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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... legislation Research and development , NOAA - fiscal year 1978 . Hearings held- May 15 , 1978 . July 11 , 1978 ......... Statement of- NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL Anderson , D. R. , director , seabed disposal program , Sandia Laboratory ...
... legislation Research and development , NOAA - fiscal year 1978 . Hearings held- May 15 , 1978 . July 11 , 1978 ......... Statement of- NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL Anderson , D. R. , director , seabed disposal program , Sandia Laboratory ...
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... The intention in sponsoring the legislation is clear . We want to end harmful ocean dumping as quickly as possible and as responsi- bly as possible . The bill bans ocean dumping of harmful material including sewage 4.
... The intention in sponsoring the legislation is clear . We want to end harmful ocean dumping as quickly as possible and as responsi- bly as possible . The bill bans ocean dumping of harmful material including sewage 4.
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... Legislation must be en- acted which will insure the harmful practice of ocean dumping is replaced with an environmentally beneficial alternative . H.R. 5851 is such legislation and it is urgently needed . I thank the chairman for ...
... Legislation must be en- acted which will insure the harmful practice of ocean dumping is replaced with an environmentally beneficial alternative . H.R. 5851 is such legislation and it is urgently needed . I thank the chairman for ...
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... legislation will help us in meeting the 1981 dead- line . It should encourage expeditious development of alternatives and will enable EPA to monitor and to work more closely with permittees to assure that acceptable alternatives to ...
... legislation will help us in meeting the 1981 dead- line . It should encourage expeditious development of alternatives and will enable EPA to monitor and to work more closely with permittees to assure that acceptable alternatives to ...
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... legislative authority ; is that correct ? Mr. JORLING . No ; it is not new legislative authority . It is simply that the authority to make the determination re- quired under the court order is reserved to the Administrator . So that is ...
... legislative authority ; is that correct ? Mr. JORLING . No ; it is not new legislative authority . It is simply that the authority to make the determination re- quired under the court order is reserved to the Administrator . So that is ...
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activities Administrator amendment assessment authority baseline surveys BLEICHER BREAUX Chairman Coast coastal committee coordination cost countries criteria deadline designation dredged material dumping program dumpsite ecosystems effects efforts emplacement Energy EPA's estuarine Farallon Islands Federal Fisheries FORSYTHE FY 76 FUNDING geological going HESS high-level wastes HUGHES IAEA impact implementation interagency interim permit issue JORLING LABORATORY land-based alternatives legislation low-level waste MANPOWER M-Y marine environment marine pollution Marine Protection marine sanctuary ment million monitoring National NOAA Nuclear Energy Agency nuclear waste ocean disposal ocean dumping Ocean Dumping Act Oceanography offshore operation penalty fee Philadelphia problem proposed question radioactive waste regulations regulatory research and development response Sanctuaries Act Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Channel seabed disposal sediments sewage sludge specific spent fuel statement studies subcommittee surveys Thank tion waste disposal waste management York Bight
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Page 324 - Dredged material" means any material excavated or dredged from the navigable waters of the United States. (J) "High-level radioactive waste" means the aqueous waste resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system, or equivalent and the concentrated waste from subsequent extraction cycles, or equivalent, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuels, or irradiated fuel from nuclear power reactors.
Page 286 - 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 214 - (1) byproduct materials; "(2) source materials; "(3) special nuclear materials in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass.
Page 214 - Pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and...
Page 458 - Now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the Council of the City of San Diego, as follows: That the...
Page 324 - The effect on alternate uses of oceans, such as scientific study, fishing, and other living resource exploitation, and non-living resource exploitation.
Page 58 - State, or local significance as so determined by such officials unless (1) there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the use of such land, and (2) such program includes all possible planning to minimize harm to such park, recreational area, wildlife and waterfowl refuge, or historic site resulting from such use.
Page 287 - Radio-active wastes or other radio-active matter not included in Annex I. In the issue of permits for the dumping of this matter, the Contracting Parties should take full account of the recommendations of the competent international body in this field, at present the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Page 324 - The effect of such dumping on human health and welfare, including economic, esthetic, and recreational values. (C) The effect of such dumping on fisheries resources, plankton, fish, shellfish, wildlife, shore lines and beaches. (D) The effect of such dumping on marine ecosystems, particularly with respect to — (i) the transfer, concentration, and dispersion of such material and its byproducts through biological, physical, and chemical processes, (ii) potential changes in marine ecosystem diversity,...
Page 216 - 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...