Evaluation of the california environmental quality act

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has evolved from a mini-NEPA, first enacted in 1970, into a procedural act that affects the approval process of all large developments in California. In 1990, California local governments produced over 1600 environmental impact reports and 30,000 initial studies under CEQA. Because of its widespread use, CEQA has periodically drawn the attention of the state legislature, most recently in 1993, when over 60 CEQA reform bills were introduced. This paper describes the CEQA process and evaluates its success at meeting its explicit and implicit goals. The research includes a statewide survey of CEQA practice, sent to the planning departments of all 513 local governments in California in 1991. Survey respondents agreed that CEQA helps in evaluating environmental impacts, reducing impacts, informing the public, and coordinating public agency review. It is effective in reducing the environmental impacts of individual projects, but is not as effective in improving environmental quality on an areawide scale. This research concludes that CEQA has led to positive outcomes and is not as deeply flawed as many of its critics claim. Still, CEQA as currently designed may not be the optimal vehicle for ensuring environmental quality.     

苯罐安全储存技术措施

液态苯极易燃烧爆炸,苯类化学事故造成的后果及影响极大,其安全储存涉及多方面技术措施.通过危险预知分析等方法,较详细地介绍了苯罐的安全储存温度和安全储存的技术措施.     

轧钢厂煤气泄漏事故应急救援预案

轧钢厂是大型冶金联合企业产成品后续加工单位,具有生产过程连续、工艺复杂的特点,其生产的原料坯须经过加热后,才能进行生产轧制.而加热燃料是高焦炉混合煤气,属易燃易爆、易中毒能源介质.为消除煤气在生产使用中出现的突发事故,最大限度地减少人员伤亡和财产损失需制定应急救援预案.     

生活事件分析法在煤矿企业中的应用

我国煤矿一再的发生事故,绝大部分原因是人为失误.根据人为失误的发生机理,本文提出了生活事件分析方法,并研制了其配套应用程序,对某煤矿企业的人因事故危险性进行了实际评价.该方法可方便地应用于煤矿企业人为事故的预防工作中.     

健康住宅的降噪问题与技术措施

健康住宅的噪声控制,包括对噪声源的认识、进行降噪的方法设计、技术措施实施效果的分析等内容。笔者在研究健康住宅噪声种类和控制标准、分析控制噪声基本措施的基础上,认为健康住宅噪声控制的难点在于设计方法和技术措施两方面,解决问题的思路是将降噪手段视为系统工程,包括住区户外和住宅室内两大系统;综合设计降噪控制技术,才能达到健康住宅声环境的控制标准。     

综合防尘技术在煤矿的应用实践

粉尘严重威胁矿井安全生产和职工身体健康。公司依靠科学管理，完善了各项综合防尘管理制度，制定了一系列综合防尘方面的管理规定和防尘技术操作规程；加强技术创新，重点抓好综采、综掘工作面以及回风系统和定点尘源的装置，实行自动控制等综合防尘技术；从管理和技术创新角度，通过采用减少粉尘产生、降尘、排尘、除尘、个体防尘等综合防尘技术措施应用实践，取得了良好的效果。     

可视化通风机性能测试程序设计

介绍了用通风机性能曲线测定可视化计算机程序的设计。该程序基于Windows环境，采用C Builder5．0开发，可以实现数据的自动保存、处理，及性能曲线、结果报表输出，同时具有可视化的人机界面。应用该程序可以使通风机性能曲线测定试验更加简便易行，还可以使试验结果更加精确。     

焦化厂火灾应急预案的建立

从焦化生产的工艺以及产品的特性入手，分析了焦化厂潜在的火灾事故隐患以及发生事故的可能性，强调了焦化厂作为一个化工企业建立应急预案的必要性。阐述了建立应急预案的注意事项和内容。     

ENHANCING FECAL COLIFORM TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD MODELS THROUGH BACTERIAL SOURCE TRACKING1

ABSTRACT: Surface water impairment by fecal coliform bacteria is a water quality issue of national scope and importance. In Virginia, more than 400 stream and river segments are on the Commonwealth's 2002 303(d) list because of fecal coliform impairment. Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) will be developed for most of these listed streams and rivers. Information regarding the major fecal coliform sources that impair surface water quality would enhance the development of effective watershed models and improve TMDLs. Bacterial source tracking (BST) is a recently developed technology for identifying the sources of fecal coliform bacteria and it may be helpful in generating improved TMDLs. Bacterial source tracking was performed, watershed models were developed, and TMDLs were prepared for three streams (Accotink Creek, Christians Creek, and Blacks Run) on Virginia's 303(d) list of impaired waters. Quality assurance of the BST work suggests that these data adequately describe the bacteria sources that are impairing these streams. Initial comparison of simulated bacterial sources with the observed BST data indicated that the fecal coliform sources were represented inaccurately in the initial model simulation. Revised model simulations (based on BST data) appeared to provide a better representation of the sources of fecal coliform bacteria in these three streams. The coupled approach of incorporating BST data into the fecal coliform transport model appears to reduce model uncertainty and should result in an improved TMDL.     

我国安全学科学历教育的困境与对策

我国安全形势严峻的重要原因是安全科技人才缺乏。安全学科学历教育作为我国安全科技高级人才培养的主要渠道之一,为国家造就和输送了大批安全科技人才。但是,由于安全学科学历教育体制没有很好适应市场经济的发展,遇到了不少难以解决的问题。依据对高校和煤炭企业调查所获得的资料,统计发现:目前我国安全学科学历教育所面临的主要问题是专业设置的局限性、培养目标的雷同性和课程设置的低通用性;社会对安全人才需求与目前高校安全专业招生和毕业生就业之间存在的突出矛盾。在详细调研和分析的基础上,提出了相应的安全人才后备队伍建设应采取的对策,即加大政府调控力度、实施“人才兴安”战略,深化教育教学改革、培养高素质安全人才。