Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on S. 502 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 1037 pages |
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Page 414 - ... include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major 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...
Page 414 - Americans safe, healthful, productive, and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings 3. attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences 4. preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity and variety of individual choice 5.
Page 414 - 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 952 - The States shall have full authority under their own zoning laws to zone areas for commercial or Industrial purposes, and the actions of the States in this regard will be accepted for the purposes of this Act.
Page 802 - System and the primary system of those additional outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices which are more than six hundred and sixty feet off the nearest edge of the right-of-way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main traveled way of the system, and erected with the purpose of their message being read from such main traveled way...
Page 35 - After July 1, 1965, the Secretary shall not approve under section 105 of this title any program for projects in any urban area of more than fifty thousand population unless he finds that such projects are based on a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on cooperatively by States and local communities in conformance with the objectives stated in this section.
Page 966 - Act shall provide that no official, or agent, or representative in carrying out the provisions of this Act shall enter any home or take charge of any child over the objection of the parents, or either of them, or the person standing in loco parentis or having custody of such child.
Page 414 - Act, it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy...
Page 413 - It is hereby declared to be the national policy that special effort should be made to preserve the natural beauty of the countryside and public park and recreation lands, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites.
Page 287 - United States. For many years this route has offered better air and rail transportation services than it has for highway users. Three airlines and ten railroads provide a direct link between these two cities, but interstate highway users must travel either through Des Moines or St. Louis. Furthermore, the axiom that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line is demonstrated by the fact that a direct highway would be 145 miles shorter than traveling by interstate through Des Moines...