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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... percent between 1974 and 1977 while the number of very unhealthful days declined 32 percent . ( p . 17 ) [ D ] ata from approximately 50 of the most polluted counties across the country show that violations of ambient air quality ...
... percent between 1974 and 1977 while the number of very unhealthful days declined 32 percent . ( p . 17 ) [ D ] ata from approximately 50 of the most polluted counties across the country show that violations of ambient air quality ...
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... percent of the basins , and nonpoint sources affect it in 87 percent . ( pp . 86–87 ) • U.S. laws and social institutions are far better equipped to deal with point source controls than with nonpoint source controls . As non- point ...
... percent of the basins , and nonpoint sources affect it in 87 percent . ( pp . 86–87 ) • U.S. laws and social institutions are far better equipped to deal with point source controls than with nonpoint source controls . As non- point ...
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... percent by weight ) is being disposed of in nonsecure ponds , lagoons , or landfills . Another 10 percent is being incinerated in a manner that pollutes the air or does not completely detoxify the waste residues . ( p . 182 ) • EPA ...
... percent by weight ) is being disposed of in nonsecure ponds , lagoons , or landfills . Another 10 percent is being incinerated in a manner that pollutes the air or does not completely detoxify the waste residues . ( p . 182 ) • EPA ...
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... percent a year from 1960 to 1970 , slowed to a rate of about 2 percent a year from 1970 to 1978 , but is still on the upswing . . . . Total U.S. municipal waste was estimated at 154 million tons for 1978 , the equivalent of 1,400 pounds ...
... percent a year from 1960 to 1970 , slowed to a rate of about 2 percent a year from 1970 to 1978 , but is still on the upswing . . . . Total U.S. municipal waste was estimated at 154 million tons for 1978 , the equivalent of 1,400 pounds ...
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... percent of its municipal wastes to energy in 1977. . . . [ A ] nother 7 percent of the nation's municipal solid waste was being recovered for its material value by recycling centers and other source separation programs . ( p . 261 ) In ...
... percent of its municipal wastes to energy in 1977. . . . [ A ] nother 7 percent of the nation's municipal solid waste was being recovered for its material value by recycling centers and other source separation programs . ( p . 261 ) In ...
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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.