Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 |
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Page 1473 - 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 1146 - ... the prevention and control of air pollution at its source is the primary responsibility of States and local governments; and (4) that Federal financial assistance and leadership is essential for the development of cooperative Federal, State, regional, and local programs to prevent and control air pollution.
Page 1625 - ... identify and develop methods and procedures, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality established by title II of this Act, which will insure that presently unquantified environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration in decisionmaking along with economic and technical considerations...
Page 1145 - Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution...
Page 1854 - EPA its general overview function to "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 the States.
Page 1625 - ... major Federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, a detailed statement by the responsible official on: - the environmental impact of the proposed action, - any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposal be implemented, - alternatives to the proposed action, - the relationship between local short-term uses of man's environment and the maintenance and enhancement of longterm productivity, and - any irreversible and irretrievable commitments...
Page 1625 - Government shall — (A) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decisionmaking which may have an impact on man's environment...
Page 1681 - There is created in the Executive Office of the President a Council on Environmental Quality (hereinafter referred to as the "Council"). The Council shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed by the President to serve at his pleasure, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall designate one of the members of the Council to serve as Chairman. Each member...
Page 1675 - It seems to me that one of the things we are going to have to do is to encourage the States, for example, to develop their own comprehensive State plan.
Page 1570 - ... a. the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security ; and a.