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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... going to have to go before the Rules Committee on a reclamation program ; I am going to have to leave very soon . But I welcome the General and all of his fine people , and I know that he is going to give us some very fine testimony in ...
... going to have to go before the Rules Committee on a reclamation program ; I am going to have to leave very soon . But I welcome the General and all of his fine people , and I know that he is going to give us some very fine testimony in ...
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... fashion . The key to meeting that goal is to give recognition to the fact that planning is a continu- ing process with each successsive step building on the base that has been already established , rather than going through a complete 4.
... fashion . The key to meeting that goal is to give recognition to the fact that planning is a continu- ing process with each successsive step building on the base that has been already established , rather than going through a complete 4.
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... going ahead based upon the policy established by Congress that the local interests would pay a share similar to a structural solution but not to exceed 20 percent , and the reports are moving forward . But it is a fact that in trying to ...
... going ahead based upon the policy established by Congress that the local interests would pay a share similar to a structural solution but not to exceed 20 percent , and the reports are moving forward . But it is a fact that in trying to ...
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... 2 years , changes are going on of the type we have discussed : changes in policy , changes in law , changes in public attitude , changes in the desires of the people . In modern planning , we have an iterative process of 26.
... 2 years , changes are going on of the type we have discussed : changes in policy , changes in law , changes in public attitude , changes in the desires of the people . In modern planning , we have an iterative process of 26.
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... going to go into more detailed planning and design , it doesn't seem to me it is necessary , nor is it desirable , to try to go into as great depth or to the degree of refinement in that initial report . What we want is an initial look ...
... going to go into more detailed planning and design , it doesn't seem to me it is necessary , nor is it desirable , to try to go into as great depth or to the degree of refinement in that initial report . What we want is an initial look ...
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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...