Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session], Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - 3711 pages |
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Page 2789
... adverse environmental effects of channelization , and what these agencies were doing to minimize these effects . Our hearings disclosed that such assessment is minimal , and therefore very little is done to eliminate or minimize these ...
... adverse environmental effects of channelization , and what these agencies were doing to minimize these effects . Our hearings disclosed that such assessment is minimal , and therefore very little is done to eliminate or minimize these ...
Page 2790
... adverse environmental effects of the project upon fish habitat " caused by " a massive increase in sedimentation " from the project ; ( b ) " Ignores the effect of the project on potential eutrophication problems " in the estuary ; ( c ) ...
... adverse environmental effects of the project upon fish habitat " caused by " a massive increase in sedimentation " from the project ; ( b ) " Ignores the effect of the project on potential eutrophication problems " in the estuary ; ( c ) ...
Page 2792
... adverse effect ) , according to Waterlands Memo- randum 108 . We want to examine the deficiencies of the 108 review procedures . We are particularly interested in learning the extent to which these projects were reviewed by SCS , EPA ...
... adverse effect ) , according to Waterlands Memo- randum 108 . We want to examine the deficiencies of the 108 review procedures . We are particularly interested in learning the extent to which these projects were reviewed by SCS , EPA ...
Page 2794
... adverse effects , they make little effort to adopt less adverse alternatives . B. SIGNIFICANT INTERVENING EVENTS Since our last hearings , a number of significant events have occurred affecting the channelization issue . Some of these ...
... adverse effects , they make little effort to adopt less adverse alternatives . B. SIGNIFICANT INTERVENING EVENTS Since our last hearings , a number of significant events have occurred affecting the channelization issue . Some of these ...
Page 2796
... adverse environmental effects ) or into group 3 ( those having serious adverse environmental effects ) , if the " reviewing agencies " agree that the " structural measures , as revised " will not have " sig- nificant adverse impacts ...
... adverse environmental effects ) or into group 3 ( those having serious adverse environmental effects ) , if the " reviewing agencies " agree that the " structural measures , as revised " will not have " sig- nificant adverse impacts ...
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acres of types acres of wetlands action agencies alternatives benefits BSFW Buffalo River Bureau of Sport Calcasieu Lake Cavalier County channel modification channelization projects committee Conetoe Congress conservationist construction Corps of Engineers cost County damage Devils Lake District downstream draft environmental statement draft statement drainage Dry Lake easement Edgecombe County Edmore watershed environment environmental effects environmental impact statement erosion eutrophication evaluation Federal fish and wildlife Fisheries and Wildlife flood plain flow guidelines increase Interior ment miles mitigation National Natural Resources natural wetlands NEPA North Dakota percent permit problems production project area Pt Pt Pt recommendations recreation Refuse Act REUSS River runoff Secretary sediment Soil Conservation Service specific sponsors Sport Fisheries Starkweather project Starkweather watershed project stream channelization structures subcommittee tion U.S. DEPARTMENT values Washington water quality waterfowl wetland preservation wildlife habitat wildlife resources
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Page 2912 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, 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 2938 - ... of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides or by storms or floods or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed...
Page 2943 - Act provides in part that : [W]henever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under Federal permit or license...
Page 3126 - 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 2941 - That nothing herein contained shall extend to, apply to, or prohibit the operations in connection with the improvement of navigable waters or construction of public works considered necessary and proper by the United States officers supervising such improvement or public work...
Page 3218 - Where it is not practicable to reassess the basic course of action, it is still important that further incremental major actions be shaped so as to minimize adverse environmental consequences. It is also important in further action that account be taken of environmental consequences not fully evaluated at the outset of the project or program.
Page 2984 - Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of further assistance in this or any other matter.
Page 3127 - Federal official shall consult with and obtain the comments of any Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved. 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...
Page 2884 - NEPA mandates a case-by-case balancing judgment on the part of federal agencies. In each individual case, the particular economic and technical benefits of planned action must be assessed and then weighed against the environmental costs; alternatives must be considered which would effect the balance of values.
Page 2797 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever ... into any navigable water of the United States or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water.