Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1987: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on S. 1138 to Designate Certain Lands in the State of Nevada as Wilderness, and for Other Purposes, August 4, 1987, Volume 4 |
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Page 53 - Commission to be a proper charge against the three million dollar relief fund voted by the Congress of the United States; "Now, therefore, be it resolved, That the...
Page 3 - Nevada as wilderness, and for other purposes. l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the "Nevada Wilderness 5 Protection Act of l987".
Page 1 - The subcommittee will come to order. The purpose of the hearing this morning is to receive testimony on S.
Page 67 - Existing statutes, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the...
Page 46 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Washington, DC 205l0 Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your letter that transmitted several questions from Senator Wallop regarding S. ll38, a bill "To designate certain lands in the State of Nevada as wilderness, and for other purposes.
Page 14 - These figures will be refined when the master plan is prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service. 14 The determination of the minimum acreage necessary for the resource management area is based primarily on the "visual corridor".
Page 320 - ... basic intent of NEPA, also encompasses to the maximum extent possible all the environmental and public involvement requirements of state and federal laws, Executive Orders, and administrative policies of the involved agencies. Examples of these requirements include the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Farmland Protection Policy Act, Executive Order 11990 (Protection of...