Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session], Part 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - 3711 pages |
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Page 2800
... tion projects ? ( d ) In EDF v . Froehlke , supra , the court noted , in the case of the Cache River project , that the Corps " obtained authorization for acquiring some 6,000 acres of wildlife habitat , " but , between the time the ...
... tion projects ? ( d ) In EDF v . Froehlke , supra , the court noted , in the case of the Cache River project , that the Corps " obtained authorization for acquiring some 6,000 acres of wildlife habitat , " but , between the time the ...
Page 2807
... tion intends to make the best use of all of these authorities in its efforts to control water pollution . Question 16 This country should not ignore the environmental effects of channelization , and it was for this reason that the CEQ ...
... tion intends to make the best use of all of these authorities in its efforts to control water pollution . Question 16 This country should not ignore the environmental effects of channelization , and it was for this reason that the CEQ ...
Page 2808
... tion and to eliminate or minimize those effects and the adequacy of such actions . Answer . A sincere effort has been made to use the environmental impact statement as a means of better assessing the public's needs and desires ...
... tion and to eliminate or minimize those effects and the adequacy of such actions . Answer . A sincere effort has been made to use the environmental impact statement as a means of better assessing the public's needs and desires ...
Page 2811
... tion will be removed before contract is closed . ( 6 ) Sediment holes : Additional holes to serve as sediment traps will be pro- vided on Chicod main ditch lateral 11 , and lateral 13. A total of 10 holes having a depth of 2 feet and a ...
... tion will be removed before contract is closed . ( 6 ) Sediment holes : Additional holes to serve as sediment traps will be pro- vided on Chicod main ditch lateral 11 , and lateral 13. A total of 10 holes having a depth of 2 feet and a ...
Page 2812
... tion districts , and the Pitt County Board of Commissioners . This letter con- stitutes our report , prepared and submitted in accordance with provisions of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ( 68 Stat . 666 ) , as ...
... tion districts , and the Pitt County Board of Commissioners . This letter con- stitutes our report , prepared and submitted in accordance with provisions of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ( 68 Stat . 666 ) , as ...
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acres of types acres of wetlands action agencies alternatives benefits BSFW Buffalo River Bureau of Sport Calcasieu Lake Cavalier County channel modification channelization projects committee Conetoe Congress conservationist construction Corps of Engineers cost County damage Devils Lake District downstream draft environmental statement draft statement drainage Dry Lake easement Edgecombe County Edmore watershed environment environmental effects environmental impact statement erosion eutrophication evaluation Federal fish and wildlife Fisheries and Wildlife flood plain flow guidelines increase Interior ment miles mitigation National Natural Resources natural wetlands NEPA North Dakota percent permit problems production project area Pt Pt Pt recommendations recreation Refuse Act REUSS River runoff Secretary sediment Soil Conservation Service specific sponsors Sport Fisheries Starkweather project Starkweather watershed project stream channelization structures subcommittee tion U.S. DEPARTMENT values Washington water quality waterfowl wetland preservation wildlife habitat wildlife resources
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Page 2912 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 2938 - ... of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides or by storms or floods or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed...
Page 2943 - Act provides in part that : [W]henever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under Federal permit or license...
Page 3126 - 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 2941 - That nothing herein contained shall extend to, apply to, or prohibit the operations in connection with the improvement of navigable waters or construction of public works considered necessary and proper by the United States officers supervising such improvement or public work...
Page 3218 - 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.
Page 2984 - Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of further assistance in this or any other matter.
Page 3127 - Federal official shall consult with and obtain the comments of any 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 2884 - NEPA mandates a case-by-case balancing judgment on the part of federal agencies. In each individual case, the particular economic and technical benefits of planned action must be assessed and then weighed against the environmental costs; alternatives must be considered which would effect the balance of values.
Page 2797 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever ... into any navigable water of the United States or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water.