Regulation of Surface Mining Operations: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session, on S. 425 ... [and] S. 923, Parte2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973 - 1410 páginas |
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Página 1250 - THE EARTH is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Página 920 - Something we were withholding made us weak Until we found out that it was ourselves We were withholding from our land of living, And forthwith found salvation in surrender.
Página 894 - ... restore the land affected to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting prior to any mining, or higher or better uses...
Página 1366 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate for the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country.
Página 932 - Interest to insure the existence of an expanding and economically healthy underground coal mining industry; (c) many surface mining operations result in disturbances of surface areas that burden and adversely affect commerce and the public welfare by destroying or diminishing the utility of land for commercial, industrial, residential, recreational, agricultural, and forestry purposes, by causing erosion and landslides, by contributing to floods, by polluting the water, by destroying fish and wildlife...
Página 950 - Method of operation" means the method or manner by which a cut or open pit is made, the overburden is placed or handled, water is controlled or affected and other...
Página 932 - ... because of the diversity in terrain, climate, biologic, chemical, and other physical conditions in areas subject to mining operations, the primary governmental responsibility for developing, authorizing, issuing, and enforcing regulations for surface mining and reclamation operations subject to this Act should rest with the States...
Página 893 - ... sustained combustion; (15) insure that explosives are used only in accordance with existing State and Federal law and the regulations promulgated by the regulatory authority, which shall include provisions to — (A) provide adequate advance written notice to local governments and residents who might be affected by the use of such explosives by publication of the planned blasting schedule...
Página 959 - of trees and forests, published by a nonprofit citizens' organization for the advancement of intelligent management and use of our forests, soil, water, wildlife and all other natural resources necessary for an environment of high quality.
Página 1073 - Reg. 12319 (June 30. 1971) : Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Prototype Oil Shale Leasing Program, Department of the Interior, June 1971, pp.