Posture Hearings (EPA and NOAA): Hearing Before the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, January 30, 1980 |
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Page 51 - Agency to track compliance with the Clean Air Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Water Act, and other environmental statutes.
Page 51 - Council, and the Subcommittee on the Environment and Atmosphere of the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Page 26 - ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I...
Page 11 - EPA's research in the health effects area is only a fraction of the total. On the positive side, Costle advised the Committee that he and the heads of the Food and Drug Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health...
Page 54 - ... received the research grants. Dr. GAGE. For the record, yes, sir. [The information follows:] AQUATIC WEED RESEARCH Of the $600,000 earmarked for aquatic weed research approximately $165,000 has been obligated. Of these funds, $153,000 went to fund the second year of a grant to the University of Florida to determine the impact of integrated chemical/biological weed control on the fishery environment and water quality in a Florida Lake. A summary document describing the current state-of-the-art...
Page 17 - I would like to make a few general comments and then ask our cliief hydrologist, Mr. Hendricks, to extend my remarks. The problem we are facing in water data, water use, water knowledge, is really overwhelming us these day P. Looking at it from the point of view of the Department of the Interior, first, there are three general areas of water work which you...
Page 22 - With that, Mr. Chairman, I'll yield back the balance of my time and, again, will submit a more complete statement for the record.
Page 33 - Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, the...
Page 49 - ORD is initiating a centralized exploratory grants program, characterized by nationwide solicitation for grant proposals and a subsequent peer review panel process.