Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session]. |
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... loss of some of the most important wetlands for waterfowl in the United States . The draft environmental impact statement names as favorable environmental impact the preservation of wetlands . In their comments on the impact statement ...
... loss of some of the most important wetlands for waterfowl in the United States . The draft environmental impact statement names as favorable environmental impact the preservation of wetlands . In their comments on the impact statement ...
Page 3298
... losses , in their legislative proposals . Notwithstanding their duty by law to mitigate , these agencies continue to submit project after project without men- tion of mitigation . Even when mitigation is sought by the agency and ...
... losses , in their legislative proposals . Notwithstanding their duty by law to mitigate , these agencies continue to submit project after project without men- tion of mitigation . Even when mitigation is sought by the agency and ...
Page 3300
... loss of important wetlands and wildlife habitat , deterioration in water quality , increased downstream flooding , loss of scenic and recreational streams and rivers , destruction of vast tracts of hardwood forests and loss of soil fer ...
... loss of important wetlands and wildlife habitat , deterioration in water quality , increased downstream flooding , loss of scenic and recreational streams and rivers , destruction of vast tracts of hardwood forests and loss of soil fer ...
Page 3301
... losses ; project costs likely to total $ 500 million ; subsidies of approximately $ 2,000 per irrigated acre ; a ... losses as project costs . This is true in large part because there is no attempt to quantify environmental losses and ...
... losses ; project costs likely to total $ 500 million ; subsidies of approximately $ 2,000 per irrigated acre ; a ... losses as project costs . This is true in large part because there is no attempt to quantify environmental losses and ...
Page 3303
... losses cited by Interior include 24,000 acres of types 3 and 4 wetlands in the adjacent Edmore subwatershed , 10,000 ... loss of nearly 60,000 wetland acres , not the preservation of 13,500 . Interior also states that the Federal wet ...
... losses cited by Interior include 24,000 acres of types 3 and 4 wetlands in the adjacent Edmore subwatershed , 10,000 ... loss of nearly 60,000 wetland acres , not the preservation of 13,500 . Interior also states that the Federal wet ...
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Page 3519 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 3366 - That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named : Improving Harbor at Belfast, Me.
Page 3520 - UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS (a) It is the policy of the Government as declared by the Congress that a fair proportion of the purchases and contracts for supplies and services for the Government be placed with small business concerns.
Page 3519 - Disputes" clause does not preclude consideration of law questions in connection with decisions provided for in paragraph <a) above: Provided, That nothing in this contract shall be construed as making final the decision of any administrative official, representative, or board on a question of law, 13.
Page 3517 - Contracting Officer" means the person executing this contract on behalf of the Government, and any other officer or civilian employee who is a properly designated Contracting Officer; and the term includes, except as otherwise provided in this contract, the authorized representative of a Contracting Officer acting within the limits of his authority. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this contract, the term "subcontracts" includes purchase orders under this contract.
Page 3519 - Government under this contract may be assigned to a bank, trust company, or other financing Institution, including any Federal lending agency, and may thereafter be further assigned and reassigned to any such institution. Any such assignment or reassignment shall cover all amounts payable under this contract and not already paid, and shall not be made to more than...
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Page 3517 - Any claim by the Contractor for adjustment under this clause must be asserted within 30 days from the date of receipt by the Contractor of the notification of change: Provided, however, That the Contracting Officer, if he decides that the facts justify such action, may receive and act upon any such claim asserted at any time prior to final payment under this contract.
Page 3519 - Facilities. A Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities, as required by the May 9, 1967, order (32 FR 7439, May 19, 1967) on Elimination of Segregated Facilities, by the Secretary of Labor, must be submitted prior to the award of a subcontract exceeding $10,000 which is not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity clause.
Page 3520 - States, respectively, or (2) are noncertifled concerns which have agreed to perform substantially in persistent or substantial labor surplus areas, where this can be done consistent with the efficient performance of the contract and at prices no higher than are obtainable elsewhere. The Contractor agrees to use his beat efforts to place his subcontracts in accordance with this policy.