Environmental Quality: The Twenty-third Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality Together with the President's Message to CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 451 pages |
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... releases and transfers of toxic chemicals by 347 million pounds 25 percent below the 1988 baseline , with enormous savings in operating costs . Enforcement : We broke new ground and old records , filing more cases , collect- ing more ...
... releases and transfers of toxic chemicals by 347 million pounds 25 percent below the 1988 baseline , with enormous savings in operating costs . Enforcement : We broke new ground and old records , filing more cases , collect- ing more ...
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... released in January 1993 . Wetlands , Coasts , and Water . As a member of the Domestic Policy Coun- cil Task Force on Wetlands , CEQ advanced the President's no net loss goal and called for a scientific study to determine the best ...
... released in January 1993 . Wetlands , Coasts , and Water . As a member of the Domestic Policy Coun- cil Task Force on Wetlands , CEQ advanced the President's no net loss goal and called for a scientific study to determine the best ...
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... releases of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides contribute to acid rain , visibility degradation , and health risks ... released into the air in many areas . The latest EPA Toxics Release Inventory shows a total of 2.2 billion pounds of ...
... releases of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides contribute to acid rain , visibility degradation , and health risks ... released into the air in many areas . The latest EPA Toxics Release Inventory shows a total of 2.2 billion pounds of ...
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... release of hydrocarbons , which con- tribute to ozone smog . Starting in 1995 a new generation of cleaner ... releases of methane , a greenhouse gas . Permits . To facilitate enforcement of the amendments , states will develop ...
... release of hydrocarbons , which con- tribute to ozone smog . Starting in 1995 a new generation of cleaner ... releases of methane , a greenhouse gas . Permits . To facilitate enforcement of the amendments , states will develop ...
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... release heat back into the atmosphere . During the afternoon , city temperatures can be 6 degrees hotter than sur- rounding countryside . At night , city streets continue to radiate heat , keeping city temperatures 10 to 15 degrees ...
... release heat back into the atmosphere . During the afternoon , city temperatures can be 6 degrees hotter than sur- rounding countryside . At night , city streets continue to radiate heat , keeping city temperatures 10 to 15 degrees ...
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Page 443 - 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...
Page 445 - Council"). The Council shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
Page 150 - Cumulative impact" is the impact on the environment which results from the incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions regardless of what agency (Federal or non-Federal) or person undertakes such other actions. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking place over a period of time.
Page 443 - 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 decision making which may have an impact on man's environment...
Page 446 - Nation ; (5) to conduct investigations, studies, surveys, research, and analyses relating to ecological systems and environmental quality ; (6) to document and define changes in the natural environment, including the plant and animal systems, and to accumulate necessary data and other information for a continuing analysis of these changes or trends and an interpretation of their underlying causes; (7) to report at least once each year to the President on the state and condition of the environment...
Page 51 - Unilateral actions to deal with environmental challenges outside the jurisdiction of the importing country should be avoided. Environmental measures addressing transboundary or global environmental problems should, as far as possible, be based on an international consensus.
Page 445 - Act for the purpose of determining the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the achievement of such policy, and to make recommendations to the President with respect thereto...
Page 356 - Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.