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Implementing a radiation monitoring program at a solid waste landfill

Creator:: Crail, Scott Allen
Abstract:: More and more, modern society is incorporating the use of radioactive materials into everyday uses. And with society using more radioactive materials, the odds of it being accidentally disposed of into the solid waste stream increases. There are several radiation systems available which market themselves as being complete and "ready...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: prevent the disposal of hazardous waste as defined by the State of Oregon. This could possibly result in

Managing waste pesticides and empty pesticide containers : a "how to" guide for agricultural & silvicultural pest-control operations

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service and Capizzi, Joseph
Abstract:: Published July 1983. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: support of the ad hoc committee on waste-pesticide management convened by the State of Oregon Department

Managing waste pesticides and empty pesticide containers : a "how to" guide for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational & governmental pest-control operations

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service and Capizzi, Joseph
Abstract:: Published July 1983. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: product, at an authorized chemical waste collection or disposal site. Contact the nearest Department of

Pollution prevention strategies used by Oregon hospitals

Creator:: Patel, Neha T.
Abstract:: Waste generated by the health care industry has been cited as a major source of toxic pollution, including mercury and dioxins, which poses a serious threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate pollution prevention activities of health care facilities in Oregon related to environmentally preferable...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Prevention Strategies Used By Oregon Hospitals. Abstract approved: Anna K. Harding Waste generated by the

Subsurface disposal of domestic septic effluent in a haploxeralf soil in Southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Silvernale, Alexandra
Abstract:: Experimental Drainfields: Standard subsurface sewage disposal systems, gravity loaded and 60 cm deep on slopes above 15% did not show signs of effluent surfacing after 14 months of operation. However, subsurface signs of failure were found on both the experimental sites and on older drainfields established in identical soils. Evidence...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: State of Oregon, operating under the Department of Environmental Quality Subsurface Sewage Disposal

Application of the gamma pathway exemption rule for naturally occurring radioactive materials in industrial waste using ISOSHLD-II

Creator:: Bahmaid, Mohammad A.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: considered as a normal waste and be exempt from the Oregon law by allowing the disposal of it in any site

Diffusion of selected radionuclides through Hanford Trench 8 soil material

Creator:: Schwab, Kristen E.
Abstract:: Shallow land burial in vadose zone sediment at the Hanford Site in Washington is being considered for the disposal of Category 3 low-level waste. A series of column experiments were conducted to evaluate and model the performance of the soil surrounding the trench encasement material for iodine-129 and technetium-99 by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: either a temporary or permanent cover.8 2.1.2 Disposal Site Criteria The DOE Radioactive Waste

An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region X

Creator:: Williamson, Gina Denise
Abstract:: The United States Congress is currently debating a bill to reauthorize the 1980 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Law. If this bill is not reauthorized by the end of 1995, the program will either continue in its present form or be eliminated altogether.' As currently administered, the Superfund program sets out...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -hazardous constituents. Bioremediation Cap - An impermeable layer that seals a hazardous waste site

A radiological safety assessment for disposal of dredged material from Lake Wallula

Creator:: Stewart, Donald N.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Safety Assessment for Disposal of Dredged Material from Lake Wallula. Abstract approved: Brian Dodd

Seafood solid waste in Oregon : disposal or recovery?

Creator:: Kreag, Rebecca A., Smith, Frederick J. (Frederick John), 1936-, and Oregon State University. Extension Service/Marine Advisory Program
Abstract:: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) permits for discharging seafood-processing wastes into adjacent estuarine waters expire July 31, 1974. Beyond this date, Oregon's seafood processors must adopt one or a combination of three options: curtailment of waste production, disposal outside of estuaries, or conversion of waste to some other product....
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Extension MARINE ADVISORY PROGRAM Seafood Solid Waste in Oregon: Disposal or Recovery? 6 StiOns reporting

Medical waste treatment techniques used by hospitals in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho

Creator:: Klangsin, Pornwipa
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Medical Waste Treatment Techniques Used by Hospitals in Oregon. Washington, and Idaho. Abstract approved

Selecting a dairy waste management system for eastern Oregon

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Willrich, Ted L., and Moore, James A. (James Allan), 1939-
Abstract:: Published September 1982. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: - tal, future expansion plans, and operator's age also influence the selection of a waste management

Pollution prevention in Oregon's electronics industry

Creator:: Jones, Cynthia L.
Abstract:: Pollution prevention is promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental agencies as a method of reducing the generation of wastes and pollutants. Pollution prevention is also called source reduction because it reduces wastes early in the production process. Source reduction has been used by some industries to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Nationally, the electronics industry generates a large quantity of hazardous waste. Similarly in Oregon

Design criteria for waste water lagoons in Oregon

Creator:: Putnicki, George John
Abstract:: Waste water lagoons have been used as a satisfactory means of treating domestic and certain industrial wastes in many parts of the country. Many of the parameters that govern the applicability of this type of treatment process are climatic in nature, and critical evaluation of local climatic conditions, as well...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Design criteria for waste water lagoons in Oregon AN

A physical oceanographic study of the nearshore zone at Newport, Oregon

Creator:: Keene, Donald Frederick
Abstract:: The nearshore zone at Newport, Oregon was studied during the period September, 1968 to August, 1969. Particular emphasis was placed on those physical factors affecting the distribution of pulp mill wastes discharged within the study area (referred to as Yaquina Bight in this thesis). Temperatures and seawater samples were obtained...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE NEARSHORE ZONE AT NEWPORT, OREGON Abstract approved: Victor T. Neal

An exploratory waste audit study of the Oregon automobile dealership industry to develop a "model" toxics use and hazardous waste reduction plan

Creator:: Wang, Mitchell K.
Abstract:: The move from hazardous waste management to pollution prevention is viewed as a paradigm shift in American industry. Pollution prevention involves source reduction to reduce the amount of hazardous waste that is generated, and recycling of those wastes that cannot be prevented within the production process. The first piece of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for those finding it cheaper than contracting with a responsible waste transporter and disposal site

Selecting a dairy waste management system for the Oregon coast

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Moore, James A. (James Allan), 1939-, and Willrich, Ted L.
Abstract:: Published September 1982. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: influence the selection of a waste management system. Another very important factor in the se- lection of a

Selecting a dairy waste management system for the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Moore, James A. (James Allan), 1939-, Willrich, Ted L., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Published September 1982. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ti 0 o o ?-JS~$3. ^IHtx. _£/ Selecting a Dairy Waste

Production and transportation of fuel from sawmill refuse

Creator:: Tower, Gordon Eugene and Oregon State College. School of Forestry
Abstract:: The production and transportation of fuel from sawmill refuse is influenced by considerations of raw material cost, type of equipment, operating supplies, operating labor, and distance from source to market. Fuels from sawmill refuse are transported principally by means of trucks, railroad cars, barges, or combinations of those methods.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: IIOU.iCTiOS OltE'GON CGll.1(:TION Sohool of Forestry Oregon State College Corvallis, Oregon

Tillamook Bay bacteria study : fecal source summary report

Creator:: Jackson, John E., Glendening, Elaine A., and Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: BACTERIA SOURCES Forest Source 93 Recreation Source 94 Animal Waste Source 94 On-Site

Tillamook Bay bacteria study : background data review report

Creator:: Jackson, John E., Glendening, Elaine A., and Oregon. Department of Environmental Quality
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: State of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Water

Benthic macrofauna, sediment and water quality near seafood cannery outfalls in Yaquina Bay, Oregon

Creator:: Swartz, Richard Carlyle, 1943-, Schults, Donald W., DeBen, Waldemar A., Cole, Faith A., Oregon State University. Marine Science Center. Marine and Freshwater Ecology Branch, and Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory
Abstract:: "Seafood canneries in lower Yaquina Ray, Oregon process shrimp (Pandalus jordani), Dungeness crab (Cancer magister), a variety of bottom fish and several salmon species. The shrimp wastes are screened and discharged directly into the Ray beneath the cannery docks. During the shrimp processing season about 3.8 million liters of wastes...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Cannery Outfalls in Yaquina Bay, Oregon by Richard C. Swartz Donald W. Schults Waldemar A. DeBen Faith

Newport city sewer outfall observations

Creator:: Snow, C. Dale
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: , others maintain that .tt is Georgia Pacific's Waste materials, the Newport city engineer has been

An economic analysis of household recycling of solid wastes : the case of Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Hong, Seonghoon
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: waste disposal.) As society becomes more concerned about external damages (health and environmental

Industrial and city wastes

Creator:: Oregon State College. Engineering Experiment Station, Merryfield, Fred, 1900-, Kachelhoffer, Fred George, 1893-, and Bollen, Walter Beno, 1896-
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Oregon manufacturing plants did, however, demonstrate their willingness to face the waste disposal

A household hazardous waste survey of Benton County, OR

Creator:: McEvoy, John
Abstract:: Every year, the United States produces at least 236 million metric tons of hazardous waste. Hazardous waste is defined as solid waste that can pose a substantial threat to human health and the environment when disposed of incorrectly. Some commonly used household products, when disposed of, become hazardous waste; historically,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: a site where the wastes were then collected and handled by hazardous waste disposal companies. In

Investigation of methods for alleviating the pollutional effects of Douglas-fir ethanol stillage

Creator:: Bollen, Walter Beno, 1896-
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Tagging studies to determine the offshore-inshore exchange of groundfish off Oregon and Washington: Progress report no. 4. October 1, 1964 - September 30, 1965.

Creator:: Magill, Austin R. and Milburn, Gary S.
Abstract:: The disposal of radioactive waste products is a serious problem facing scientists and the public. One solution proposed is to dump these waste products at sea, with the area of northern Oregon and southern Washington in 100 to 1,000 fathoms as one area of consideration. However, one of the problems...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: % COF4MISSION OF OR?3rX)N INTRODUCTION The disposal of radioactive waste F ~ O ~ U C ~ S i s a ser ious

Tagging studies to determine the offshore-inshore exchange of groundfish off Oregon and Washington: Final Report: June 1961-February 1966.

Creator:: Milburn, Gary S.
Abstract:: The disposal of radioactive waste products is a serious problem facing scientists and the public. One solution proposed is to dump these waste products at sea, with the area of northern Oregon and southern Washington in 100 to 1,000 fathoms as one area of consideration. However, one of the problems...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ... . . . . . . . ...................................... 29 INTRODUCr ION The disposal of radioactwe waste products i s a serious problem facing sc i

Toxicity of pulp mill wastes to selected marine organisms and the characterization of the biological communities in the vicinity of a proposed ocean outfall for pulp mill wastes at Coos Bay, Oregon.

Creator:: Caldwell, Richard S., Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, and Oregon State University. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Abstract:: This report summarizes a study which sought to provide toxicity data for pulp mills near Coos Bay through a series of toxicity bioassays. The study also surveyed benthic and beach fauna to identify macro-organisms so individual assessments of water quality requirements could be made.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: and paper mills is that of disposal of waste by-products. The quan- tity of such wastes may vary from

Obtaining permits for livestock operations

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service and Moore, James A. (James Allan), 1939-
Abstract:: Published October 1988. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: that has no direct discharge of pollutants to waters of the State. A waste-water disposal system is

How clean is coal : coal power plant ash pond regulations compared to nuclear reactor decommissioning standards

Creator:: Williams, Manuel P.
Abstract:: Coal power is the prominent source of energy in the United States (U.S.) and around the world. The byproducts of coal power contain many of the same radioactive nuclides that are found in the local environment just in higher concentrations. With so much of this ash being stockpiled, the amount...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: site is located in Morrow County in Oregon at 45.7° N Lat., 119.8° W Lon., identified by the blue

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