Westway Project: A Study of Abuses in Federal/state Relations : Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, September 13, 14; October 19; and November 16, 1983 |
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acres action additional agencies Albany alternative analysis application aquatic Attorney Beveridge BRATTON Clean Water Act Colonel GRIFFIS Colonel Smith Commissioner concerning consultant Corps of Engineers costs counsel court Cuddy decision Department of Transportation discussed District Engineer Division documents dredged environmental impact statement estimates evaluation Federal Highway Administration FHWA Fish and Wildlife fishery studies funds FWCA habitat Hennessy Houston Hudson River interpier area issues juvenile striped bass landfill letter litigation Malcolm Pirnie meeting memorandum NEPA NMFS NYSDOT overwintering participation permit population procedures project area proposed question recommend record Regional regulatory request response riprap sampling Section SEIS Side Highway Project Sierra Club species staff striped bass subcommittee supplemental Taylor tomcod trawl U.S. Army Corps water quality WEISS West Side Highway Westway project Wildlife Service winter flounder worst case analysis York District York State Department
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Page 1431 - Building, at the hour of 10 am, then and there to testify touching matters of inquiry committed to said committee; and he is not to depart without leave of said committee. Herein fail not, and make return of this summons, "Witness my hand and the seal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the city of Washington, this 23d day of January 1947. "J. PABNELL THOMAS, Chairman. "Attest: "JOHN ANDREWS, Clerk.
Page 519 - ... as a disposal site, whenever he determines, after notice and opportunity for public hearings, that the discharge of such materials into such area will have an unacceptable adverse effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds and fishery areas (including spawning and breeding areas), wildlife, or recreational areas.
Page 519 - ... specification) as a disposal site, whenever he determines, after notice and opportunity for public hearings, that the discharge of such materials into such area will have an unacceptable adverse effect...
Page 885 - ... include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on (i) the environmental impact of the proposed action...
Page 1417 - House as it deems necessary or desirable in connection with the subject matter of such reports: (B) studying the operation of Government activities at all levels with a view to determining its economy and efficiency...
Page 490 - ... (c) If a State agency wishes to avoid repeated review of minor Federally permitted activities which, while individually inconsequential, cumulatively cause effects on the coastal zone, the State agency, after developing conditions allowing concurrence for such activities, may issue a general public notice (see §930.61) and general concurrence allowing similar minor work in the same geographic area to proceed without prior State agency review. In such cases, the State agency must set forth in...
Page 17 - Any detailed statement required under subparagraph (C) after January 1, 1970, for any major Federal action funded under a program of grants to States shall not be deemed to be legally insufficient solely by reason of having been prepared by a State agency or official...
Page 393 - ... the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended...
Page 163 - Any State desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this title shall have a State highway department which shall have adequate powers, and be suitably equipped and organized to discharge to the satisfaction of the Secretary the duties required by this title. Among other things, the organization shall include a secondary road unit.
Page 1274 - An agency may at any time supplement or amend a draft or final environmental statement, particularly when substantial changes are made in the proposed action, or significant new information becomes available concerning its environmental aspects. In such cases the agency should consult...