RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES-FIRST ASSESSMENT, 1994 -- Copyright -- Preface -- 1994 COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES -- Occupational Health Panel -- Panels on Facilities and Research -- FUTURE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 THE BUREAU'S RESEARCH MISSION -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- USERS -- EXISTING RESEARCH STRUCTURE -- REINVENTION PLANS -- Implementation of Program Review -- Closures and Consolidations -- Management Reorganization -- Future of the Mineral Institutes Program -- Research Partnerships -- 2 RESEARCH PROGRAMS -- BRIEF SUMMARIES OF ACTIVITIES -- Health, Safety and Mining Technology -- Minerals and Materials Sciences -- Environmental Technology -- SELECTION PROCESS -- 3 RESEARCH CAPABILITIES -- FACILITIES -- EQUIPMENT -- STAFF -- 4 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- RESEARCH GOALS -- Finding 1 -- Discussion -- Recommendation 1 -- RESEARCH STRATEGIES -- Finding 2 -- Discussion -- Recommendation 2 -- PROJECT SELECTION -- Finding 3 -- Discussion -- Miniproposal Process -- External Funding -- Targets of Opportunity -- Long-Range, High-Risk Research -- Project Review and Management -- Recommendation 3 -- RESEARCH QUALITY -- Finding 4 -- Discussion -- Hiring the Most Promising Researchers -- Developing Researchers as Professionals -- Providing the Opportunity for Interesting, Challenging, and Relevant Work -- Recommendation 4 -- FACILITIES -- Finding 5 -- Discussion -- Recommendation 5 -- DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS -- Finding 6 -- Discussion -- Recommendation 6 -- APPENDIX A REPORT OF THE PANEL ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH OF THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES -- OVERVIEW -- BACKGROUND -- OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH PROGRAM -- ISSUES -- Reducing Worker Exposure to Harmful Dusts, Particulates, and Gases -- Measurement of Respirable Dust -- Environmental Control Versus Personal Protection -- PRESENT RESEARCH.

RESPIRABLE MINE DUST -- DUST CONTROL IN NONCOAL MINES AND MILLS -- DUST MONITORING -- DIESEL EMISSIONS -- NOISE -- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE -- RESEARCH CAPABILITIES -- STAFF -- FACILITIES -- FUNDING -- MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH -- PROJECT SELECTION -- PROJECT MANAGEMENT -- USERS' EVALUATION OF RESEARCH -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH -- RESPIRABLE MINE DUST -- Engineering Control -- Sampling and Measurement -- DIESEL EMISSIONS -- Engineering Control -- Sampling and Measurement -- NOISE -- INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE -- GENERAL FINDINGS -- APPENDIX B REPORT OF THE PANEL ON FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AT THE SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH CENTER -- FACTUAL DATA ON THE SALT LAKE CITY RESEARCH CENTER -- ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY -- Control of Mine Drainage and Liquid Wastes -- Biohydrometallurgical Decontamination of Mining and Milling Wastes -- Immobilized Extractant Technology for Waste Water Treatment -- Microbial and Chemical Arsenic Removal from Wastes -- Predictive Chemical Model for Acid Mine Drainage -- Cooperative Remediation Projects -- Midnite Mine: Bioremediation -- Midnite Mine: Rock Reactivity -- Technical Assistance on Federal Lands -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Removal of TNT from Contaminated Soils and Characterization and Treatm... -- Hazardous Wastes -- Chicago River Sediments and Remediation -- Solid Waste Management and Subsidence -- Treatment of Copper Industry Wastes -- Flotation Fundamentals and Volatilization Losses in Sediment Pretreatment -- Remediation of Lead-Contaminated Soils at Small Arms Ranges Using Mining and Beneficiation Technology -- MINERALS AND MATERIALS SCIENCES -- FACILITIES, SUPPORT, AND STAFF -- USER COMMENTS -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- ISSUES AND CONCLUSIONS -- Staff -- Project Selection -- APPENDIX C REPORT OF THE PANEL ON FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AT THE RENO RESEARCH CENTER -- FACTUAL DATA ON THE RENO RESEARCH CENTER.

RESEARCH PROGRAMS -- FACILITIES, SUPPORT, AND STAFF -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- USER COMMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX D REPORT OF THE PANEL ON FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AT THE ALBANY RESEARCH CENTER -- FACTUAL DATA ON THE ALBANY RESEARCH CENTER -- RESEARCH PROGRAMS -- Process Metallurgy -- Characterization -- Materials Sciences -- FACILITIES, SUPPORT, AND STAFF -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- USER COMMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS.