Predisaster Assistance for Eucalyptus Trees in California: Hearing, Ninety-third Congress, First Session on S. 1697 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 122 pages |
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... million in damages , at a cost of $ 20 million . The success of this disaster prevention effort suggests that we can do a great deal to avoid or limit the effects of expected disasters . Accordingly , I am proposing leg- islation which ...
... million in damages , at a cost of $ 20 million . The success of this disaster prevention effort suggests that we can do a great deal to avoid or limit the effects of expected disasters . Accordingly , I am proposing leg- islation which ...
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... million eucalyptus . The dead and dying trees are spread throughout parkland and densely populated residen- tial areas . The hills across San Francisco Bay , once green and lush now are brown , dry , and extremely hazardous . Even when ...
... million eucalyptus . The dead and dying trees are spread throughout parkland and densely populated residen- tial areas . The hills across San Francisco Bay , once green and lush now are brown , dry , and extremely hazardous . Even when ...
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... million trees on 2,500 acres need to be cut down and removed , at costs ranging up to $ 15,000 per acre . Commercial value of eucalyptus wood is virtually nil . The total cost is estimated at $ 25 to $ 32 million and the master plan for ...
... million trees on 2,500 acres need to be cut down and removed , at costs ranging up to $ 15,000 per acre . Commercial value of eucalyptus wood is virtually nil . The total cost is estimated at $ 25 to $ 32 million and the master plan for ...
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... million . The Office of Emergency Preparedness ' decision against a disaster declaration , evidently , was due to their belief that the " imminence " of disaster could not be proven . The OEP representative at the meet- ing agreed that ...
... million . The Office of Emergency Preparedness ' decision against a disaster declaration , evidently , was due to their belief that the " imminence " of disaster could not be proven . The OEP representative at the meet- ing agreed that ...
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... million of pre- ventive aid would quite probably avert the loss of up to $ 150 million in property and an incalculable loss of lives . The bill which I have introduced , S , 1697 , directs the President to take this preventive action ...
... million of pre- ventive aid would quite probably avert the loss of up to $ 150 million in property and an incalculable loss of lives . The bill which I have introduced , S , 1697 , directs the President to take this preventive action ...
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acres action additional affected area Alameda County April April 16 authorized Bay area Bay Municipal Utility Bay Regional Park Berkeley hills burning Caldecott Tunnel Canyon Chairman CHANDLER City of Berkeley City of Oakland CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Contra Costa Counties cost Costa Counties Craig Chandler damage dead trees debris declaration disaster assistance disaster relief East Bay Municipal East Bay Regional efforts El Cerrito Emergency Operations Emergency Preparedness estimated facilities Federal assistance fire danger Fire Department fire hazard fire prevention fire suppression fire threat freeze fuel break funds Grizzly Peak ground fuel hazard area HILDEBRAND hill area homeowners imminent Joaquin Miller Park land LIBRARY OF CONGRESS major disaster MEESE million Municipal Utility District Oakland-Berkeley hills Office of Emergency pre-disaster assistance President private property property owners Regional Director Regional Park District request Section 221 Senator CRANSTON Skyline Boulevard tion tree removal TRENT Trudeau U.S. Forest Service
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Page 49 - State and local governments to meet the effects of enemy attack. § 1710.4 Requests for Federal assistance. (a) Upon the occurrence or threat of a catastrophe within a State which, in the opinion of its Governor...
Page 105 - Major disaster means any hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under...
Page 105 - ... relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby, and with respect to which the Governor of any State in which such catastrophe occurs or threatens to occur certifies the need for Federal disaster assistance...
Page 48 - Major disaster" means any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government to supplement the efforts and available resources of States...
Page 48 - Federal agency" means any department, independent establishment, Government corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government...
Page 105 - ... in any part of the United States, which in the determination of the President causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance under this Act to supplement the efforts and available resources of States, local governments, and disaster relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby.
Page 52 - President is authorized to provide assistance on a temporary basis in the form of mortgage or rental payments to or on behalf of individuals and families who, as a result of financial hardship caused by a major disaster, have received written notice of dispossession or eviction from a residence by reason of foreclosure of any mortgage or lien, cancellation of any contract of sale, or termination of any lease, entered into prior to such disaster.
Page 105 - ... storm, flood, high water, winddriven water, tidal wave, earthquake, drought, fire, or other catastrophe which, in the determination of the Administrator, FDAA. threatens to be of severity and magnitude sufficient to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government. This assistance will be used to avert or lessen the effects of such disaster before its actual occurrence.
Page 51 - Officer, and after a survey of available facilities by private, local, State, and Federal agencies, as appropriate. (b) Assistance for temporary housing with respect to a particular major disaster shall be limited to the minimum required to provide shelter within a...
Page 65 - said a young lady recovering from the general laugh, did you make all that yourself? ' 'Yes, Lucy,' — throwing himself back in his chair and shaking with laughter ; ' all myself, child ; all my own thunder. Do you think, when I am about to make a joke, I send for my neighbours C.