To Amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session on H.R. 9560 ... September 23, 24, and 30, 1975 |
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Page 318 - Act — (1) it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985; (2) it is the national goal that wherever attainable, an interim goal of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water...
Page 28 - Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution...
Page 255 - coast line" means the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the line marking the seaward limit of inland waters...
Page 151 - The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters of any material which would adversely affect human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 22 - States ; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States...
Page 291 - ... assure the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife In and on the body of water Into which the discharge is to be made...
Page 21 - Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of California, jointly. That the Legislature of the State of California...
Page 15 - Commission, which shall make a full and complete investigation and study of all of the technological aspects of achieving, and all aspects of the total economic, social, and environmental effects of achieving or not achieving, the effluent limitations and goals set forth for 1983 in section 301 (b) (2) of this Act.
Page 151 - States shall take all possible steps to prevent pollution of the seas by substances that are liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life...
Page 20 - Administrator, will pay its proportionate share of the costs of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of any waste treatment services provided by the applicant...