Environmental Quality: The ... Annual Report of the Council on Environmental QualityExecutive Office of the President, Council on Environmental Quality, 1973 |
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Page vi
... Land use control is perhaps the most pressing environmental issue before the Nation . How we use our land is fundamental to all other environmental concerns . There is encouraging evidence that the American people have reached a new ...
... Land use control is perhaps the most pressing environmental issue before the Nation . How we use our land is fundamental to all other environmental concerns . There is encouraging evidence that the American people have reached a new ...
Page vii
... land and water through uncontrolled mining . My proposed Mined Area Protection Act would establish Federal requirements to regulate surface and underground mining . By requiring mining op- erators to post adequate performance bonds and ...
... land and water through uncontrolled mining . My proposed Mined Area Protection Act would establish Federal requirements to regulate surface and underground mining . By requiring mining op- erators to post adequate performance bonds and ...
Page xv
... land will not be developed next week or next year ? ( p . 66 ) • When the Willamette was virtually an open sewer , it could be cut off from the rest of the city by factories , freeways , wharves , and unsightly open lands without much ...
... land will not be developed next week or next year ? ( p . 66 ) • When the Willamette was virtually an open sewer , it could be cut off from the rest of the city by factories , freeways , wharves , and unsightly open lands without much ...
Page xvii
... land use regulation by state and local governments to protect environ- mentally critical features of land . The chapter reviews the underlying values and historical antecedents of the taking clause and the traditional judicial theories ...
... land use regulation by state and local governments to protect environ- mentally critical features of land . The chapter reviews the underlying values and historical antecedents of the taking clause and the traditional judicial theories ...
Page xviii
... land use controls cannot be taken by legislatures as an invitation to ignore the resulting burden on indivi- dual landowners . ( p . 149 ) • Increasingly , as new concepts of property have become more firmly es- tablished and ...
... land use controls cannot be taken by legislatures as an invitation to ignore the resulting burden on indivi- dual landowners . ( p . 149 ) • Increasingly , as new concepts of property have become more firmly es- tablished and ...
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Page 132 - The general rule at least is that while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking.
Page 410 - Prior to making any detailed statement, the responsible 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.
Page 417 - To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.
Page 418 - Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to improve and coordinate Federal plans, functions, programs, and resources...
Page 411 - Council"). The Council shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
Page 394 - CFR part 15 (Administration of the Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to Federal contracts, grants, or loans...
Page 170 - toxic pollutant' means those pollutants, or combinations of pollutants, including disease-causing agents, which after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion, inhalation or assimilation into any organism, either directly from the environment or indirectly by ingestion through food chains, will...
Page 338 - States shall co-operate to develop further the international law regarding liability and compensation for the victims of pollution and other environmental damage caused by activities within the jurisdiction or control of such States to areas beyond their jurisdiction.
Page 428 - Where emergency circumstances make it necessary to take an action with significant environmental impact without observing the provisions of these regulations, the Federal agency taking the action should consult with the Council about alternative arrangements.
Page 417 - Act for the purpose of determining the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the achievement of such policy, and to make recommendations to the President with respect thereto; 4.