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Releases Of Hazardous Materials And Waste From Transportation Incidents In The Us: An Analysis To Increase Environmental Resiliency, Elizabeth Irene Tautges May 2024

Releases Of Hazardous Materials And Waste From Transportation Incidents In The Us: An Analysis To Increase Environmental Resiliency, Elizabeth Irene Tautges

Master's Projects and Capstones

Excessive amounts of hazardous materials and waste are released into the environment from transportation incidents. The United States federal government has regulations on the movement of hazardous material and waste during transportation, but preventing environmental releases is not a major priority. Multiple external factors influence the release of hazardous material and waste into the environment. Transportation incidents can be prevented by modifying the information collected in emergency reports, adjusting transportation patterns and conditions, and expressing negative environmental impacts, preparing responder efforts to communicate effectively. The components of previous hazardous materials and waste releases emphasize the needed improvements for increasing environmental …


Re: Approval Of The Revised Draft Final Silver Bow Creek Conservation Area Repository Data Gap Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated 5/7/24), Emma Rott May 2024

Re: Approval Of The Revised Draft Final Silver Bow Creek Conservation Area Repository Data Gap Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated 5/7/24), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Comment Letter For Draft Bpsou Blacktail Creek Riparian Actions Remedial Design Work Plan (Rdwp) (Dated April 4, 2024), Emma Rott May 2024

Re: Comment Letter For Draft Bpsou Blacktail Creek Riparian Actions Remedial Design Work Plan (Rdwp) (Dated April 4, 2024), Emma Rott

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Thermal Physiology Of Sceloporus Olivaceus And Sceloporus Variabilis In South Texas, Ian Rockel May 2024

Thermal Physiology Of Sceloporus Olivaceus And Sceloporus Variabilis In South Texas, Ian Rockel

Masters Theses (Archived)

This study explores the thermal physiology of two sympatric lizard species, Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas spiny lizard) and Sceloporus variabilis (rose-bellied lizard), in South Texas. I document the metabolic rate and its temperature sensitivity, thermal limits, and performance at different temperatures to better understand the impact of rising temperatures and urbanization on these ectotherms, whose body temperature and, consequently, metabolic rate, activity level, and reproductive success depend on their thermal environment. We hypothesize that S. olivaceus will exhibit greater thermal resilience owing to its broader latitudinal range, variable habitat usage within Texas, and presumed more versatile thermoregulatory strategies. Scelorporus olivaceus's higher …


Investigating The Effects Of Suspended Algal Content, Dissolved Oxygen, And Temperature On A High-Frequency Acoustic Attenuation System In A Controlled Laboratory Environment, Noah Watson May 2024

Investigating The Effects Of Suspended Algal Content, Dissolved Oxygen, And Temperature On A High-Frequency Acoustic Attenuation System In A Controlled Laboratory Environment, Noah Watson

Honors Theses

The Single Frequency Acoustic Attenuation System (SFAAS) has been developed at the National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA). This system uses acoustic methods to monitor fine suspended sediment concentration in streams. Site-specific calibrations are necessary for this system, and previous research has indicated that algal concentration or dissolved oxygen concentration of water may affect collected data. Temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, and fluorescence, used as a proxy for algal concentration, were monitored during this system’s use, and calibrations were derived to account for the effect of each of these variables on acoustic measurements. It has been shown that temperature has a …


Climate Change In Mississippi: A Journalistic Exploration Of Education And Activism, Kala Nance May 2024

Climate Change In Mississippi: A Journalistic Exploration Of Education And Activism, Kala Nance

Honors Theses

Climate Change in Mississippi: A Journalistic Exploration of Education and Activism takes an investigative, journalistic approach toward climate change in Mississippi. Specifically, how education and awareness have a direct impact on Mississippi industries, people and legislation. The project explored the level of acknowledgement of climate change across the state, and how certain individuals used advocacy to encourage education about climate change to raise awareness of the severity of the situation. This project includes interviews with university professors and researchers, non-profit organizations, educational groups and working individuals in some of Mississippi’s largest areas of employment. Additionally, this project draws on research …


Surface Water Quality Assessment Of Mingo Creek County Park: The Impacts Of Extractive Industries, Mikayla J. Bayto May 2024

Surface Water Quality Assessment Of Mingo Creek County Park: The Impacts Of Extractive Industries, Mikayla J. Bayto

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Historical and current extraction operations and infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines, conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas drilling, longwall coal mining, and strip coal mining, occur throughout the Mingo Creek watershed of Washington County, Pennsylvania, including Mingo Creek County Park. Mingo Creek and several associated tributaries flow through Mingo Creek County Park, eventually discharging into the Monongahela River. An independent water quality study was conducted from June 2020 through July 2023 in Mingo Creek County Park to determine if historical and current extraction activities impact Mingo Creek and its associated tributaries. Weekly sampling of Mingo Creek and associated tributaries …


Draft Final 2024 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Park Soil Sampling Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Submittal #13 [Copper Mountain Park], Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2024

Draft Final 2024 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Park Soil Sampling Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Submittal #13 [Copper Mountain Park], Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Draft Final 2024 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Mandan Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2024

Draft Final 2024 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Mandan Park Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Draft Final 2024 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Borrow Amendment Submittal #1, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. May 2024

Draft Final 2024 Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Borrow Amendment Submittal #1, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Request For Change (Rfc-Rmap-2024-001), Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Request For Change (Rfc-Rmap-2024-001), Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Extreme Precipitation Climatology Of The Contiguous U.S., Amy M. Johnson May 2024

Extreme Precipitation Climatology Of The Contiguous U.S., Amy M. Johnson

Student Research Symposium

Extreme precipitation can cause flooding, landslides, loss of life and assets. Across the Contiguous United States (CONUS), concurrent to global warming, many communities have experienced increases in the amount of rain falling during the most extreme precipitation events and climate models project further increases for most of the CONUS. There is a need to comprehensively study the extreme precipitation climatology across the CONUS to understand what is within the observed range of extreme precipitation and the weather that drives it. Modern Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications 2 (MERRA-2) atmospheric reanalysis data for the period of 1980-2023 is used …


Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final 2021 Residential Metals Abatement Program – Head Start (Former Lincoln School) Soil Remedial Action Construction Completion Report (Dated April 26, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final 2021 Residential Metals Abatement Program – Head Start (Former Lincoln School) Soil Remedial Action Construction Completion Report (Dated April 26, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Residential Metals Abatement Program Construction Completion Report (Non-Residential Parcels-Indoor Dust) - Butte Career Center/Webster Garfield (Dated March 29, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Residential Metals Abatement Program Construction Completion Report (Non-Residential Parcels-Indoor Dust) - Butte Career Center/Webster Garfield (Dated March 29, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft 2024 Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) – Montana Technological University (Prospector Residence Hall) (Dated March 21, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft 2024 Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) – Montana Technological University (Prospector Residence Hall) (Dated March 21, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final 2021-2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program – Aware Early Head Start Soil Remedial Action Construction Completion Report (Dated April 26, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou), Draft Final 2021-2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program – Aware Early Head Start Soil Remedial Action Construction Completion Report (Dated April 26, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) – Interior School Dust - Investigation Summary Report – East Middle School (Dated January 16, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) – Interior School Dust - Investigation Summary Report – East Middle School (Dated January 16, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) – United Congregational Church (Crayon Academy Preschool) (Dated April 2, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) – United Congregational Church (Crayon Academy Preschool) (Dated April 2, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 125 – Child Harold-2 Dump., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 125 – Child Harold-2 Dump., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 121 – Travona Dump., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 121 – Travona Dump., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 34e – Eveline Dump East., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 34e – Eveline Dump East., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 52 – Moscow Dump., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 52 – Moscow Dump., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 74 – West Gagnon Dump., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 74 – West Gagnon Dump., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 45 – Garfield, Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 45 – Garfield, Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 78 – Original Mine Yard., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 78 – Original Mine Yard., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 49 – Old Glory., Mike Mcanulty May 2024

Re: Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Bres No. 49 – Old Glory., Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Urbanization On Eutrophication Parameters In Three Tidal Creeks, Ella Swantek May 2024

Effects Of Urbanization On Eutrophication Parameters In Three Tidal Creeks, Ella Swantek

Honors Theses

Marshes and swashes are vital environments as a controlling barrier between land affected by various pollutants and the ocean. Eutrophication and the effects of this process can be detrimental for the areas experiencing it. I am interested in ways areas that have little contact with human interactions compare to areas that are heavily urbanized, and whether either of these locations is at a higher risk for eutrophication. Using spectrophotometry and fluorometry, I analyzed samples collected from the relatively undeveloped and restricted-access locations of Waities Island Beach and Dunn Sound monthly for dissolved nutrients, and chlorophyll. At the time of sampling, …


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2024 Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Areas Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated March 8, 2024), Molly Roby May 2024

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2024 Draft Final Insufficiently Reclaimed Areas Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp) (Dated March 8, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Package #11: Ur-49 And Ur-50, Atlantic Richfield Company May 2024

Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Draft Final Unreclaimed Sites Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Package #11: Ur-49 And Ur-50, Atlantic Richfield Company

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Impacts Of Hurricane Idalia’S Surge On Coastal Sand Biogeochemistry, Wendy "Cor" Mchone May 2024

Impacts Of Hurricane Idalia’S Surge On Coastal Sand Biogeochemistry, Wendy "Cor" Mchone

Honors Theses

Beaches are heavily influenced by extreme events, such as hurricanes. Biological and chemical processes, such as primary production and diagenesis are often interrupted by these events. To examine the effects of hurricanes on coastal biogeochemistry, this study used sand and porewater samples from Waties Island, SC, which were collected before and after Hurricane Idalia. The samples were analyzed for macronutrient concentrations, organic content, and chlorophyll concentrations. Macronutrient pore water concentration changes were not uniform. The inventory of nitrite decreased significantly after the storm, which was reflected in slight increases in the inventories of nitrate and ammonium. Concentrations of nitrate, which …