National Land Use Policy: Background Papers on Past and Pending Legislation and the Roles of the Executive Branch, Congress, and the States in Land Use Policy and Planning

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Page 137 - SEC. 103. The Council shall establish, after such consultation with other interested entities, both Federal and non-Federal, as the Council may find appropriate, and with the approval of the President, principles, standards, and procedures for Federal participants in the preparation of comprehensive regional or river basin plans and for the formulation and evaluation of Federal water and related land resources projects.
Page 98 - The tools of the revolution are new laws taking a wide variety of forms but each sharing a common theme — the need to provide some degree of state or regional participation in the major decisions that affect the use of our increasingly limited supply of land.
Page 151 - ... all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws.
Page 68 - BILL to provide for the optimum development of the Nation's natural resources through the coordinated planning of water and related land resources, through the establishment of a "Water Resources Council and river basin commissions, and by providing financial assistance to the States in order to increase State participation in such planning.
Page 53 - Secretary to withdraw up to 80 million acres of land to be studied for possible addition to the National Park, Forest, Wildlife Refuge, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems.
Page 29 - ... or creed ; (6) refine the role of the Federal Government in revitalizing existing communities and encouraging planned, large-scale urban and new community development ; (7) strengthen the capacity of general governmental institutions to contribute to balanced urban growth and stabilization...
Page 117 - This Land Is My Land: The Doctrine of Implied Dedication and Its Application to California Beaches,
Page 87 - Grazing fees on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior, and the Forest Service (FS) of the Department of Agriculture are set by law.
Page 46 - Administrator determines that the facilities and equipment for which the assistance is sought are necessary for carrying out a program for a unified or officially coordinated urban transportation system as a part of the comprehensively planned development of the urban area.
Page 208 - A BILL To establish a national land use policy; to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to encourage and assist the States to prepare and implement land use programs for the protection of areas of critical environmental concern and the control and direction of growth and development of more than local significance; and for other purposes.

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