Statutory Authorities for the Activities of the Soil Conservation Service

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Page 52 - Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Page 16 - State, and for the control and prevention of soil erosion, and thereby to preserve natural resources, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs...
Page 26 - Army 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 21 - Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, April 24, 1958, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949, as amended CIVILIAN MOBILIZATION SECTION 1.
Page 51 - Recommend long-range schedules of priorities for the collection and analysis of basic data and for investigation, planning, and construction of projects...
Page 72 - State or local interests give reasonable assurances, and there is reasonable evidence, that such demands for the use of such storage will be made within a period of time which will permit paying out the costs allocated to water supply within the life of the project...
Page 28 - National Park Service" of section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1602; 16 USC 14). Section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes", approved December 24, 1944 (16 USC 460d), as amended by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat.
Page 49 - ... use the United States mails in the same manner and upon the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States...
Page 42 - Agriculture to undertake emergency measures for runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention authorized to be carried out by section 7 of the act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat, 1215), as amended by section 216 of the act of May 17...
Page 97 - ... unacceptable adverse effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds and fishery areas (including spawning and breeding areas), wildlife, or recreational areas.

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