update: Previous Editions:
August 22, 2008
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Abstract: Global trade in illegal wildlife is a growing illicit economy, estimated to be worth at least $5 billion and potentially in excess of $20 billion annually. Some of the most lucrative illicit wildlife commodities include tiger parts, caviar, elephant ivory, rhino horn, and exotic birds and reptile.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Biodiversity, Natural Resources, Risk & Reform
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go directly to report, PDF _ R40202 - Nuclear Waste Disposal: Alternatives to Yucca Mountain
6-Feb-2009; Mark Holt; 27 p.
 Abstract: Congress designated Yucca Mountain, NV, as the nation’s sole candidate site for a permanent high-level nuclear waste repository in 1987, following years of controversy over the site-selection process. Over the strenuous objections of the State of Nevada, the Department of Energy (DOE) submitted a.... [expand]  [read report]
Topics: Waste Management, Natural Resources
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