Water Resources Development, 1976: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session ... |
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... communities , we have increasingly had problems with what I call urban - suburban flooding , and we have turned to the Army Corps of Engineers a number of times for studies and evaluations of that type of flooding . Just from a very ...
... communities , we have increasingly had problems with what I call urban - suburban flooding , and we have turned to the Army Corps of Engineers a number of times for studies and evaluations of that type of flooding . Just from a very ...
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... communities are upstream . There are some eight or nine communities upstream that have allowed zoning practices to occur which channel all of their water down a very small stream . During the course of the year , the stream carries very ...
... communities are upstream . There are some eight or nine communities upstream that have allowed zoning practices to occur which channel all of their water down a very small stream . During the course of the year , the stream carries very ...
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... communities along the west branch . The project will cause slightly higher flood levels during the larger floods directly across the west branch at Lockport and at downstream communities to Jersey Shore , Pa . Mr. Chairman , this ...
... communities along the west branch . The project will cause slightly higher flood levels during the larger floods directly across the west branch at Lockport and at downstream communities to Jersey Shore , Pa . Mr. Chairman , this ...
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... communities along the West Branch . The effect on Lockport , directly across the West Branch , will be to cause slightly higher flood levels during the larger floods . Downstream of Lock Haven the effect would be minimal . The proposed ...
... communities along the West Branch . The effect on Lockport , directly across the West Branch , will be to cause slightly higher flood levels during the larger floods . Downstream of Lock Haven the effect would be minimal . The proposed ...
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... communities in Massachusetts . The dependable system yield is 300 mgd , and average daily pumpage was 322 mgd in 1971. The water supply deficit is expected to reach 141 mgd by the year 1990 . Economic alternatives for satisfying needs ...
... communities in Massachusetts . The dependable system yield is 300 mgd , and average daily pumpage was 322 mgd in 1971. The water supply deficit is expected to reach 141 mgd by the year 1990 . Economic alternatives for satisfying needs ...
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Page 839 - Government shall— (A) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment...
Page 839 - 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...
Page 99 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 839 - 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...
Page 104 - Provide and maintain at local expense adequate public terminal and transfer facilities open to all on equal terms . d.
Page 830 - To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; to promote efforts which will prevent or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere and stimulate the health and welfare of man; to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the Nation; and to establish a Council on Environmental Quality.
Page 118 - Provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for construction and subsequent maintenance of the project and for aids to navigation upon the request of the Chief of Engineers, including suitable areas determined by the Chief of Engineers to be required in the general public interest for initial and subsequent disposal of spoil, and necessary retaining dikes, bulkheads, and embankments therefor or the costs of such retaining works.
Page 22 - June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the White River Basin as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No.
Page 475 - I am the Staff Engineer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) . NRECA is the national...
Page 67 - States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...