Water-pollution Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on S. 1691, a Bill to Prevent the Pollution of the Navigable Waters of the United States, and for Other Purposes. March 22, 23, and 27, 1939U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - 177 pages |
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Page 2 - SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR CARRYING OUT ITS FUNCTIONS UNDER THIS ACT, AND FIX THEIR COMPENSATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1923, AS AMENDED.
Page 3 - The consent of the Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in...
Page 27 - A" waters of the district shall first have been so treated as (a) to remove all floating solids and at least sixty per centum (60%) of the suspended solids; and (b) to effect a reduction of organisms of the B. Coli group (intestinal bacilli) so that the probable number of such organisms shall not exceed one per cubic centimeter in more than...
Page 3 - States, for (1) cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and control of air pollution and the enforcement of their respective laws relating thereto, and (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements or compacts.
Page 27 - ARTICLE VI 1. It is recognized by the signatory states that, where tidal waters are used for such varied purposes as bathing navigation, shellfish culture, the development of fish life and the disposal of wastes, no single standard of purity is practicable in all parts of the district.
Page 84 - It is hereby recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare...
Page 146 - An Act granting the consent of Congress to any two or more states to enter into agreements or Compacts for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime and for other purposes.
Page 27 - ... that in the case of discharge into waters used primarily for bathing this bacterial standard need not be required except during the bathing season; and (c) to effect a reduction in the oxygen demand of the sewage effluent sufficient to maintain an average dissolved oxygen content in the tidal waters of the district and in the general vicinity of the point of discharge of the sewage into those waters, at a depth of about five feet below the surface, of not less than fifty per centum (50%) saturation...
Page 27 - B", in •which the designated water areas are not expected to be used primarily for recreational purposes, shellfish culture or the development of fish life.
Page 27 - B" waters of the district; and (b) to effect a reduction in the oxygen demand of the sewage effluent sufficient to maintain an average dissolved oxygen content in the tidal waters of the district and in the general vicinity of the point of discharge of the sewage into those waters, at a depth of about five feet below the surface, of not less than thirty per centum (30%) saturation during any week of the year.