Authorizations for the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session on S. 2767 ... S. 2769 ... March 20, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 63 pages |
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... disposal . These responsibilities were delegated to NOAA ; initial funding authority was set at $ 6,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974 through 1976. Subsequent amending legislation authorized $ 5,600,000 for FY 77 and $ 6,500,000 ...
... disposal . These responsibilities were delegated to NOAA ; initial funding authority was set at $ 6,000,000 annually for fiscal years 1974 through 1976. Subsequent amending legislation authorized $ 5,600,000 for FY 77 and $ 6,500,000 ...
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... disposal alternatives are available , it is probably best to continue to use this already heavily stressed area as a dumping ground , rather than contaminate a new area in the Bight . The Project Development Plan calls for completion of ...
... disposal alternatives are available , it is probably best to continue to use this already heavily stressed area as a dumping ground , rather than contaminate a new area in the Bight . The Project Development Plan calls for completion of ...
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... Inter- agency Agreement with EPA are summarized as follows : Assist EPA in developing specifications of information required for disposal site surveys and evaluations . Provide detailed study plans to EPA and conduct the necessary 12.
... Inter- agency Agreement with EPA are summarized as follows : Assist EPA in developing specifications of information required for disposal site surveys and evaluations . Provide detailed study plans to EPA and conduct the necessary 12.
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... disposal of Army munitions at sea , including a proposal at that time to dump fifty - five tons of concrete and steel encased liquid nerve gas into the Atlantic Ocean . Concern about controlling this kind of dumping , and studying the ...
... disposal of Army munitions at sea , including a proposal at that time to dump fifty - five tons of concrete and steel encased liquid nerve gas into the Atlantic Ocean . Concern about controlling this kind of dumping , and studying the ...
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... disposal ? What are the transfer processes of toxic material from sediment to the water and to the organisms ? What are the natural environmental characteristics and how might they be altered ? To answer these questions , NOAA will ...
... disposal ? What are the transfer processes of toxic material from sediment to the water and to the organisms ? What are the natural environmental characteristics and how might they be altered ? To answer these questions , NOAA will ...
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1st Sess activities Administrator amendment appropriate assessment authority baseline surveys bioaccumulation BLEICHER Cape Hatteras coast Coastal Zone Management Committee comprehensive Congress coordination criteria designated sanctuaries disposal dredge spoil dredged material Dumping Program ecological effects efforts enforcement Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Message established estuarine evaluation federal agencies fiscal year 1979 Fisheries fishing funding gas development Gulf of Mexico HESS implementation initiate interagency agreement KAMLET Key Largo Coral Largo Coral Reef legislation marine areas marine environment marine pollution Marine Protection marine resources marine sanctuaries program million monitoring MPRSA NATIONAL OCEANIC NOAA NOAA's ocean dumping Ocean Management Office of Ocean offshore oil and gas Port Royal Sound potential President's priority program guidelines proposed recreational research program responsibilities Sanctuaries Act sanctuary designation sanctuary nominations sanctuary regulations sanctuary sites Secretary of Commerce Section 202 Senator HOLLINGS studies supra tion Title tuaries waste waters York Bight
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Page 48 - Title III deals with an issue which has been of great concern to the Committee for many years: the need to create a mechanism for protecting certain important areas of the coastal zone from intrusive activities by man.
Page 52 - Secretary shall promulgate, make grants to any coastal state for the purpose of — (1) acquiring, developing, or operating estuarine sanctuaries, to serve as natural field laboratories in which to study and gather data on the natural and human processes occurring within the estuaries of the coastal zone...
Page 18 - Existing legislation allows the Secretary of Commerce to protect certain estuarine and ocean resources from the ill effects of development by designating marine sanctuaries. Yet only two sanctuaries have been established since 1972, when the program began. I am, therefore, instructing the Secretary of Commerce to identify possible sanctuaries in areas where development appears imminent, and to begin collecting the data necessary to designate them as such under the law.
Page 23 - As you are aware, the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate and...
Page 50 - Federal agencies, shall issue necessary and reasonable regulations to control any activities permitted within the designated marine sanctuary, and no permit, license, or other authorization issued pursuant to any other authority shall be valid unless the Secretary shall certify that the permitted activity is consistent with the purposes of this title and can be carried out within the regulations promulgated under this section.
Page 15 - Act Although Federal laws restricting dumping in harbor areas were enacted as early as 1886, the current major Federal statute governing ocean dumping of dredge material is the Ocean Dumping Act (ODA, title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, 33 USC 1401 et seq.)- Under ODA section 103, the COE issues permits for the transportation of dredge material for disposal into US ocean waters. 1. Ocean Dumping Criteria In general, the COE...
Page 13 - Mr. Chairman, this completes my statement. I would be pleased to respond to your questions at this time.
Page 28 - ... use levels, resource availability, and potential impacts. When conflicts are identified between conservation and resource use, or among resource uses, the office will seek to develop a management strategy that will resolve these conflicts, whether through the use of NOAA's statutory powers, or through authorities vested in other Federal or State agencies.
Page 50 - Act, 1936, authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, with the approval of the President, to provide war risk and certain marine and liability insurance for protection of vessels, cargoes, and crew life and personal effects, when commercial insurance cannot be obtained on reasonable terms and conditions.
Page 33 - STATEMENT OF KENNETH S. KAMLET, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION Messrs.