Great Lakes Basin Framework Study: Appendix F20, Federal Laws, Policies, and Institutional Arrangements |
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Administering Agency Administrator amended appropriate approval areas Army assistance Authorizing Legislation Basin Commission Chief of Engineers Commerce compact Congress conservation construction cooperation coordination costs Department discharge environment Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Quality eral established Executive Order Number facilities Federal agencies Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission Federal Water Pollution fish and wildlife Fisheries flood control funds grants Housing and Urban Ibid improvement insure interest Interior International Joint Commission interstate agency July 9 Legislation or Directive license or permit ment National navigable waters NEPA Niagara River non-Federal operation Order Number 11514 outdoor recreation Pollution Control Act President President's Reorganization Plan programs purposes Recipient-Grants recommendations regulations River and Harbor river basin ronmental scenic Secre Secretary of Agriculture Stat studies Subsection Supreme Court thorized tion tional U.S. Army United vessel water and related Water Pollution Control water quality standards Water Resources water supply watershed
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Page 3 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a state other than those in which they lie. For this purpose, they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all the requisite legislation by Congress.
Page 9 - States outside established harbor lines or where no harbor lines have been established except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake harbor...
Page 43 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 16 - Government shall include in every recommendation or report on proposals for legislation and other major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on — (1) the environmental impact of the proposed action, (2) any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, (3) alternatives to the proposed action, (4) the relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment...
Page 60 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 13 - ... navigable streams and tributaries thereof when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable in the interest of flood control: Provided, That not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.
Page 51 - Act and shall propose to the President not later than July 1, 1971, such measures as may be necessary to bring their authority and policies into conformity with the intent, purposes, and procedures set forth in this Act.
Page 76 - Commission, consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and two members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two members of the House of Representatives, to be selected by the Speaker...
Page 79 - 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 6 - Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway...