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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... follow :) Hon . CARL B. ALBERT , [ Executive Communication No. 434 ] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY , Washington , D.C. , March 13 , 1971 . Speaker , House of Representatives , Washington , D.C. DEAR MR . SPEAKER : In accordance with ...
... follow :) Hon . CARL B. ALBERT , [ Executive Communication No. 434 ] ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY , Washington , D.C. , March 13 , 1971 . Speaker , House of Representatives , Washington , D.C. DEAR MR . SPEAKER : In accordance with ...
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... follows : About 48 million tons of wastes were dumped at sea in 1968. These wastes in- cluded dredge spoils . industrial wastes , sewage sludge , construction and demolition debris , solid waste , explosives , chemical munitions ...
... follows : About 48 million tons of wastes were dumped at sea in 1968. These wastes in- cluded dredge spoils . industrial wastes , sewage sludge , construction and demolition debris , solid waste , explosives , chemical munitions ...
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... follows : 13 " After the effective date of this section , no citizen of the 14 United States or other person shall dispose of waste materials 15 into the oceans , coastal waters , and estuarine areas of the 16 United States or into the ...
... follows : 13 " After the effective date of this section , no citizen of the 14 United States or other person shall dispose of waste materials 15 into the oceans , coastal waters , and estuarine areas of the 16 United States or into the ...
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... follows : fines of $ 2,000 to $ 10,000 per day of violation for first offenses , and fines of $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 ... follow- ing major reservations : 1. The bill applies only to dumping activities carried out 98.
... follows : fines of $ 2,000 to $ 10,000 per day of violation for first offenses , and fines of $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 ... follow- ing major reservations : 1. The bill applies only to dumping activities carried out 98.
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... follows : up to $ 50,000 for the first violation , and up to $ 100,000 for each subsequent violation . Upon failure of an offending party to pay a penalty , the Administrator would be au- thorized to request the Attorney General to ...
... follows : up to $ 50,000 for the first violation , and up to $ 100,000 for each subsequent violation . Upon failure of an offending party to pay a penalty , the Administrator would be au- thorized to request the Attorney General to ...
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.