Red Tape--inquiring Into Delays and Excessive Paperwork in Administration of Public Works Programs: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - 790 pages |
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... delayed these projects and added so greatly to the cost in terms of money , time , paperwork , and headaches . I hope we can reassess our old answers , ask ourselves some new questions , and find some really significant solu- tions . If ...
... delayed these projects and added so greatly to the cost in terms of money , time , paperwork , and headaches . I hope we can reassess our old answers , ask ourselves some new questions , and find some really significant solu- tions . If ...
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... delay as a consequence . The requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act mesh with the public hearing process . The draft environmental impact statement must be made available to the public prior to the hearing . Location ...
... delay as a consequence . The requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act mesh with the public hearing process . The draft environmental impact statement must be made available to the public prior to the hearing . Location ...
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... delay in order to permit the hearings is on the order of about 60 days . This is the minimum time that is required from the time that a hearing is publicly advertised , the time that it must ensue in order to permit the public to ...
... delay in order to permit the hearings is on the order of about 60 days . This is the minimum time that is required from the time that a hearing is publicly advertised , the time that it must ensue in order to permit the public to ...
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... delayed . I hope that there will be some resolution of it , though , because there are differences of opinion between Department of Trans- portation staff here in Washington , the State authorities and us with respect to the details of ...
... delayed . I hope that there will be some resolution of it , though , because there are differences of opinion between Department of Trans- portation staff here in Washington , the State authorities and us with respect to the details of ...
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... delay . Mr. WRIGHT . How does anyone intrude himself into making an interpretation under section 4 ( f ) of the Department of Transportation Act . It refers to the Secretary , and that means the Secretary of Transportation by definition ...
... delay . Mr. WRIGHT . How does anyone intrude himself into making an interpretation under section 4 ( f ) of the Department of Transportation Act . It refers to the Secretary , and that means the Secretary of Transportation by definition ...
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Page 16 - 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 longterm productivity, and (v) any irreversible and irretrievable...
Page 265 - 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 264 - ... 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 40 - Code, and shall accompany the proposal through the existing agency review processes; (D) study, develop, and describe appropriate alternatives to recommended courses of action in any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources...
Page 34 - The Congress authorizes and directs that, to the fullest extent possible: (1) the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States shall be interpreted and administered in accordance with the policies set forth in this Act...
Page 39 - Federal decisions about a project or complex of projects can be individually limited but cumulatively considerable. This can occur when one or more agencies over a period of years puts into a project individually minor but collectively major resources, when one decision involving a limited amount of money is a precedent for action in much larger cases or represents a decision in principle about a future major course of action, or when several Government agencies individually make decisions about...
Page 229 - Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved. Copies of such statement and the comments and views of the appropriate Federal, State and local agencies, which are authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards...
Page 634 - Senate having legislative jurisdiction over the program involved, a full written report of the circumstances and the grounds for such action. Any action to suspend or terminate or to refuse to grant or to continue Federal financial assistance shall be limited to the particular political entity, or part thereof, or other applicant or recipient as to whom such a finding has been made and shall be limited in its effect to the particular program, or part thereof, in which such noncompliance has been...
Page 40 - 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 Justice Department of Labor Department of State Department of Transportation Department of the Treasury Atomic Energy Commission Environmental Protection Agency General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration Veterans...
Page 41 - Where it is not practicable to reassess the basic course of action, it is still important that further incremental major actions be shaped so as to minimize adverse environmental consequences. It is also important in further action that account be taken of environmental consequences not fully evaluated at the outset of the project or program.