Naval Training Activities on the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico: Hearings Before the Panel to Review the Status of Navy Training Activities on the Island of Vieques of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, May 28, 29, July 10, 11, September 24, 1980

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Page 126 - Atlantic area; 3. it is the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces...
Page 319 - No such exemptions shall be granted due to lack of appropriation unless the President shall have specifically requested such appropriation as a part of the budgetary process and the Congress shall have failed to make available such requested appropriation. Any exemption shall be for a period not in excess of one year, but additional exemptions may be granted for periods of not to exceed one year upon the President's making a new determination. The President shall report each January to the Congress...
Page 319 - The President may exempt any effluent source of any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch from compliance with any such a requirement if he determines it to be in the paramount interest of the United States to do so; except that no exemption may be granted from the requirements of section 306 or 307 of this Act.
Page 319 - ... shall be subject to, and comply with, all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements, both substantive and procedural (including any requirement for...
Page 319 - The preceding sentence shall apply (A) to any requirement whether substantive or procedural (including any recordkeeping or reporting requirement, any requirement respecting permits and any other requirement whatsoever), (B) to the exercise of any Federal, State, or local administrative authority, and (C) to any process and sanction, whether enforced in Federal, State, or local courts or in any other manner.
Page 319 - The President may exempt any solid waste management facility of any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch from compliance with such a requirement if he determines it to be in the paramount interest of the United States to do so.
Page 320 - September 30, 1979, if alternative methods for wastewater treatment at such property or facility utilizing innovative treatment processes and techniques, including but not limited to methods utilizing recycle and reuse techniques and land treatment are not utilized, unless the life cycle cost of the alternative treatment works exceeds the life cycle cost of the most cost effective alternative by more than 15 per centum.
Page 303 - ... including pierside. A discharge incidental to normal operation does not include: (1) Sewage; (2) A discharge of rubbish, trash, or garbage; (3) A discharge of air emissions resulting from the operation of a vessel propulsion system, motor driven equipment, or incinerator; (4) A discharge that requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit under the Clean Water Act; or (5) A discharge containing source, special nuclear, or byproduct materials regulated by the Atomic...
Page 148 - Chair. [Whereupon, at 11:17 am, the subcommittee was adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, Washington, DC, Thursday, September 29, 1983.
Page 319 - ... duties, shall be subject to, and comply with, all Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements, administrative authority, and process and sanctions respecting the control and abatement of water pollution in the same manner, and to the 'same extent as any nongovernmental entity including the payment of reasonable service charges.

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