O.C.S. Oversight of 1978 Amendments: Hearings Before the Select Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, on Oversight on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, Part 5

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Page 1153 - outer Continental Shelf" means all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters...
Page 1154 - ... (2) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained...
Page 1238 - Establishment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration- -NOAA --within the Department of Commerce would enable us to approach these tasks in a coordinated way.
Page 724 - Consequences (§ 1502.16), it should present the environmental impacts of the proposal and the alternatives in comparative form, thus sharply defining the issues and providing a clear basis for choice among options by the decisionmaker and the public.
Page 1154 - Act, after notice of such failure and expiration of any reasonable period allowed for corrective action, such person shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day of the continuance of such failure. The Secretary may assess, collect, and compromise any such penalty.
Page 929 - Each Federal agency conducting or supporting activities directly affecting the coastal zone shall conduct or support those activities in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved state management programs.
Page 1153 - ... or producing resources therefrom, or any such installation or other device (other than a ship or vessel) for the purpose of transporting such resources...
Page 615 - Humboldt, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of the original...
Page 833 - The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is our basic national charter for protection of the environment. It establishes policy, sets goals (section 101), and provides means (section 102) for carrying out the policy. Section 102(2) contains "action-forcing" provisions to make sure that federal agencies act according to the letter ajid spirit of the Act.
Page 968 - Any agency of the United States and any person authorized by the Secretary may conduct geological and geophysical explorations in the outer Continental Shelf, which do not interfere with or endanger actual operations under any lease maintained or granted pursuant to this Act, and which are not unduly harmful to aquatic life in such area.

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