Ocean Dumping and Pollution: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 493 pages |
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... disposed rather casually of the ques- tion of what land - based disposal methods are available . The single sentence in his statement on that subject read : We are convinced that land - based disposal methods , including the possibility ...
... disposed rather casually of the ques- tion of what land - based disposal methods are available . The single sentence in his statement on that subject read : We are convinced that land - based disposal methods , including the possibility ...
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... disposal techniques . The re- sulting report proposed " alternatives " which would cost from 21⁄2 to 5 times more than ocean disposal now does . Furthermore , none of the recommendations can be applied today to New York City's sludge ...
... disposal techniques . The re- sulting report proposed " alternatives " which would cost from 21⁄2 to 5 times more than ocean disposal now does . Furthermore , none of the recommendations can be applied today to New York City's sludge ...
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... disposal . On its face , a large penalty fee might be expected to spur activity towards a desired end . This device works well in such areas as construction contracts . We believe , however , that if applied to the municipalities ...
... disposal . On its face , a large penalty fee might be expected to spur activity towards a desired end . This device works well in such areas as construction contracts . We believe , however , that if applied to the municipalities ...
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... disposal of a limited number of spent fuel assemblies in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ( WIPP ) . This disposal should take place with full licensing . It should be compatible with the results of on - going R. & D. and it should ...
... disposal of a limited number of spent fuel assemblies in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ( WIPP ) . This disposal should take place with full licensing . It should be compatible with the results of on - going R. & D. and it should ...
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... DISPOSAL PROGRAMS As I indicated above , the DOE Task Force has recommended an early demonstra- tion of geologic disposal . I would like to stress the importance of maintaining at the same time a broadly based R. & D. program . In any ...
... DISPOSAL PROGRAMS As I indicated above , the DOE Task Force has recommended an early demonstra- tion of geologic disposal . I would like to stress the importance of maintaining at the same time a broadly based R. & D. program . In any ...
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activities Administrator agencies assessment authority BLEICHER BREAUX California Chairman coastal committee coordination countries criteria dumping program dumpsite ecosystem effects efforts emplacement Energy environmental Farallon Islands Federal fiscal fish Fisheries FORSYTHE FY 76 FUNDING geologic going HESS high-level radioactive wastes high-level wastes HUGHES IAEA impact interim permit Island issue JORLING LABORATORY land burial land-based alternatives legislation low-level waste MANPOWER M-Y marine environment Marine Protection marine sanctuary ment million monitoring National NOAA Nuclear Energy Agency nuclear waste ocean disposal Ocean Dumping Act Oceanography offshore oil and gas operations packages Philadelphia PRITCHARD problem proposed question radioactive waste disposal regulations regulatory research and development response San Diego Sanctuaries Act Santa Barbara Channel Santa Barbara County seabed disposal sediment sewage sludge specific spent fuel statement studies subcommittee surveys tanker testimony Thank tion waste management waters York Bight
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Page 237 - Administrator determines that such dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 220 - 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 220 - Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior Department of State Department of Transportation...
Page 239 - All States shall co-operate with the competent international organizations In taking measures for the prevention of pollution of the seas or air space above, resulting from any activities with radioactive materials or other harmful agents.
Page 332 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the Council of the City of San Diego, as follows: That the...
Page 172 - Dumping" means a disposition of material: Provided, That it does not mean a disposition of any effluent from any outfall structure to the extent that such disposition is regulated under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended 33 USC...
Page 159 - ... (3) Facilities used primarily for the receipt and storage of high-level radioactive wastes resulting from activities licensed under such Act. (4) Retrievable Surface Storage Facilities and other facilities authorized for the express purpose of subsequent long-term storage of high-level radioactive waste generated by the Administration, which are not used for, or are part of, research and development activities.
Page 239 - Contracting Parties shall, as provided for in the following Articles, take effective measures individually, according to their scientific, technical and economic capabilities, and collectively, to prevent marine pollution caused by dumping and shall harmonize their policies in this regard. ARTICLE III For the purposes of this Convention : 1. (a) "Dumping...
Page 50 - STATEMENT OF KENNETH S. KAMLET, ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION Messrs.
Page 329 - ... contains a full, true and correct transcript therefrom and of the whole thereof. Witness my hand and the seal of said Board of Supervisors, this 13th day of April, 1983 PORTER D. CREMANS Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By Dona E.