Pollution of Navigable Waters: Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12101, a Bill Granting to the States of the Ohio Valley Consent of Congress to an Interstate Compact Or Treaty for the Purpose of Controlling Or Reducing Stream Pollution; H.R. 12102, a Bill to Provide for the Preparation of a Plan to Reduce the Pollution of Navigable Waters and for the Appropriation of Money for that Purpose; H.R. 12103, a Bill to Provide for the Preparation of a Plan to Reduce the Pollution of Navigable Water of the United States; H.R. 12764, a Bill to Create a Division of Stream Pollution Control in the Bureau of the Public Health Service, and for Other Purposes. May 20 1936 |
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... taken any action on that , sir , and I am not in a position , of course , to speak for them without their having taken such action . They have made an examination of the various ways of organiz- ing for these cooperative problems . The ...
... taken any action on that , sir , and I am not in a position , of course , to speak for them without their having taken such action . They have made an examination of the various ways of organiz- ing for these cooperative problems . The ...
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... taken early for the making and carry- ing out of comprehensive and coordinated plans for works and measures for the prevention of the continuance and increase of the pollution of the Ohio River and its tributaries . Very truly yours ...
... taken early for the making and carry- ing out of comprehensive and coordinated plans for works and measures for the prevention of the continuance and increase of the pollution of the Ohio River and its tributaries . Very truly yours ...
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... taken by your committee this session on these bills . I think it is very important . We from the districts that border the Ohio are very much interested in all of the bills and sincerely hope that some action might be taken before the ...
... taken by your committee this session on these bills . I think it is very important . We from the districts that border the Ohio are very much interested in all of the bills and sincerely hope that some action might be taken before the ...
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... taken such time as is necessary . If I may leave these two exhibits I will do so . They pertain to the particular point that our water supply is becoming very dangerous , and we have to do a lot about it , together with the matter of ...
... taken such time as is necessary . If I may leave these two exhibits I will do so . They pertain to the particular point that our water supply is becoming very dangerous , and we have to do a lot about it , together with the matter of ...
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... taken steps in advance to prevent pollution of their water supplies before it occurs instead of waiting until afterward in order to clean it up . This same problem was presented in England and they did the same thing as we do in this ...
... taken steps in advance to prevent pollution of their water supplies before it occurs instead of waiting until afterward in order to clean it up . This same problem was presented in England and they did the same thing as we do in this ...
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acid administration Alfred Bettman appropriated approval Ashland authority or subsidiary BEITER BIERY Big Sandy Big Sandy River canalization CHAIRMAN Chamber of Commerce Chief of Engineers Cincinnati Cincinnati Chamber COLDEN Congress control of stream cooperation cost department of health discharge district Division of Stream DONDERO drainage basin DYKSTRA enactment Federal Government filtration plants FRAZIER gentlemen Hamilton County HOLLISTER Indiana industrial waste interested interstate compacts investigations Kentucky LEFEBER legislation loans Louisville MARKHAM McCORMACK ment municipalities National Resources Committee navigable waters necessary Ohio Chamber Ohio Valley PARRAN planning boards pollution problem present President Public Health Service public water supply purification Representatives sanitary engineer Secretary Senate sewage disposal sewers statement STOLL stream pollution Stream Pollution Control subsidiary agency thereof Surgeon surveys TARBERT tion TISDALE Treasury treatment tributaries United States Public Vinson Washington water pollution Water Resources Water Works Association West Virginia
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Page 6 - In the development of such comprehensive programs due regard shall be given to the improvements which are necessary to conserve such waters for public water supplies, propagation of fish and aquatic life and wildlife, recreational purposes, and agricultural, industrial, and other legitimate uses.
Page 7 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected thereby.
Page 6 - Service a division of venereal diseases, to be under the charge of a commissioned medical officer of the United States Public Health Service detailed by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, which officer while thus serving shall be an assistant surgeon general of the Public Health Service...
Page 2 - States census, and such allotment to be so conditioned that for each dollar paid to any State the State shall specifically appropriate or otherwise set aside an equal amount for the prevention, control, and treatment of venereal diseases, except for the fiscal year ending June...
Page 7 - ... (2) upon such terms as the President shall prescribe, to make grants to States, municipalities, or other public bodies for the construction, repair, or improvement of any such project, but no such grant shall be in excess of 30 per centum of the cost of the labor and materials employed upon such project...
Page 2 - The sum of $200,000 to defray the expenses of the establishment and maintenance of the Division of Venereal Diseases in the Bureau of the Public Health Service; and the sum of...
Page 2 - State, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the proportion which its population bears to the population of the continental United States, exclusive of Alaska and the Canal Zone, according to the last preceding United States census.
Page 3 - The Chief of Engineers, under the supervision of the Secretary of War, is authorized to construct, maintain, and operate public park and recreational facilities in reservoir areas under the control of the "War Department, and to permit the construction, maintenance, and operation of such facilities.
Page 1 - That the consent of Congress is hereby given to any two or more States to enter into agreements or compacts for cooperative effort...
Page 2 - The sum of $1,000,000 which shall be paid to the States for the use of their respective boards or departments of health in the prevention, control, and treatment of venereal diseases ; this sum to be allotted to each State, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury...