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agencies Anacostia River Arlington County AULD Avenue Board Boundary Trunk Sewer Chairman Colonel SUMNER combined sewers construction Corps of Engineers dilution factor discharge District of Columbia downstream dry-weather flow economic effluent electric facilities Fairfax County Falls Church Federal flood force main future gages GUTHEIM Hains Point industrial Interstate Commission jurisdictions land LEVIN located MACHIS Maryland million gallons overflows Park percent Piney Branch pollution abatement population portion Potomac River Basin Prince Georges County problems Project proposed relief sewer recommended recreation regional Representative HYDE required capacity reservoir River Bend Rock Creek Main Sanitary District Senator BIBLE separate systems sewage disposal Sewage Pumping Station sewage treatment sewage treatment plant sewer district sewerage systems statement stormwater stream Suburban Sanitary Commission surcharge Tiber Creek tidal tion tributary Upper Potomac Interceptor upstream Washington Channel Washington metropolitan area Washington Suburban Sanitary water supply
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Page 450 - by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby, requested to review the report on the Columbia River and tributaries published as House Document No.
Page 2 - Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.
Page 2 - ... to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $30,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee or the chairman of any duly authorized subcommittee thereof.
Page 1 - Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
Page 452 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13...
Page 2 - ... or otherwise, the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures...
Page 380 - The silt problem is of such magnitude that its solution should take precedence over all other pollution control activities in Metropolitan Washington. If this problem is not solved ; if the river is left to fill with sediment, efforts to develop the recreational uses of the Potomac River in Washington will be almost fruitless.
Page 350 - ... as practicable, so as to reduce the risk of damage in the event of attack; and to encourage and, when appropriate, require the incorporation of protective construction features in new and existing facilities to provide resistance to weapons effects suitable to the locations of said facilities.
Page 1 - SEC. 2. The committee shall report its findings, together with its recommendations for such legislation as it may deem advisable, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date but not later than June 1, 1950.
Page 20 - Capital region includes the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties in Virginia...