Ocean Dumping Oversight: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, on Oversight of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, May 22, 31, 1974U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 - 287 pages |
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... District En- gineer , upon discovery of an unauthorized activity , to issue ... Engineer also had the responsibility of recommending appropriate legal ... District Engineer , upon discovery of an unauthorized activity , to issue a cease ...
... District En- gineer , upon discovery of an unauthorized activity , to issue ... Engineer also had the responsibility of recommending appropriate legal ... District Engineer , upon discovery of an unauthorized activity , to issue a cease ...
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... District Engineer is authorized to request the applicant to enter into a third party contract to obtain the ... District Engineers to deny permit applications where required State or local certifications have been denied . Section ...
... District Engineer is authorized to request the applicant to enter into a third party contract to obtain the ... District Engineers to deny permit applications where required State or local certifications have been denied . Section ...
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... Engineers officials will also consider the following policies when they are applicable to the specific application : ( 1 ) ... District Engineer will so advise the applicant and inform him of possible alternative methods of protecting his ...
... Engineers officials will also consider the following policies when they are applicable to the specific application : ( 1 ) ... District Engineer will so advise the applicant and inform him of possible alternative methods of protecting his ...
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... District Engineer each time maintenance dredging is to be performed . ( 3 ) Effect on Wetlands . ( i ) Wetlands are those land and water areas subject to regular inundation by tidal , riverine , or lacustrine flowage . Generally ...
... District Engineer each time maintenance dredging is to be performed . ( 3 ) Effect on Wetlands . ( i ) Wetlands are those land and water areas subject to regular inundation by tidal , riverine , or lacustrine flowage . Generally ...
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... District Engineer concludes , on the basis of the analysis required in para- graph ( f ) of this section , that the benefits of the proposed alteration outweigh the damage to the wetlands resource and the proposed alteration is ...
... District Engineer concludes , on the basis of the analysis required in para- graph ( f ) of this section , that the benefits of the proposed alteration outweigh the damage to the wetlands resource and the proposed alteration is ...
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Page 52 - Secretary may issue permits, after notice and opportunity for public hearings, for the transportation of dredged material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters, where the Secretary determines that the dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 32 - USC 796), the plans for the dam or other physical structures affecting navigation must be approved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of the Army.
Page 266 - The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any party, whenever the court determines such award is appropriate.
Page 51 - 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...
Page 119 - The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters of any material which would adversely affect human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 184 - Congress finds and declares that it is the national policy (a) to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, to restore or enhance, the resources of the Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations...
Page 147 - All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be considered; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, historic values, fish and wildlife values, flood damage prevention, land use classification, navigation, recreation, water supply, water quality and in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
Page 155 - That it does not mean the construction of any fixed structure or artificial island nor the intentional placement of any device in ocean waters or on or in the submerged land beneath such waters, for a purpose other than disposal, when such construction or such placement is otherwise regulated by Federal or State law or occurs pursuant to an authorized Federal or State program...
Page 266 - Nothing in this section shall restrict any right which any person (or class of persons) may have under any statute or common law to seek enforcement of any effluent standard or limitation or to seek any other relief (including relief against the Administrator or a State agency).
Page 264 - No penalty shall be assessed unless the owner or operator charged shall have been given notice and opportunity for a hearing on such charge.