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Climate Change And Social Vulnerability In The United States A Focus On Six Impacts, Us Environmental Protection Agency

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Climate change affects all Americans—regardless of socioeconomic status—and many impacts are projected to worsen as temperatures and sea levels continue to rise, snow and rainfall patterns shift, and some extreme weather events become more common. A growing body of literature focuses on the disproportionate and unequal risks that climate change is projected to have on communities that are least able to anticipate, cope with, and recover from adverse impacts. Many studies have discussed climate change impacts on socially vulnerable populations, but few have quantified disproportionate risks to socially vulnerable groups across multiple impacts and levels of global warming.

This report …

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act, United States. Congress. House. Committee On Transportation And Infrastructure

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The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 610) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish a grant program to support the restoration of San Francisco Bay, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.

Report Of Inquiry (S8918p) Independent Racial Disparity Review, Inspector General Department Of The Air Force

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The Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF), Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF), and Chief of Space Operations (CSO) directed the Department of the Air Force Inspector General (DAF IG) to assess racial disparity in military discipline processes and personnel development and career opportunity as they pertain to black Airmen and Space Professionals. For purposes of this review, “racial disparity” refers to a noted data difference between races. Specifically, this Review defines racial disparity as existing when the proportion of a racial/ethnic group within a subset of the population is different from the proportion of such groups in …

William Barr, Letter To The House And Senate Judiciary Committees, Dated March 29, 2019, William P. Barr

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"I write in response to Chairman Nadler's March 25, 2019 letter and Chairman Graham's March 27, 2019 letter, which addressed the investigation of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III and the "confidential report" he has submitted to me pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 600.8(c)."

William Barr, Letter To The House And Senate Judiciary Committees, Dated March 24, 2019, William P. Barr

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"As a supplement to the notification provided on Friday, March 22, 2019, I am writing today to advise you of the principal conclusions reached by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III and to inform you about the status of my initial review of the report he has prepared."

Sea Level Rise And Storm Surge Projections For The National Park Service, M. A., R. L. Beavers Caffrey, C. H. Hoffman

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Over one quarter of the units of the National Park System occur along ocean coastlines. Ongoing changes in relative sea levels and the potential for increasing storm surges due to anthropogenic climate change and other factors present challenges to national park managers. This report summarizes work done by the University of Colorado in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) to provide sea level rise and storm surge projections to coastal area national parks using information from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and storm surge scenarios from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) models. This research …

The Critical Role Of Islands For Waterbird Breeding And Foraging Habitat In Managed Ponds Of The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, South San Francisco Bay, California, Us Department Of The Interior

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The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project aims to restore 50–90 percent of former salt evaporation ponds into tidal marsh in South San Francisco Bay, California. However, large numbers of waterbirds use these ponds annually as nesting and foraging habitat. Islands within ponds are particularly important habitat for nesting, foraging, and roosting waterbirds. To maintain current waterbird populations, the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project plans to create new islands within former salt ponds in South San Francisco Bay. In a series of studies, we investigated pond and individual island attributes that are most beneficial to nesting, foraging, and roosting …

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument: Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Volume I, Us National Park Service

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We are pleased to present this final General Management Plan for Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Muir Woods National Monument. The plan is the culmination of several years of effort involving the thoughtful input and participation of thousands of individuals, dozens of public agencies, and numerous outside organizations and stakeholder groups. This plan replaces the 1980 General Management Plan. That plan for a "National Park in an Urban Area" effectively guided the park for over three decades, and most of its major concepts have been fulfilled.

A general management plan is a key document for any unit of the …

Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Muir Woods National Monument: Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, Volume Ii, Us National Park Service

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We are pleased to present this final General Management Plan for Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Muir Woods National Monument. The plan is the culmination of several years of effort involving the thoughtful input and participation of thousands of individuals, dozens of public agencies, and numerous outside organizations and stakeholder groups. This plan replaces the 1980 General Management Plan. That plan for a "National Park in an Urban Area" effectively guided the park for over three decades, and most of its major concepts have been fulfilled.

A general management plan is a key document for any unit of the …

Fbi's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives: 60th Anniversary, 1950-2010, U.S. Department Of Justice, Federal Bureau Of Investigation

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Includes a chronological listing of the FBI’s "Ten most wanted fugitives" March 14, 1950-March 1, 2010.

Reservoirs Of Opportunity: Report Of The National Recreation Lakes Study Commission. Executive Summary, National Recreation Lakes Study Commission

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The National Recreation Lakes Study Commission was created by Congress and appointed by President Clinton to examine these concerns. After a year of research, nationwide workshops, and deliberations, the Commission finds that recreation at federal lakes is, in fact, beset by a multitude of difficulties and shortcomings.

At many sites, facilities ranging from restrooms to boat docks to roads are inadequate, aging, and falling apart. Pollution and aquatic plant invasions threaten lake health. Fish habitat is compromised, and with it, species survival and sport fishing. Recreation-too often not integrated with overall project management-is sometimes left high and dry when water …

Reservoirs Of Opportunity. Report Of The National Recreation Lakes Study Commission, National Recreation Lakes Study Commission

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Based on its findings, the Commission draws these conclusions about the status of recreation at federal manmade lakes, and about the difficulties of providing water-related recreation to the public.

1. Federal lake recreation is a significant national resource and public benefit of federal water projects, and it makes important contributions to local, state, and national economies.

2. Recreation at federal lakes has not been treated as a priority, or often even an equal, with other reservoir uses, despite its stature as an authorized purpose. This is manifested in often inflexible water management for recreational purposes, in lack of public communication …

Budgeting For Federal Water Projects: Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, Eop Foundation, Washington, Dc

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This report:

• Provides an overview of total budget and deficit reduction efforts by the Administration and the Congress,

• Provides an analysis of individual water resource programs and highlights the trends and policy issues that are clearly identified in the budget analysis, and

• Addresses the use of coordinated program and budget development among Federal agencies.

Colorado River Basin Study. Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Committee, Dale Pontius

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This report cannot possibly cover all the issues of concern in the Colorado River basin. The basin is vast and diverse geographically, ethnically, and politically. Conflicts over water are part of its history, as water has been the defining resource in the settlement and development of the Colorado River basin. A complex set of laws, a treaty, court decrees, contracts, agreements, regulations and traditions of use have evolved over this past century which have governed water policy and management decisions. Over the last few decades, new social values have emerged in the basin and across the country which reflect an …

Water Management Study: Upper Rio Grande Basin. Final Report. Report To The Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, Ernie Niemi, Tom Mcguckin

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In September, 1996, the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission contracted with ECONorthwest to study the major problems associated with the growing competition for scarce water and related resources in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, and to make recommendations for appropriate federal policies and actions for addressing the problems. This is our final report. The study covers the area from the headwaters, in Colorado, to Ft. Quitman, Texas (see map).

In this report we identify problems and make recommendations associated with the growing competition for scarce water and related resources in the Upper Rio Grande Basin. Our definition of problems …

Appendix To Report On The Death Of Vincent W. Foster Jr., Containing Comments Of Kevin Fornshill, Helen Dickey, And Patrick Knowlton, Kenneth W. Starr

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Report On The Death Of Vincent W. Foster Jr., By The Office Of Independent Counsel In Re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association, Kenneth W. Starr

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In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 594(h), the Office of Independent Counsel In re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association (the OIC) files this summary report on the 1993 death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent W. Foster, Jr.

Forty-Eighth Annual Report Of The National Mediation Board, National Mediation Board

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Forty-Seventh Annual Report Of The National Mediation Board, National Mediation Board

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Forty-Sixth Annual Report Of The National Mediation Board, National Mediation Board

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Forty-Fifth Annual Report Of The National Mediation Board, National Mediation Board

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Forty-Fourth Annual Report Of The National Mediation Board, National Mediation Board

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The Crisis Of Qualified Manpower For Criminal Justice: An Analytic Assessment With Guidelines For New Policy. Vol. 1: Probation/Parole, Us Department Of Health, Education, And Welfare, Herman Piven, Abraham Alcabes

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The study reported in this volume does not try to enumerate and evaluate the rehabilitative programs which might be used in the community for serious offenders. Instead it surveys and reports what leaders of criminal justice agencies, universities, academic departments and professional schools have to say about what we must do to staff good probation and parole services with enough well-trained people to make the rehabilitation of convicted offenders in the community a realistic and trustworthy prospect.

Surface Water Supply Of The United States, 1933. Part 11, Pacific Slope Basins In California, Nathan Clifford Grover

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Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.) ; no. 751.

Surface Water Supply Of The United States, 1932. Part 11, Pacific Slope Basins In California, Nathan Clifford Grover

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Also available online at: https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/0736/report.pdf

Geology And Oil Resources Of The West Border Of The San Joaquin Valley North Of Coalinga, California, Us Department Of The Interior, Robert Anderson, Robert W. Pack

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The main purpose of this report is to present the geologic evidences of the existence of petroleum in the rocks along the foothills that form the western border of the San Joaquin Valley, Cal., between the Coalinga' oil district and Livermore Pass and to discuss the chances of finding oil in commercial quantity in this region. With this end in view a general description of the physical features of the region is given, with special reference to the geologic features which have a bearing on the presence or absence of petroleum and which have determined the conclusions reached regarding the …

The Mining Districts Of The Western United States, Us Department Of The Interior

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The mining districts of the Western or Cordilleran States are numerous and scattered over wide areas. The first attempt to locate all of them on a single map was carried out by the writer in 1907, with the aid of Mr. J. M. Hill and the statisticians in charge of the offices of the Survey at Denver, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco (Messrs. Chester Naramore, V. C. Heikes, and C. G. Yale). This map of the Western States was included in the annual volume of Mineral Resources of the United States. The large area covered and the necessity of …

The San Francisco Earthquake And Fire April 18, 1906 And Their Effects On Structures And Structural Materials, Us Department Of The Interior

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Immediately after the San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18,1906, it was decided to arrange for an investigation of their effects on buildings and materials of construction. According!}', on April 19 Richard L. Humphrey was sent to San Francisco for this purpose, as secretary of the National Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials and representing the structural materials division of the United States Geological Survey. At the request of the President, Capt. John Stephen Sewell, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, was sent to San Francisco on a similar errand by the War Department under order of April …

The Surface Water Supply Of California, 1906: With A Section On Ground Water Levels In Southern California (Great Basin And Pacific Ocean Drainages In California And Lower Colorado River Drainage), William Billings Clapp

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Water-supply and irrigation papers of the United States Geological Survey ; no. 213.

Report Of Progress Of Stream Measurements For The Calendar Year 1905. Part Xiii, Great Basin And Pacific Ocean Drainages In California, And Colorado River Drainage Below Gila River, William Billings Clapp

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Water-supply and irrigation papers of the United States Geological Survey ; no. 177.