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Yet based on this budget it looks like the goal is to drive them away from our federal lands and waters With regards to the miners out in the 40 Mile District you ask them if these are MPs that make it...past for very valid reasons For example the Department is proposing full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund without any offset and without reforms This is fiscally irresponsible especially...
reducing the costs of carbon capture and storage Energy water nexus accelerates the Nation s transition to more resilient and sustainable coupled energy water systems including a new effort on desalination technology...for key technology crosscutting areas including advanced materials the subsurface and the energy water nexus The FY 2017 Budget Request includes 1 94 billion for Basic Energy Sciences 88 million above...systems for a secure and sustainable energy future including an expanded focus on regional energy water systems The Request provides 90 million a 15 million increase to expand technology transfer activities...
response infrastructure has not been updated in decades And yet we re moving into deeper and deeper water and going after oil in increasingly challenging settings like the Arctic The Coast Guard has repeatedly...up oil in ice That is a huge concern when not only do we have Arctic exploration occurring in U S waters but also our neighboring countries are investing heavily in oil production there And with new habitats...
of hydrocarbons escalated into a blowout When the well blew out a mixture of hydrocarbons mud and water rained down on the workers on the rig floor Very quickly hydrocarbons that had flowed onto the rig...Implementation pdf 4 National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Deep Water The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling Jan 2011 http www gpo gov fdsys pkg GPO...year respectively a rate on par with pre Macondo losses of well control 5 These represent LWC in all water depths Some of these LWC incidents have resulted in blowouts such as the 2013 Walter Oil and Gas incident...
forest is devastating to wildlife and wildlife habitat recreational resources and to the purity of our water which we use for irrigation and many traditional purposes See attached illustration of fire impact...Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA has allocated very significant funding to help us restore the water control structures in the Canyon and do other important work We continue to work with other Federal...monsoon season we have faced every afternoon the threat of a thunderstorm that would send torrents of water and debris down the Santa Clara Canyon and Creek creating a huge risk of dam failure and catastrophic...
densities and hazardous fuel loadings foresters can reduce excessive between tree competition for water and other resources thereby concurrently reducing overall forest drought stress and risk of high severity...21283 21288 Additional Information Interactive drought monitoring maps http vegdri cr usgs gov USGS water information http waterwatch usgs gov Figures Photo C D Allen Extensive tree killing fire and consumption...
accelerate Everyone can understand the general idea that drought kills plants because of a lack of water The details of the process of drought induced mortality are relevant to expand upon within this testimony...movement of water from forests to the air this is called evapotranspiration Evapotranspiration exacerbates the impact of droughts because for every inch of precipitation a larger fraction of that water in the...the supply and demand of water because in this region the supply is low relative to the demand Plants move water to their leaves through a process similar to the movement of water in a straw tension is placed...
typically declining over time Declining production rates and reservoir pressures delay encroachment of water from nearby aquifers and connected reservoirs and promote the efficient drainage and recovery of the...
production 1 An estimated 30 percent of the nation s known recoverable offshore resources are in Alaska s waters 2 However 61 percent of Alaska s land is controlled by the federal government which has erected one...to minimize risks by designing a well program specific to the landscape ecosystem ice conditions water depths and weather of that particular well Some of the specific concerns with the proposed Alaska...layer of regulation for cuttings discharge which are already regulated by the EPA under the Clean Water Act The proposed rules add provisions requiring the operator to capture all petroleum based mud and...
offshore drilling in the same area v 2 With dozens of offshore oil rigs currently operating in U S waters vi vii we take a strong interest in the Well Control Rule As Secretary Jewell acknowledged when she...equipment and practices had failed to keep pace with the challenges as the industry moved into deeper water drilling in deepwater brings new risks The drilling rigs themselves bristle with potentially dangerous...Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling press kit for final report January 11 2011 x Deep Water The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling National Commission on the BP Deepwater...
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