Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1980: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, Part 4

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Page 1155 - Council shall advise the President with respect to radiation matters, directly or indirectly affecting health, including guidance for all Federal agencies in the formulation of radiation standards and in the establishment and execution of programs of cooperation with States.
Page 898 - Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of...
Page 1154 - Commission consist of establishing generally applicable environmental standards for the protection of the general environment from radioactive material. As used herein, standards mean limits on radiation exposures or levels, or concentrations or quantities of radioactive material, in the general environment outside the boundaries of locations under the control of persons possessing or using radioactive material.
Page 117 - Cochairman in carrying out his responsibilities including handling relationships with other Federal agencies and with the Congress, and the financial management of the Appalachian Regional Development Program as delegated by the President. The amount requested is...
Page 53 - FHWA when the state or local government is ready to advertise for bids, with a considerable time lag before funds are obligated. Table III indicates by state the status of the programs. Through September 30...
Page 45 - The system, in conjunction with the Interstate System and other Federal-aid highways in the region will provide a highway system which will open up an area or areas with a developmental potential where commerce and communication have been inhibited by lack of adequate access.
Page 48 - Highway programs generally measure their accomplishments in terms of miles completed or placed under construction. In these terms, the program has placed under construction 1,594 of the 2,900 miles authorized for the development corridor.
Page 45 - Congress, is regarded by the Commission as the key to an accelerated rate of economic growth in the Region. The designated system serves to encourage the location of new industrial and commercial enterprises in the Region. Of equal significance is the fact that many of these highways facilitate commutation from rural but heavily populated areas to jobs in the major communities and cities.
Page 533 - NRC's risk assessment program. Accident Probabilities: The Commission accepts the Review Group Report's conclusion that absolute values of the risks presented by UASH-1400 should not be used uncritically either in the regulatory process or for public policy purposes...
Page 118 - He has responsibility for carrying out the administrative functions of the Commission, for direction of the Commission staff and for assisting the Commission and the States in carrying out the Appalachian Regional Development Programs. This office is responsible for the overall direction of Commission staff in the execution' of Commission policy including program development and the review of State plans and project applications from the States.

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