Water Pollution Control Legislation-- 1971: (oversight of Existing Program) : Hearings Before the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - 715 pages |
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action Administrator application approved authority basin plans CAFFERY Chairman Chief of Engineers CLEVELAND committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction grant Corps of Engineers cost criteria DENSMORE Department discharge or deposit District Engineer EDELMAN effect effluent efforts environment Environmental Protection Agency established Federal agencies Federal Government Federal Water Pollution funds FWQA going grant program GROVES guidelines HARSHA hearings impact implementation industrial waste interest issued JENSEN JONES KRAUSE legislation ment MITRE municipal waste navigable waters Office operation PAESSLER PEDERSEN percent permit program permit system Pollution Control Act pollution control program problem procedure proposed QUARLES question recommendations Refuse Act regional regulations responsibility river basin schedule SCHWENGEL sewage sewage treatment sewer STAATS statement STEIN stream tion treatment plants waste treatment water pollution control water quality standards water supply waterway
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Page 253 - States outside established harbor lines or where no harbor lines have been established except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake harbor...
Page 263 - Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on i. the environmental impact of the proposed action, ii. any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, iii. alternatives to the proposed action, iv. the relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity, and v. any irreversible and irretrievable commitments...
Page 268 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the United States...
Page 233 - ... material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water, or on the bank of any tributary 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 108 - Code, and shall accompany the proposal through the existing agency review processes; (D) study, develop, and describe appropriate alternatives to recommended courses of action in any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources...
Page 257 - The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act...
Page 436 - Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution...
Page 253 - That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States...
Page 233 - ... on the bank of any navigable water or on the bank of any tributary 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: Provided, 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...
Page 112 - 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.