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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... measures , we have shown in a very positive manner that we are interested in providing some areas for ducks and other water - loving animals . Some of the most severe critics of channelization have done very little to assist people in ...
... measures , we have shown in a very positive manner that we are interested in providing some areas for ducks and other water - loving animals . Some of the most severe critics of channelization have done very little to assist people in ...
Page 3292
... measures , thus relieving waterlogged croplands . Timely removal of surplus water has resulted in crops being planted on time in the spring and harvested without undue delay in the fall . The objection may be raised that channel ...
... measures , thus relieving waterlogged croplands . Timely removal of surplus water has resulted in crops being planted on time in the spring and harvested without undue delay in the fall . The objection may be raised that channel ...
Page 3295
... measures taken upstream in the desig- nated Starkweather area and well beyond could reduce water dam- ages . Damages could also be reduced by a combination of other meas- ures including flood insurance , retirement of affected areas ...
... measures taken upstream in the desig- nated Starkweather area and well beyond could reduce water dam- ages . Damages could also be reduced by a combination of other meas- ures including flood insurance , retirement of affected areas ...
Page 3296
... measures that only mitigate adverse impact and when favorable impact could have occurred with- out the project at all . The statements also fail to list important and obvious alternatives . The ones that are listed are discussed only ...
... measures that only mitigate adverse impact and when favorable impact could have occurred with- out the project at all . The statements also fail to list important and obvious alternatives . The ones that are listed are discussed only ...
Page 3297
... measures . Not considered as appropriate for miti- gation are wetlands on and off the project area that will inevitably be drained by private ditches into SCS channels . 2. We recommend that Congress amend the Fish and Wildlife Co ...
... measures . Not considered as appropriate for miti- gation are wetlands on and off the project area that will inevitably be drained by private ditches into SCS channels . 2. We recommend that Congress amend the Fish and Wildlife Co ...
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Academy of Natural acres adverse agricultural alternatives analysis Arkansas Arthur Arthur D assessment Bayou benefits BSFW views Bureau of Sport Cache River channelization projects Chicod Creek Chowan River construction contract Contractor Corps of Engineers costs Council on Environmental County Creek watershed crop damage discussion District ditches documentation downstream draft report drainage drained economic environment environmental impact statement Environmental Quality eutrophication evaluation final report fish and wildlife Fisheries and Wildlife flood control flood plain increased issue land treatment landowners loss ment miles mitigation Natural Resources natural streams NEPA North Carolina paragraph percent Pitt County problems production programs project area proposed Public Law 566 REUSS Ruth Patrick sediment Soil Conservation Service species sponsors Sport Fisheries Starkweather stream channel modification swamp Tar River tion Washington water quality waterfowl watershed watershed project wetlands Weyerhaeuser Co wildlife habitat wildlife resources WILKINSON
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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.