Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, Part 5

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Page 212 - Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon...
Page 783 - Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Health, Education, and Welfare...
Page 744 - Congress has been to give the Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management less money to buy land.
Page 70 - Cowardin et al. (1979:3), . . . wetlands are lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface.
Page 240 - SEC. 8. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Board for use in accordance with this Act, amounts which in the aggregate will equal gifts, bequests, and devises of money securities, and other property, held by the Board under this Act, except that not to exceed $15,500,000 shall be appropriated pursuant to this section.
Page 1043 - In managing the public lands the Secretary shall, by regulation or otherwise, take any action necessary to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of the lands.
Page 70 - In certain wetland types, vegetation is absent and soils are poorly developed or absent as a result of frequent and drastic fluctuations of surface-water levels, wave action, water flow, turbidity or extremely high cocnentrations of salts or other substances in the water or substrate.
Page 981 - Service is replacing 69 light trucks, such as carryalls, pickups, panels, and sedan delivery trucks, with sedans and station wagons The total estimated cost savings is $25,812 per year. The substitution of 40 pa...
Page 711 - We will supply that for the record, Mr. Chairman. [The information follows...
Page 517 - A number of water resources studies programed are in response to the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act and reflect coordination with the Environmental Protection Agency in conforming to that agency's implementation guidelines and regulations.

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