Swain County Settlement Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session On, S. 987 ... September 25, 1996, Volume 4

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Page 36 - ... the opportunity to appear and present our views on the various issues and challenges which the committee faces in preparing legislation affecting the future of the Federal-aid highway programs and related urban transportation systems. In the interest of time I would like to summarize my remarks but would ask that our full statement be included in the record. The American Institute of Planners has had long and continuous involvement in the national issues and local development problems inherent...
Page 31 - Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Page 49 - To Whom It May Concern: I am writing in regards to the Natchez Trace that Is being built in northeast Mississippi.
Page 9 - Mr. ROWELL. If, in fact, that was the determination that was made, yes, sir. Senator DECONCINI. Thank you very much; we greatly appreciate your being here. Mr. ROWELL. Thank you for letting me be here. [The prepared statement of Mr. Rowell is as follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF PAUL A. ROWELL It would be very difficult and very time consuming to attempt a detailed description of Florida's drug problem. However, it is important to note at the outset that Florida's drug problem is the nation's drug...
Page 34 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a vital sanctuary and reservoir for black bears for the entire Southern Appalachian region. The Park serves in this capacity because of the relative protection it provides to a large nucleus of bears, particularly breeding age females, through limited accessibility to large tracts of habitat.
Page 36 - Parka and Conservation Association (NPCA). NPCA is America's only private nonprofit citizen organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the US National Park System. An association of "Citizens Protecting America's Parks...
Page 37 - Moreover, the route traversed the Anakeesta formation, exposing iron pyrite which produces sulfuric acid leachate and heavy metal pollution as runoff.
Page 31 - During this construction, serious problems emerged, as noted in their finding that "because of the mountainous topography and unstable geological base, landslides were frequent, and cut and fill heights were extremely large.
Page 35 - Good afternoon. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee. My name is John F. Thornton and I am a Legislative Representative for the National Parks and Conservation Association...
Page 55 - Union, the power to regulate the fisheries remains with the federal government to be held "in trust" for the benefit of the people of the...

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