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], Част 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - 3288 страници |
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12-foot channel agricultural Alcovy Alcovy River banks Basin benefits Chairman channel improvement channelization projects channelized streams clearing Commission committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Conservation and Natural conservationists construction Corps of Engineers cost County Date Approved Creek D.C. DEAR damage dams DeSoto County destruction ditch downstream drainage drained dredging effects environment environmental erosion farm Federal agencies fish and game fish and wildlife flood control flood plain forest Forked Deer Rivers Game and Fish game fish Georgia Government increased involved Lake land landowners Law 566 projects LIBRARY OF CONGRESS loss marshes Memorandum ment miles National National Wildlife Federation Natural Resources natural streams navigation North Carolina North Dakota Ohio River percent phreatophytes plans problems proposed Public Law 566 recreation reservoirs REUSS small watershed Soil Conservation Service statement stream channelization subcommittee swamps Tennessee tion U.S. Army upper Mississippi valley values Washington waterfowl watershed projects wetlands wildlife habitat
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Страница 326 - 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...
Страница 325 - Americans safe, healthful, productive, and est helically and culturally pleasing surroundings; (3) attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences ; (4) preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects of our national heritage, and maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports diversity and variety of individual choice...
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Страница 326 - ... 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...
Страница 328 - President studies relating to such conditions n nd trends; (8) to review and appraise the various programs and activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy set forth in title I...
Страница 328 - Report required by section 201 of this title; (2) to gather timely and authoritative information concerning the conditions and trends in the quality of the environment...
Страница 327 - ... current and foreseeable trends in the quality, management and utilization of such environments and the effects of those trends on the social, economic, and other requirements of the Nation...
Страница 327 - ... (3) the adequacy of available natural resources for fulfilling human and economic requirements of the Nation in the light of expected population pressures; (4) a review of the programs and activities (including regulatory activities) of the Federal Government, the State and local governments, and nongovernmental entities or individuals, with particular reference to their effect on the environment and on the conservation, development and utilization of natural resources ; and (5) a program for...
Страница 327 - ... make available to States, counties, municipalities, institutions, and individuals, advice and information useful in restoring, maintaining, and enhancing the quality of the environment ; (G) initiate and utilize ecological information in the planning and development of resource-oriented projects; and (H) assist the Council on Environmental Quality established by title II of this Act.