Natural resources

In general, it is easier to estabUsh an aquaculture faciUty on private land than in pubHc waters such as a lake or coastal embayment. Prospective aquaculturists who want to estabUsh faciUties in pubHc waters may be confronted at pubHc hearings by outraged citizens who do not want to see an aquaculture faciUty in what they consider to be their water. The issue is highly contentious in some nations (eg, the United States). In other countries, aquaculture in pubHc waters is seen as not only a good use of natural resources, but can be considered an amenity (eg, Japan). 

R. J. Tedeschi, Acetylene Based Chemicals from Coal and Other Natural Resources, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1982. 

Paper presented to Commission on Natural Resources, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1975. 

Acimet Technical Briefing Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources and the DuPage Group, Woodridge, lU., Oct. 7, 1992. 

Oil Shale. Oil shale (qv) is a sedimentary rock that contains organic matter, referred to as kerogen, and another natural resource of some consequence that could be exploited as a source of synthetic natural gas (67—69). However, as of this writing, oil shale has found Htde use as a source of substitute natural gas. 

S. R. J. Robbins,M Feview ofFecent Trends in Selected Markets for Water Soluble Gums, Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, bulletin no. 2, Kent, U.K., 1987. 

Technical Database Services, Inc. (IDS) Michigan State Depart-ment of Natural Resources... 

T. Tietenberg, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 3rd ed.. Harper Collins, New York, 1992, Chapt. 8. 

The main objectives of RCRA ate to protect pubHc health and the environment and to conserve natural resources. The act requires EPA to develop and adininistet the following programs soHd waste disposal practices providing acceptable protection levels for pubHc health and the environment transportation, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous wastes practices that eliminate or minimize hazards to human health and the environment the use of resource conservation and recovery whenever technically and economically feasible and federal, state, and local programs to achieve these objectives. 

Extension Publication 18, Vo. 11, Dept, of Natural Resources, NYSC Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1980 Supplement No. 120, Extension Wildlife and Sea Grant, University of California, Davis, Calif., Oct. 1979 Extension Information Bull No. 146, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1978. 

An extensive pesticide properties database was compiled, which includes six physical properties, ie, solubiUty, half-life, soil sorption, vapor pressure, acid pR and base pR for about 240 compounds (4). Because not all of the properties have been measured for all pesticides, some values had to be estimated. By early 1995, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) had developed a computerized pesticide property database containing 17 physical properties for 330 pesticide compounds. The primary user of these data has been the USDA s Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) for leaching models to advise farmers on any combination of soil and pesticide properties that could potentially lead to substantial groundwater contamination. 

Sodium fatty acid ester sulfonates are known to be highly attractive as surfactants. These have good wetting abiHty and exceUent calcium ion stabiHty as weU as high detergency without phosphates, and are used in powders or Hquids. They can also be used in the textile industry, emulsion polymerization, cosmetics, and metal surface fields. Moreover, they are attractive because they are produced from renewable natural resources and their biodegradabiHty is almost as good as alkyl sulfates (134—137). 

United Nations Committee on Natural Resources, Report of the Secretay General on Strategies and Measures for the Implementation of the Mar del Platta Action Plan in the 1990s, 1991. 

Wood is an important natural resource, one of the few that are renewable. It is prevalent ia our everyday Hves and the economy ia wood-frame houses and furniture newspapers, books, and maga2iaes bridges and railroad ties fence posts and utiUty poles fuelwood textile fabrics and organic chemicals. Wood and wood products are also a store for carbon, thus, helping to minimise carbon dioxide ia the atmosphere. 

W. E. VerPlank and R. E. Reiser, Salt in California Bulletin 175, California Dept, of Natural Resources, San Erancisco, Calif., Mar. 1958. 

The North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources has pubhshed a report on the reduction of poUution sources in textile wet processing and a workbook for poUution prevention by source reduction in textile wet processing which includes dyes (312). 

W. C. Tincher, Survey of the Coosa Basin for Organic Contaminants for Carpet Processing No. E-27-630, Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources, Georgia, Oct. 1978. 

Reduced negative environmental impacts. Through an evaluation of pollution-prevention alternatives, which consider a total systems approach, consideration is given to the negative impact of environmental damage to natural resources and species that occur during raw-material procurement and waste disposal. The performance of pollution-prevention endeavors will therefore result in enhanced environmental protection. 

The past two decades have seen an increased social awareness of the impact of modern-day hfestyles on the environment. Pubhc environmental concerns include issues such as waste disposal hazardous-material regulations depletion of natural resources and air, water, and laud pollution. Nevertheless, roughly one-half of the total quau-... 

More recently, concern about the environment has begun to stimulate environmentally correct behavior. After all, the choices made today affect the environment of tomorrow. Simple decisions can be made at work and at home that conserve natural resources and lessen the burden placed on a waste-management system. By eliminating waste at the source, society is participating in the protection of the environment by reducing the amount of waste that would otherwise need to be treated or ultimately disposed. 

From McGinely, P. M. and Kmet, P, Formation Characteristics, Treatment, and Disposal of Leachate from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Bureau of Solid Waste Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, 1984. 

Suitably restrained, fire is of great benefit unchecked or uncontrolled, it can cause immense damage. We respond to it with a powerful fascination coupled with an inbred respect and fear. A good servant but a bad master is Thoreaus most tolerable third party (Cloud, Fire, the Most Tolerable Third Party, Michigan Natural Resources, MayHune 1990). 

B) Any contamination of the environment or damage to natural resources at a facility owned or operated hy Seller or a facility/location chosen hy Seller for its disposal of Wastes or any other facility at which Seller s Wastes may he released or threatened to he released, including any liability imposed by federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances, including, but not limited to, the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 USC 9601 etseq., the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 USC 6901 et seq., or comparable and applicable state legal requirements or any extension or revision thereof or... 

The environmental laws favor mechanical seals over packings. The need to conserve energy favors mechanical seals. The needs to reduce labor costs and consumption of natural resources favor the mechanical seal over packings. 

Pollution Prevention the use of materials, processes, or practices that reduces or eliminates the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source. It includes practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials, energy, water, or other resources and practices that protect natural resources through conservation or efficient use. 

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control P.O. Box 1401 Dover, DE 19903 (302) 736-4791... 

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