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 2802
... assistance , approximately 4,000 acres of types 3 , 4 , and 5 wetlands " ; and " insure the preservation of the equivalent of 13,500 acres of types 3 , 4 , and 5 wetlands habitat for wildlife use . " Last October , the National Wildlife ...
... assistance , approximately 4,000 acres of types 3 , 4 , and 5 wetlands " ; and " insure the preservation of the equivalent of 13,500 acres of types 3 , 4 , and 5 wetlands habitat for wildlife use . " Last October , the National Wildlife ...
Page 2803
... assistance , " to improve our environment . In view of these facts , what consideration has SCS given to condi- tioning its agreement with the project sponsors to require that they shall not drain any of the additional 4,000 acres of ...
... assistance , " to improve our environment . In view of these facts , what consideration has SCS given to condi- tioning its agreement with the project sponsors to require that they shall not drain any of the additional 4,000 acres of ...
Page 2813
... assistance needed to formulate suitable means of mitigating project - incurred wildlife losses for inclusion in the final work plan . Sincerely yours , Attachments 2 . WALTER A. GRESH , Regional Director . 1/2 I WILE MOMO CLEARING AND ...
... assistance needed to formulate suitable means of mitigating project - incurred wildlife losses for inclusion in the final work plan . Sincerely yours , Attachments 2 . WALTER A. GRESH , Regional Director . 1/2 I WILE MOMO CLEARING AND ...
Page 2846
... assistance to both the construction and conservation agencies in giving a better understanding of the environmental effects of the projects . Such studies would also serve to provide information on how best to eliminate or minimize the ...
... assistance to both the construction and conservation agencies in giving a better understanding of the environmental effects of the projects . Such studies would also serve to provide information on how best to eliminate or minimize the ...
Page 2852
... assistance in planning and in installation , but they remain State and local projects initiated , installed , operated , and main- tained by local people . In this situation , there are three general types of provision for solid wastes ...
... assistance in planning and in installation , but they remain State and local projects initiated , installed , operated , and main- tained by local people . In this situation , there are three general types of provision for solid wastes ...
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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.