Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Implementation of the Clean Water Act Concerning Ocean Discharge Waivers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Implementation of the Clean Water Act (concerning Waiver Provisions for Municipal Ocean Dischargers)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
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Category : Marine pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Implementation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Concerning the Performance of the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grants Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and OversightPublisher:
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Category : Federal aid to water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Summary of Legislative Activities
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and TransportationPublisher:
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Category : Public works
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Signals from the Hill
Author: Christopher H. ForemanPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300044102
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Does Congress do a good job of overseeing the work of the important legislative agencies--the EPA, FDA, OSHA, and others--that it has established to protect the public from some of the risks of modern technology? Combining analysis and anecdote, Christopher H. Foreman, Jr. looks into the oversight tools available to Congress, the variety of interest groups involved, the kinds of issues that arise between agencies and congressional committees, and the personal networks that affect relations between them; and he suggests what Congress can and should do to improve the process of social regulation. "Foreman adds substantially to our understanding of the role played by oversight. . . . A solid contribution toward understanding the nature of day-to-day congressional oversight."--Burdett Loomis, Journal of Politics " This book] is presented clearly, free from jargon, whether academic or governmental. . . . A solid discussion of oversight."--Jan P. Vermeer, Perspective "This is a thoughtful, effectively organized, and well-written book. Those concerned with legislative oversight will find it highly useful."--Morris S. Ogul, University of Pittsburgh Winner of the 1989 D. B. Hardeman Prize given by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library for the best book on Congress in the twentieth century
Compilation of Regulations
Author: United States. Federal Aviation AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Airspace (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Author: Texas