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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... flow control structures . The total estimated cost of the project is $ 12,740,000 of which $ 12,650,000 would be Federal . Use of the current interest rate would give a benefit - cost ratio of 2.1 . Local interests are willing to ...
... flow control structures . The total estimated cost of the project is $ 12,740,000 of which $ 12,650,000 would be Federal . Use of the current interest rate would give a benefit - cost ratio of 2.1 . Local interests are willing to ...
Page 39
... flow of the Wallkill through the new channel that was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps , to actually relieve the area of that water . Now , it seems to me that what has occurred here is that there was a lack of comprehensive ...
... flow of the Wallkill through the new channel that was created by the Civilian Conservation Corps , to actually relieve the area of that water . Now , it seems to me that what has occurred here is that there was a lack of comprehensive ...
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... flow was above 17,000 cubic feet per second and the Millers and East Branch Tully Rivers flow exceeded control flows established by environmental parameters . The total estimated cost of the project based on 1976 prices is $ 51,470,000 ...
... flow was above 17,000 cubic feet per second and the Millers and East Branch Tully Rivers flow exceeded control flows established by environmental parameters . The total estimated cost of the project based on 1976 prices is $ 51,470,000 ...
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... flow when the pro- portional amount of water diverted will be small . Adverse impacts on Quabbin Reservoir due to turbidity and pollutants can be mini- mized with proper management . Local interests are willing to provide the necessary ...
... flow when the pro- portional amount of water diverted will be small . Adverse impacts on Quabbin Reservoir due to turbidity and pollutants can be mini- mized with proper management . Local interests are willing to provide the necessary ...
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... flow and the propor- tional amount of water diverted will be small . The control flows below which waters are not diverted were based on flow requirements for assimilation of wastes and fish and wildlife needs . In the Connecticut River , a ...
... flow and the propor- tional amount of water diverted will be small . The control flows below which waters are not diverted were based on flow requirements for assimilation of wastes and fish and wildlife needs . In the Connecticut River , a ...
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acres additional alternatives annual benefits Army Corps average annual beach benefit-cost ratio bill bridge Chairman channel Chetco River Chief of Engineers CLAUSEN Colonel CREEL Colonel RATHBURN Colonel Rowe construction Corps of Engineers County Department dikes District drainage dredging economic EDGAR environmental impact erosion existing facilities Federal agencies feet fiscal year 1979 fish and wildlife flood damages flood plain flood protection floodway flow following was received funds habitat highway improvements increase industrial jetty Lake Lake Michigan land levee Little Calumet River located Lock Haven maintenance ment miles million Mississippi River Missouri monetary authorization navigation OBERSTAR operation Park Passaic River percent port Potomac River price levels proposed Public Works Committee recommended plan recreation relocation reservoir River Basin ROBERTS Siuslaw River statement structures subcommittee Susquehanna River Thank tion Township Umpqua River United upstream urban Wallkill River Water Resources Waterway
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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...