Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Public WorksU.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 |
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acres agricultural Alcovy Alcovy River annual Arizona bank benefit-cost ratio benefits Chairman channel improvement channelization projects construction Corps of Engineers cost County crops dams Department District ditches downstream drainage drained dredging economic effects environment Environmental Quality estimated evaluation facilities fish and wildlife Fish Commission fishery flood control flood damage flood plain flood prevention flow Forked Deer Rivers Game and Fish Georgia Gila River impact increased installed irrigation lake landowners loss Lost River ment million Mississippi multiple-purpose National National Wildlife Federation natural Obion Obion River Painted Rock PAINTED ROCK RESERVOIR percent plant pollution present problems production proposed recreation reduced reservoirs result sediment Senator BUCKLEY Senator JORDAN Soil Conservation Service specific stream channelization streambank erosion Tennessee tion tributaries U.S. Army values water quality water resource water supply waterfowl watershed projects wetlands Wildlife Federation wildlife habitat wildlife resources Yuma Yuma County
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Էջ 62 - ... 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, (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...
Էջ 61 - The Congress, recognizing the profound impact of Policies and man's activity on the interrelations of all components of the natural environment, particularly the profound influences of population growth, high-density urbanization, industrial expansion, resource exploitation, and new and expanding technological advances and recognizing further the critical importance of restoring and maintaining environmental quality to the overall welfare and development of man...
Էջ 62 - ... statement and the comments and views of the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, which are authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards, shall be made available to the President, the Council on Environmental Quality and to the public as provided by section 552 of title 5, United States...
Էջ 64 - President studies relating to such conditions and trends; (3) to review and appraise the various programs and activities of the Federal Government in the light of the policy...
Էջ 76 - ... 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 partial aspects of a major action. The lead agency should prepare an environmental...
Էջ 61 - In order to carry out the policy set forth in this Act, it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy, to improve and coordinate Federal plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the Nation may — 1. fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations 2.
Էջ 63 - ... 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.
Էջ 80 - 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...
Էջ 60 - Monitor, evaluate, and control on a continuing basis their agencies' activities so as to protect and enhance the quality of the environment. Such activities shall include those directed to controlling pollution and enhancing the environment and those designed to accomplish other program objectives which may affect the quality of the environment.
Էջ 63 - Review. their present statutory authority, administrative regulations, and current policies and procedures for the purpose of determining whether there are any deficiencies or inconsistencies therein which prohibit full compliance...