San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico: Communication from the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, Dated October 10, 1975, Submitting a Report on San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Requested by a Resolution of the House Committee on Public Works Adopted September 3, 1964 |
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... industry and commerce , and is hoping for a corresponding increase of trade through other Puerto Rican ports , it appears that San Juan Harbor will continue to maintain its rapid growth . Since 1940 total commerce has increased from 1 ...
... industry and commerce , and is hoping for a corresponding increase of trade through other Puerto Rican ports , it appears that San Juan Harbor will continue to maintain its rapid growth . Since 1940 total commerce has increased from 1 ...
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... industrial and commercial expansion in the San Juan area . The hazards of groundings and collisions will be significantly reduced . Only minor and temporary environmental effects are expected to result from project construction although ...
... industrial and commercial expansion in the San Juan area . The hazards of groundings and collisions will be significantly reduced . Only minor and temporary environmental effects are expected to result from project construction although ...
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... industries , surpassed only by the growing petrochemical industry , are headquartered in San Juan . It is also the tourist capital of the Commonwealth and has over half the hotels on the island within its metropolitan area . Since it is ...
... industries , surpassed only by the growing petrochemical industry , are headquartered in San Juan . It is also the tourist capital of the Commonwealth and has over half the hotels on the island within its metropolitan area . Since it is ...
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... industry and commerce , and hopes for a corresponding proportioning of trade through other Puerto Rican ports , it appears that San Juan will still continue to maintain the rapid growth it has experienced since 1940. The growth in ...
... industry and commerce , and hopes for a corresponding proportioning of trade through other Puerto Rican ports , it appears that San Juan will still continue to maintain the rapid growth it has experienced since 1940. The growth in ...
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... industrial base , the trend is for Puerto Rican families to be more mobile today than in the past . The people tend to move where jobs are available and normally this is an urban area . San Juan , in particular , is attracting more and ...
... industrial base , the trend is for Puerto Rican families to be more mobile today than in the past . The people tend to move where jobs are available and normally this is an urban area . San Juan , in particular , is attracting more and ...
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Page 31 - 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 54 - ... if it produces a standard elutriate in which the concentration of no major constituent is more than 1.5 times the concentration of the same constituent in the water from the proposed disposal site used for the testing. The "standard elutriate...
Page 66 - Reservoirs; subject to the condition that for each local flood-protection project, no expenditures will be made until local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rightsof-way necessary for the construction of the project; (6) hold and save the United States free from damages...
Page 31 - Avenue to the navigation turning basin ; all generally in accordance with the plans of the district engineer, and with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 111 - Resolved by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors...
Page 63 - Disposal of polluted dredged material. Polluted dredged material may be disposed of in the ocean If it can be shown that the place, time, and conditions of dumping are such as not to produce an unacceptable adverse impact on the areas of the marine environment cited in § 227.60 (c).
Page 1 - To : The Secretary of the Army. 1. I submit herewith for transmission to Congress the report of the Board of Engineers...
Page 59 - States of $625,000 for construction; provided local interests give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army...
Page xiv - Thank you for giving us an opportunity to provide these comments, which we hope will be of assistance to you. We would appreciate receiving eight (8) copies of the final statement.
Page 212 - Register properties will be affected by the project, or a listing of the properties to be affected, an analysis of the nature of the effects, a discussion of the ways in which the" effects were taken into account, and an account of steps taken to assure compliance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Pub.