Environmental Quality: The ... Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality, Volume 10Executive Office of the President, Council on Environmental Quality, 1979 |
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... River Breeder Reactor ( CRBR ) project . . . . He com- mitted the Administration to a study of alternative reactor designs , calling for more modern , economic , and safe breeder reactor components and fuel cycles . ( p . 364 ) • The ...
... River Breeder Reactor ( CRBR ) project . . . . He com- mitted the Administration to a study of alternative reactor designs , calling for more modern , economic , and safe breeder reactor components and fuel cycles . ( p . 364 ) • The ...
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... river segments ( a total of approximately 696 miles ) to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System .... The System now protects a total of more than 2,317 miles of 27 rivers . ( p . 407 ) The " Omnibus Parks " Act also established the ...
... river segments ( a total of approximately 696 miles ) to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System .... The System now protects a total of more than 2,317 miles of 27 rivers . ( p . 407 ) The " Omnibus Parks " Act also established the ...
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... River ; municipal sewage , estimated at 400 million gallons per day ; and oil from nearly 800 petroleum spills per year , have closed shellfish areas , reduced fish catches , and destroyed valuable wildlife . . . . [ Yet because of ...
... River ; municipal sewage , estimated at 400 million gallons per day ; and oil from nearly 800 petroleum spills per year , have closed shellfish areas , reduced fish catches , and destroyed valuable wildlife . . . . [ Yet because of ...
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... River Breeder Reactor___ . 364 Interagency Review of Nuclear Waste Management__ 365 Uranium Resources 369 Nuclear Non - Proliferation__ 370 International Energy Supply-- . 370 References 371 Chapter 6 NATURAL RESOURCES .. 375 Water ...
... River Breeder Reactor___ . 364 Interagency Review of Nuclear Waste Management__ 365 Uranium Resources 369 Nuclear Non - Proliferation__ 370 International Energy Supply-- . 370 References 371 Chapter 6 NATURAL RESOURCES .. 375 Water ...
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... Rivers _ - _- 407 National Recreation , Scenic , and Historic Trails ... . 411 National Parks_____ 413 Wildlife Refuges _ - _- 413 Forests 414 National Forests and Grasslands___ 414 Management of Private and State Forest Land_ 419 ...
... Rivers _ - _- 407 National Recreation , Scenic , and Historic Trails ... . 411 National Parks_____ 413 Wildlife Refuges _ - _- 413 Forests 414 National Forests and Grasslands___ 414 Management of Private and State Forest Land_ 419 ...
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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.