Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2099 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995 |
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... percent of our sales will come from outside the United States . Our company's vision is to be the most innovative enterprise and the preferred supplier in each of the markets we serve . We recognize environmental competency to be a key ...
... percent of our sales will come from outside the United States . Our company's vision is to be the most innovative enterprise and the preferred supplier in each of the markets we serve . We recognize environmental competency to be a key ...
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... Percent Rule : It encourages technical people to spend up to 15 percent of their time on projects of their own choosing . * Bootlegging : A corollary to the 15 percent rule , it gives people the authority to develop their own ideas and ...
... Percent Rule : It encourages technical people to spend up to 15 percent of their time on projects of their own choosing . * Bootlegging : A corollary to the 15 percent rule , it gives people the authority to develop their own ideas and ...
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... percent or more than $ 150 million spent on research into products and processes that will reduce our impact on the environment . ( Another $ 200 million annually is spent on environmental operations worldwide . ) was We have a strict ...
... percent or more than $ 150 million spent on research into products and processes that will reduce our impact on the environment . ( Another $ 200 million annually is spent on environmental operations worldwide . ) was We have a strict ...
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... percent by the year 2000 , based on 1990 goals . By the end of 1993 , we had reduced those releases in excess of 50 percent . Ultimately , our goal is to reduce all releases to the environment as close to zero as possible . We are aware ...
... percent by the year 2000 , based on 1990 goals . By the end of 1993 , we had reduced those releases in excess of 50 percent . Ultimately , our goal is to reduce all releases to the environment as close to zero as possible . We are aware ...
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... percent of the State officials we contacted told us that EPA needed to do a better job of routinely consulting the States on key issues , such as new regulations for policies affecting them directly . And some 63 percent of State ...
... percent of the State officials we contacted told us that EPA needed to do a better job of routinely consulting the States on key issues , such as new regulations for policies affecting them directly . And some 63 percent of State ...
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Page 283 - ... attainment plan and effective control measures for the San Joaquin Valley of California. This unique cooperative partnership involving federal, state and local government, as well as private industry, has raised more than $12 million to date to fund research and planning for a comprehensive PM-10 air quality study.
Page 283 - Amendments standards can be met effectively by the business community, as well as by agencies of federal, state and local government whose activities contribute to the problem, and who are subject to the requirements of Title V of the Clean Air Act. There is a void in our current understanding of the amount and impact each source of PM10 actually contributes to the overall problem.
Page 352 - Perhaps the most basic principle of all Indian law, supported by a host of decisions hereinafter analyzed, is the principle that those powers which are lawfully vested in an Indian tribe are not, in general, delegated powers granted by express acts of Congress, but rather inherent powers of a limited sovereignty which has never been extinguished.
Page 65 - GAP report and testimony is free. Additional copies are $2 each. Orders should be sent to the following address, accompanied by a check or money order made out to the Superintendent of Documents, when necessary. Orders for 100 or more copies to be mailed to a single address are discounted 25 percent.
Page 283 - Suitability of data base; Winter/Autumn intensive study; micrometeorological parameters; fog formation/dissipation; ammonia from soils • MODELING $200,000 Demonstration of modeling system for application in SIP's • DATA ANALYSIS $250,000 Analysis of existing data to aid project planning • DEMONSTRATION STUDIES $1,325,000 Almond, fig, walnut, cotton, harvesting; unpaved agricultural roads; unpaved public roads; unpaved shoulders of paved roads; dairies, feedlots, poultry, dry cereal grain TOTAL...
Page 334 - Infrastructure (Nil), a seamless web of communications networks, computers, databases, and consumer electronics that will put vast amounts of information at users
Page 246 - Commission is comprised of eleven (11) sovereign tribal governments located throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The Commission's purpose is to protect and enhance treatyguaranteed rights to hunt, fish, and gather on inland territories ceded under the Chippewa treaties of 1836, 1837, and 1842; to protect and enhance treaty guaranteed fishing on the Great Lakes, and to provide cooperative management and protection of these resources.
Page 358 - Act to establish a means for effective coordination of Federal research and activities in noise control, to authorize the establishment of Federal noise emission standards for products distributed in commerce, and to provide information to the public respecting the noise emission and noise reduction characteristics of such products. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act : (1) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Page 120 - Corporation would rely increasingly on partnerships with well-capitalized, sophisticated financial institutions, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Banks, private mortgage insurance companies, state and local housing finance agencies, and community-based organizations, to design a variety of products that meet market needs and share risk. Performance goals would be set to ensure the new...
Page 321 - STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, my name Is Herman J Smith, and I am a homebuilder from Fort Worth.