Environmental Quality: The ... Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality, Volume 10, Part 1979Executive Office of the President, Council on Environmental Quality, 1979 |
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... Forest Service's Roadless Area Review and Evaluation Process ( RARE II ) . . . . In the RARE II Final Environmental Impact Statement released January 4 , 1979 , the Department of Agriculture recommended that 15 million acres of National ...
... Forest Service's Roadless Area Review and Evaluation Process ( RARE II ) . . . . In the RARE II Final Environmental Impact Statement released January 4 , 1979 , the Department of Agriculture recommended that 15 million acres of National ...
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... forests are disappearing at alarming rates . ... A United Nation's estimate , based on observation in 13 countries , puts the net loss at 11 million hectares ( 27 million acres ) per year - an area roughly the size of Virginia ...
... forests are disappearing at alarming rates . ... A United Nation's estimate , based on observation in 13 countries , puts the net loss at 11 million hectares ( 27 million acres ) per year - an area roughly the size of Virginia ...
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... forests are quite unlike those of the temperate zone . In many places , the soil is so seriously degraded after deforestation that the original forest will not grow again , and the land cannot support crops or pasture for more than a ...
... forests are quite unlike those of the temperate zone . In many places , the soil is so seriously degraded after deforestation that the original forest will not grow again , and the land cannot support crops or pasture for more than a ...
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... Forests 414 National Forests and Grasslands___ 414 Management of Private and State Forest Land_ 419 Rangelands 420 Environmental Review_ . 420 Grazing Fees .‒‒‒‒ 421 Off - Road Vehicles_ . 421 Nonfuel Minerals___ 422 Overview of ...
... Forests 414 National Forests and Grasslands___ 414 Management of Private and State Forest Land_ 419 Rangelands 420 Environmental Review_ . 420 Grazing Fees .‒‒‒‒ 421 Off - Road Vehicles_ . 421 Nonfuel Minerals___ 422 Overview of ...
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... Forests Trends Causes 607 607 612 Responses 613 Leading by Example _ - _- 615 Whale Protection____ 616 Wildlife and Habitat Protection___ 619 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora __--- 619 ...
... Forests Trends Causes 607 607 612 Responses 613 Leading by Example _ - _- 615 Whale Protection____ 616 Wildlife and Habitat Protection___ 619 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora __--- 619 ...
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Page 746 - Americans safe, healthful, productive, and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings 3. attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences 4. preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity and variety of individual choice 5.
Page 746 - Copies of such statement and the comments and views of the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, which are authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards, shall be made available to the President, the Council on Environmental Quality and to the public as provided by section 552 of title 5. United States Code, and shall accompany the proposal through the existing agency review processes...
Page 783 - Government shall (A) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment...
Page 734 - Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act. and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...
Page 746 - ... include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on — (i) the environmental impact of the proposed action...
Page 243 - The legislation defines hazardous waste "as a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness...
Page 746 - Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on- (I) the environmental impact of the proposed action, (ii) any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, (iii) alternatives to the proposed action, (iv) the relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and enhancement of longterm productivity, and (v) any irreversible and irretrievable...
Page 790 - Tiering' refers to the coverage of general matters in broader environmental impact statements (such as national program or policy statements) with subsequent narrower statements or environmental analyses (such as regional or basinwide program statements or ultimately site-specific statements) incorporating by reference the general discussions and concentrating solely on the issues specific to the statement subsequently prepared.
Page 743 - ... 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 742 - The conservation of our natural resources and their proper use constitute the fundamental problem which underlies almost every other problem of our National life.