Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Public WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 |
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... million . During the first year of the program , 1957 , contract awards increased to $ 351 million - a 58 percent increase . In 1958 , total contract awards reached $ 389 million — a 75 per- cent increase over the previous 5 - year ...
... million . During the first year of the program , 1957 , contract awards increased to $ 351 million - a 58 percent increase . In 1958 , total contract awards reached $ 389 million — a 75 per- cent increase over the previous 5 - year ...
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... million a year figure H.R. 4036 authorizes an increase in Federal financial assistance from the present $ 50 million annually to $ 125 million annually and an increase in the total grant authorization from $ 500 million to $ 1.25 ...
... million a year figure H.R. 4036 authorizes an increase in Federal financial assistance from the present $ 50 million annually to $ 125 million annually and an increase in the total grant authorization from $ 500 million to $ 1.25 ...
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... million to $ 5 million . To administer this ambitious undertaking by the Federal Government to clean up the Nation's waterways , H.R. 4036 authorizes the establishment of a new operating agency within the Department of Health ...
... million to $ 5 million . To administer this ambitious undertaking by the Federal Government to clean up the Nation's waterways , H.R. 4036 authorizes the establishment of a new operating agency within the Department of Health ...
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... million . Our population will reach 225 million by 1975 and 330 million by the year 2000. The municipal demand for water is sensitive to the changing habits of daily life and each turn of the screw of civilization requires more water ...
... million . Our population will reach 225 million by 1975 and 330 million by the year 2000. The municipal demand for water is sensitive to the changing habits of daily life and each turn of the screw of civilization requires more water ...
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... million persons living in communities that have never provided treat- ment for their waste . Another 1,100 new plants are needed for 3.4 million persons in communities where treatment works built in the past have become overloaded or ...
... million persons living in communities that have never provided treat- ment for their waste . Another 1,100 new plants are needed for 3.4 million persons in communities where treatment works built in the past have become overloaded or ...
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84th Congress acid mine drainage action administration amended appropriate assistance authority believe bill BLATNIK Chairman cities communities Congress construction grants cost court CRAMER Davis-Bacon Act DENNIS CHAVEZ Department of Health discharge disposal District effective enactment engineering Federal enforcement Federal Government Federal grants Federal Water Pollution field financing funds grant program hearing board increase industrial waste interstate waters intrastate laboratories legislation ment million municipal municipal waste National navigable waters O. C. THOMPSON operation paperboard percent pollution abatement Pollution Control Act pollution control agency pollution control program pollution problems population present procedures projects proposed Public Health Service Public Law 660 recommendations responsibility RIBICOFF River Salt Lake sanitary Senator KERR Senator RANDOLPH sewage treatment sewer statement subsection Surgeon Thank tion treatment facilities U.S. Senate Washington waste treatment water pollution control water quality water resources water supply Welfare West Virginia
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Page 14 - Welfare, but not exceeding $100 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 74 - USC 276a-276a-5), and every such employee shall receive compensation at a rate not less than one and one-half times his basic rate of pay for all hours worked in any workweek in excess of eight hours in any workday or forty hours in the workweek, as the case may be.
Page 75 - ... except that any such storage and water releases shall not be provided as a substitute for adequate treatment or other methods of controlling waste at the source.
Page 348 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state...
Page 210 - ... it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution...
Page 190 - State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. (e) The term "interstate waters" means all rivers, lakes, and other waters that flow across or form a part of State boundaries, including coastal waters. (f) The term "municipality...
Page 348 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a State other than those in which they lie. Fof this purpose they are the public property of the Nation and subject to all the requisite legislation by Congress.
Page 14 - Code. (b) The findings of fact by the Commissioner, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive; but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case to the...
Page 203 - ... is occurring and whether effective progress toward abatement thereof is being made. If the Hearing Board finds such pollution is occurring and effective progress toward abatement thereof is...
Page 129 - If you have any questions I will be glad to try to answer them.