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North Steens 230-Kv Transmission Line Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement, DOI-BLM-OR-B060-2010-0035-EIS SECTION 5 REFERENCES SECTION 5 References Alberts, D. 2006. Primer for Addressing Wind Turbine Noise. Lawrence Technological University. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 2008. TLVs and BEIs: Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati. 251 pages. American Meteorological Society (AMS). 2009. Glossary of Meteorology. Accessible online at: (http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=climate-change1) American Water Works Association web site, as cited by Marl Kane, Echanis, LLC. 2011. Website accessed at: http://www.awwa.org/. Arnett, EB, WK Brown, WP Erickson, JK Fiedler, BL Hamilton, TH Henry, A Jain, GD Johnson, J Kerns, RR Koford, CP Nicholson, TJ O’Connell, MD Piorkowski, and RD Tankersley, Jr. 2008. 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