Oceanography Miscellaneous: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on National Ocean Service Center Program, July 25, 1985, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 |
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Page 126 - B. that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or C. that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master...
Page 134 - The Council shall (1) advise the President and the Congress on matters relating to historic preservation; recommend measures to coordinate activities of Federal, State, and local agencies and private institutions and individuals relating to historic preservation...
Page 152 - Hall of the States 444 North Capitol Street. NW Washington. DC 20001...
Page 110 - ... jurisdiction of the federal admiralty courts. These courts have held, in essence, that historic shipwrecks are not owned by anyone and that any commercial salvor who raises shipwreck material may have valid claim to it. Aside from undermining state ownership, admiralty law encourages the expeditious salvage of artifacts for commercial reasons without regard for the historical significance of these resources. Florida's problems are further complicated by the federal courts' failure under admiralty...
Page 134 - States ownership of all abandoned shipwrecks on submerged state lands that are either embedded in such lands or included in or determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Page 134 - E&R Center. (f) Notification to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will be notified in accordance with either of the following two plans when Reclamation action will have an effect on any National Register eligible/ listed cultural resources. (1) When section 102(2)(C) of NEPA is applicable to a Reclamation action or when there is a proposal or action for which Reclamation...
Page 93 - The British were the first to take the logical step of coordinating the activities of divers and vocational archaeologists, who had long been in conflict with each other. In 1963 the Council for Nautical Archaeology was formed in London by representatives from institutions such as the British Museum, the Science Museum, the National Maritime Museum, the Institute of Archaeology and the National Institute of Oceanography.
Page 81 - To suppose that excavation — one of the affairs which needs the widest knowledge — can be taken up by persons who are ignorant of most or all the technical requirements is a fatuity which had led, and still leads, to the most miserable catastrophes.
Page 64 - Act of 1973, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 2 Representatives of the United States of America 3 'in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited 4 as the "Petroleum Overcharge Restitution Act.
Page 134 - Section 106 requires that Federal agencies take into account the effects of their actions on historic properties, and afford the Council a reasonable opportunity to comment on such actions.