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Essential Uses of Fire Protection Halons.. Hebert, J.; 1991

Fire Protection in the '90s Without Halon 1211 and Halon 1301.. Riley, J. F.; 1991

Halon and CFC Destruction, Recovery, Recycling, and Reclamation Technologies.. Moore, T. A.; McCarson, T. D.; 1991

Stratospheric Ozone Protection Under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.. Rubenstein, R.; 1991

Aircraft Fire Protection: A Critical Halon Application.. Parsons, M. L.; Meserve, W.; 1992

Asbestos, PCB's and Halons. Principal Speaker.. Taylor, G.; 1992

EPA's New Regulatory Program for Evaluating CFC and Halon Substitutes.. Haemisegger, E.; 1992

Halon Issues in Developing Countries.. Moore, T. A.; 1992

Human Health and Environmental Toxicity Issues for Evaluation of Halon Replacements.. Rubenstein, R.; 1992

Implications of Using Halon and CFC Substitutes on Occupational Safety and Health Standards.. Perry, W.; Kent, M.; 1992

NASA's Approach to Halon Issues.. Maynard, M. J.; 1992

Perspective on Halon Replacements and Alternatives. Keynote.. DiNenno, P. J.; 1993

Regulation of Halons and Halon Substitutes: An Update.. Metchis, K.; 1993

Analysis of Emission Trading in Fire Proection: HCFCs for Halons.. MacGregor, L.; 1994

EPA's 'State of the Union' on Halon Substitutes. Keynote Address.. Rubenstein, R.; 1994

Regulation of Halon and Halon Substitutes. Keynote Address.. Metchis, K.; 1994

Disparities in Environmental Regulations and Their Effect on Agent Selection.. Ball, D.; 1995

Halon Replacement: Policy and Progress in the UK Ministry of Defence.. Liddy, D.; 1995

Science and Technology Challenges.. Dix, D. M.; 1995

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Regulatory Update.. Metchis, K.; 1995

Halon Recovery Campaign: Working at the Community Level to Accelerate the Phase-Out of Halons.. Gilfillan, C.; Eisman, R. C.; 1996

Halons as Hazardous Wastes Policy Implications of Montreal Protocol Decision VII/12.. Verdonik, D. P.; DiNenno, P. J.; 1996

Halons Phaseout in Countries in Transition.. Kucnerowicz-Polak, B.; 1996

Swedish Phasing Out of Halon for Fire Fighting.. Andersson, S.; 1996

Halons: Will They Become Hazardous Wastes? Decision VIII/17. Availability of Halons for Critical Uses.. Verdonik, D. P.; DiNenno, P. J.; 1997

Halon Replacement Research: A Historical Review of Technical Progress and Regulatory Decision Points.. Tapscott, R. E.; Moore, T. A.; Mather, J. D.; Vitali, J. A.; 1998

Regulatory and Public Outreach Update for Halon Substitutes.. Weisner, C.; Rubenstein, R.; 1998

United Nations Environment Programme's Role in Eliminating Halon Dependency in Developing Countries.. Curlin, J. S.; 1998

Keeping the Options Open.. Ball, D.; 1999

Think Globally, Act Globally.. O'Bryon, J. F.; 1999

Airframe and Program Impediments and Incentives for Incorporating Nonhalon Technologies.. Harper, G.; Kay, M. C.; 2000

Emissions Are Bad; Early Emissions Are Worse (Or, Look Before You Leap).. Ball, D.; McCulloch, A.; 2000

Millennial View of Fire Suppression.. Gann, R. G.; 2000

Replacement of Halon Fire Extinguishants: The Potential for Conflict Between Environment and Safety.. Liddy, D.; Moore, R.; 2000

Policy, Political and International Arenas. Keynote.. Vest, G. D.; 2001

Addressing the Need for Halon Replacement.. Sheinson, R. S.; 2002

Program for Estimating Emissions of HFCS and PFCS by the Fire Protection Industry.. Senecal, J. A.; 2002

Voluntary Code of Practice for HFC and PFC Fire Protection Agents.. Cortina, T. A.; 2002

Future of Fire Protection.. Lucht, D.; 2003

SNAP Update and Risk Assessment on Aerosol Fire Extinguishing Technologies.. Birgfeld, E.; 2003

Future of Aerospace: Its Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century.. Piscopo, P. F.; 2004

Novel Halon Alternative Concepts: Synergistic Development of Public and Private Sectors.. Bennett, J. M.; 2004

F-Gas Regulation and Its Implications in Fire Suppression Applications.. Robin, M. L.; 2006

HEEP: A Program for Tracking Fire Protection Emissions of HFCs and PFCs.. Cortina, T. A.; Senecal, J. A.; 2006

NGP Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Aircraft Fire Suppression Systems.. Bennett, J. M.; 2006

Review of the History of Fire Suppression on U.S. DoD Aircraft.. Bein, D.; 2006

Whence the NGP?. Gann, R. G.; 2006

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