United States Coal Production and Utilization: Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session ... Hearings Held in Washington, D.C., May 16 and 18, and July 27, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - 616 pages |
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Page 148 - The purposes of this title are (1) to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population...
Page 564 - Any person who knowingly and consciously fails to provide the notice required by subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to the amount provided by section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Page 500 - Biographical Information on DAVID G. HAWKINS Assistant Administrator for Air and Waste Management US Environmental Protection Agency EDUCATION: BA, English, Yale College, 1965 JD , Columbia University Law School, 1970 (magna cuin laude) EXPERIENCE: 1977-Present Mr.
Page 211 - Interior to manage the coal leasing program to assure that it can respond to reasonable production goals by leasing only those areas where mining is environmentally acceptable and compatible with other land uses.
Page 563 - The Administrator shall in the case of any person which is the owner or operator of a major stationary source, and may, in the case of any other person, require enhanced monitoring and submission of compliance certifications. Compliance certifications shall include (A) identification of the applicable requirement that is the basis of the certification, (B) the method used for determining the compliance status of the source, (C) the compliance status...
Page 564 - Any person who willfully or negligently violates section 301, 302, 306, 307, or 308 of this Act, or any permit condition or limitation implementing any of such sections in a permit issued under section 402 of this Act by the Administrator or by a State, shall be punished by a fine of not less than...
Page 238 - OF A. JOSEPH DOWD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICE CORPORATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINING OF THE HOUSE INTERIOR COMMITTEE MAY 16, 1978 Mr.
Page 190 - President further directed that we "scrutinize existing Federal coal leases and applications for preference right leases to determine whether they show prospects for timely development in an environmentally acceptable manner," taking steps as necessary to deal with nonproducing and environmentally unsatisfactory leases and applications.
Page 221 - ... phosphate in land covered by a mining claim. Multiple Mineral Development Act , Generally The Multiple Mineral Development Act did not amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the issuance of prospecting permits for coal which cover lands subject to mining claims.
Page 501 - Congress on — (1) available alternatives, including enforcement mechanisms to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare...