Ocean Dumping of Waste Material: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Subcommittee on Oceanography...92-1, on H.R. 285, 336, 337, 548, 549, 805, 807, 808, 983, 1095, 1329, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1661, 1674, 2581, 3662, 4217, 4218, 4247, 4359, 4360, 4361, 4584, 4719, 4723, 5049, 5050, 5239, 5268, 5477, 5705, 6305, 6582, 6610, 6771, 7619, and 8039, April 5-7, 19711971 - 553 pages |
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... bill under consideration by the two subcommittees during these hearings is the administration bill , H.R. 4723 , introduced by the distinguished chairman of our full committee , Congressman Gar- matz , and an identical bill introduced ...
... bill under consideration by the two subcommittees during these hearings is the administration bill , H.R. 4723 , introduced by the distinguished chairman of our full committee , Congressman Gar- matz , and an identical bill introduced ...
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... BILL This proposal , in the nature of an amendment to Section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act , as amended , would provide the EPA Administrator with flexibility in funding signficant pollution control projects in the State ...
... BILL This proposal , in the nature of an amendment to Section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act , as amended , would provide the EPA Administrator with flexibility in funding signficant pollution control projects in the State ...
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... BILL One obvious alternative to the provision of Federal funds for specific State program elements would be the provision of additional Federal funds for general program development and implementation . The option we have chosen , to ...
... BILL One obvious alternative to the provision of Federal funds for specific State program elements would be the provision of additional Federal funds for general program development and implementation . The option we have chosen , to ...
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... bill would extend Federal jurisdiction for pollution abatement to include expressly ground waters , tributaries of interstate and navigable waters , pollution of waters of the contiguous zone which adverse- ly affects water quality in ...
... bill would extend Federal jurisdiction for pollution abatement to include expressly ground waters , tributaries of interstate and navigable waters , pollution of waters of the contiguous zone which adverse- ly affects water quality in ...
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... BILL The proposed bill will amend the definition of " State " in Section 23 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act , as amended , to include American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands within the meaning of this ...
... BILL The proposed bill will amend the definition of " State " in Section 23 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act , as amended , to include American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands within the meaning of this ...
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activity Administrator amended application areas Army Atomic Energy Commission authority bill biological warfare Chairman chemical Chief of Engineers Coast Guard coastal waters Congress contiguous zone Continental Shelf Corps of Engineers Council on Environmental Department DINGELL discharge dredge spoils ecology effect effluent enactment enforcement Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Quality established estuaries EVERETT Federal Water Pollution Fish and Wildlife GARMATZ Harbors Act industrial wastes Interior jurisdiction Lakes legislation LENNON license marine environment marine sanctuaries ment National navigable waters ocean disposal ocean dumping operations outfall PELLY Pollution Control Act port problem prohibit proposed question radioactive wastes RAMEY reef Refuse Act regulations responsibility ROGERS RUCKELSHAUS Secretary sewage sludge solid waste statement Subcommittee subsection territorial sea Thank tion toxic transportation United vessels violation waste disposal waste materials Water Pollution Water Pollution Control water quality standards Wildlife Coordination Act York Bight
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Page 293 - Act, it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy...
Page 281 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake...
Page 543 - For the purpose of these articles, the term "continental shelf" is used as referring (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 metres, or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas; (b) to the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands.
Page 342 - The Coast Guard may make Inquiries, examinations. Inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has Jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States.
Page 103 - Secretary determines that the dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 142 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 293 - The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act...
Page 86 - The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters of any material which would adversely affect human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 91 - Administrator determines that such dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 52 - The effect of such dumping on fisheries resources, plankton, fish, shellfish, wildlife, shore lines and beaches. (d) The effect of such dumping on marine ecosystems, particularly with respect to — (i) the transfer, concentration, and dispersion of such material and its byproducts through biological, physical, and chemical processes : (ii) potential changes in marine ecosystem diversity, productivity, and stability; and (iii) species and community population dynamics.