Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Rights-of-way: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands |
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Page 1189
... ground surface except possibly in newly deposited sediments or adjacent to large water bodies . Permafrost thickness ranges from 1,330 feet near Point Arrow ( Ferrians , 1965 ) to approximately 200 feet near the southern limit of this ...
... ground surface except possibly in newly deposited sediments or adjacent to large water bodies . Permafrost thickness ranges from 1,330 feet near Point Arrow ( Ferrians , 1965 ) to approximately 200 feet near the southern limit of this ...
Page 1190
... ground amplitude , in microns , of the maximum amplitude surface wave possessing an approximate 20 - second period , recorded by a horizontal seismometer . The body - wave magnitudes reported by the Coast and Geodetic Survey since June ...
... ground amplitude , in microns , of the maximum amplitude surface wave possessing an approximate 20 - second period , recorded by a horizontal seismometer . The body - wave magnitudes reported by the Coast and Geodetic Survey since June ...
Page 1191
... ground ice along all of this corridor except the on - shore section from Kay Point to Corridor B where it crosses wet tundra soils . Special engineering would be required to protect against on - shore ice flows and possible ground ice ...
... ground ice along all of this corridor except the on - shore section from Kay Point to Corridor B where it crosses wet tundra soils . Special engineering would be required to protect against on - shore ice flows and possible ground ice ...
Page 1192
... ground ice and 10 miles of rolling benchland on Cretaceous shale and sand- stone with a thin cover of silt . Ice scour Scour from rafted and pressure pack ice commonly extends out to a depth of 60 feet . From 60 to 200 feet scour is ...
... ground ice and 10 miles of rolling benchland on Cretaceous shale and sand- stone with a thin cover of silt . Ice scour Scour from rafted and pressure pack ice commonly extends out to a depth of 60 feet . From 60 to 200 feet scour is ...
Page 1193
... ground ice . In the remaining areas ground ice occurs as thin layers or widely spaced masses that can be avoided or controlled by special engineering . Seven large rivers and problems involved in winter icing would involve special ...
... ground ice . In the remaining areas ground ice occurs as thin layers or widely spaced masses that can be avoided or controlled by special engineering . Seven large rivers and problems involved in winter icing would involve special ...
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1971 Household Alaska Alaska Highway alternative Alyeska Pipeline Service analysis Anthracite Anthracite 000 tons Arctic barrels per day bbls Bituminous coal Bureau of Mines Canada Canadian coal & lignite Coast construction CONSUMPTION corridor costs Crude Oil Department earthquake Edmonton Electric Power Miscellaneous environment Environmental Impact Statement estimates evaluation feet Final Environmental Impact Fossil Fuel fuel oil gas pipeline gravel ground ice Hydropower Hydropower and Nuclear Interior Kwhr Liard lignite 000 tons Mackenzie River marine ment miles million barrels mmb/d Natural Gas Liquids North Slope oil oil and gas oil pipeline operating percent permafrost Petroleum Products pipe Pipeline Service Company Plants Power Miscellaneous TOTAL Prince William Sound proposed trans-Alaska Prudhoe Bay Refinery Richardson Mountains River Rogers C. B. Morton route Secretary MORTON seismicity soils steel Stipulations stresses tanker temperature tion trans-Alaska pipeline trans-Canada Transportation Electric Power Trillion Btu upland Uranium Valdez
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Page 1276 - ... include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment...
Page 1276 - Prior to making any detailed statement, the responsible Federal official shall consult with and obtain the comments of any Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved.
Page 1276 - 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 decision making which may have an impact on man's environment...
Page 1276 - ... identify and develop methods and procedures, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality established by title II of this Act, which will insure that presently unquantified environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration in decisionmaking along with economic and technical considerations...
Page 1349 - As the nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities to protect and conserve our land and water, energy and minerals, fish and wildlife, parks and recreation areas, and to ensure the wise use of all these resources.
Page 1648 - ... contiguous zone" means the entire zone established or to be established by the United States under article 24 of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone ; (10) "onshore facility" means any facility (including, but not limited to, motor vehicles and rolling stock) of any kind located in, on, or under, any land within the United States other than submerged land ; (11) "offshore facility...
Page 1648 - For the purpose of this section, the term — (1) 'oil' means oil of any kind or in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil; (2) 'discharge...
Page 1648 - ... every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on the navigable waters, the construction of which is initiated before promulgation of standards and regulations under this section; (3) 'public vessel...
Page 1276 - Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental impact involved. Copies of such statement and the comments and views of the appropriate Federal, State and local agencies, which are authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards...
Page 1635 - States other than submerged land ; (11) "offshore facility" means any facility of any kind located in, on, or under, any of the navigable waters of the United States...