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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... miles , of which about 130 square miles are in Tennessee , 5,350 square miles are in Georgia and 17,320 square miles are in Alabama . The basin has a maximum width of 110 miles and extends about 320 miles from southeast Tennessee and ...
... miles , of which about 130 square miles are in Tennessee , 5,350 square miles are in Georgia and 17,320 square miles are in Alabama . The basin has a maximum width of 110 miles and extends about 320 miles from southeast Tennessee and ...
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... miles and a maximum width of approximately 120 miles . It contains an area of about 44,670 square miles . The Flood Control Act of 1954 , approved September 3 , 1954 , adopted the basin- wide plan of improvement in the Brazos River ...
... miles and a maximum width of approximately 120 miles . It contains an area of about 44,670 square miles . The Flood Control Act of 1954 , approved September 3 , 1954 , adopted the basin- wide plan of improvement in the Brazos River ...
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... miles , of which 219,000 square miles are in the United States and 39,500 square miles are in Canada . The basin includes most of the States of Oregon , Washington , and Idaho ; western Montana ; small areas in Nevada , Utah , and ...
... miles , of which 219,000 square miles are in the United States and 39,500 square miles are in Canada . The basin includes most of the States of Oregon , Washington , and Idaho ; western Montana ; small areas in Nevada , Utah , and ...
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... miles , of which 219,000 square miles are in the United States and the remainder in Canada . The basin includes most of the States of Oregon , Washington and Idaho , western Montana , and small areas in Nevada , Utah and Wyoming . The ...
... miles , of which 219,000 square miles are in the United States and the remainder in Canada . The basin includes most of the States of Oregon , Washington and Idaho , western Montana , and small areas in Nevada , Utah and Wyoming . The ...
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... miles , of which 509,375 square miles are in the United States and 9.715 square miles are in Canada . The basin includes all of Nebraska , most of South Dakota , large portions of North Dakota , Montana , and Wyoming , about half of ...
... miles , of which 509,375 square miles are in the United States and 9.715 square miles are in Canada . The basin includes all of Nebraska , most of South Dakota , large portions of North Dakota , Montana , and Wyoming , about half of ...
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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...