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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... result of legislation reported by one of these com- mittees , published an excellent report entitled " Ocean Dumping — A National Policy . " That report forms the basis for the hearings we are beginning today , and points up the ...
... result of legislation reported by one of these com- mittees , published an excellent report entitled " Ocean Dumping — A National Policy . " That report forms the basis for the hearings we are beginning today , and points up the ...
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... result from the enactment of this proposal . Its purpose is to expand and increase presently existing regulatory controls over water pollution situations , and its environmental effects , therefore , are expected to be entirely ...
... result from the enactment of this proposal . Its purpose is to expand and increase presently existing regulatory controls over water pollution situations , and its environmental effects , therefore , are expected to be entirely ...
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... oceans for disposal . The result could be a massive increase in the already growing level of ocean dumping . If this oc- curs , environmental deterioration will become widespread . In most cases , feasible and economic land - based 8.
... oceans for disposal . The result could be a massive increase in the already growing level of ocean dumping . If this oc- curs , environmental deterioration will become widespread . In most cases , feasible and economic land - based 8.
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... result- ing considerable gain in alleviating marine environmental degradation . The policy on dumping dredge spoil which the legislative proposal is designed to implement may result in carrying out fewer and smaller dredging operations ...
... result- ing considerable gain in alleviating marine environmental degradation . The policy on dumping dredge spoil which the legislative proposal is designed to implement may result in carrying out fewer and smaller dredging operations ...
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... result from any 2 such activity . Such standards shall be applicable to all of the 3 departments , agencies , and instrumentalities of the Federal 4 Government , and , except as otherwise provided in this sec- 5 tion , in the case of a ...
... result from any 2 such activity . Such standards shall be applicable to all of the 3 departments , agencies , and instrumentalities of the Federal 4 Government , and , except as otherwise provided in this sec- 5 tion , in the case of a ...
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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.