Environmental Issues Facing the State of New Mexico: Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, July 6, 1983, Albuquerque, N. Mex |
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Page 270 - the surrounding conditions, influences, or forces that influence or modify . . . the whole complex of climatic, edaphic, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
Page 143 - members concerned about the environment, I hold a doctorate in chemical engineering from Yale University and have been closely involved since 1969 in Issues of industrial air pollution, especially pollution from New Mexico's two largest sources -- copper smelters and coal-fired power plants, I was a member of the Environmental Advisory Committee to the Federal Energy Administration, also Environmental
Page 153 - SO2 controls, projected to be in place in the region in 1990, are determined. Adjusting this number for 1990 population levels and using a 10 percent discount rate over a thirty year power plant life gives an annualized value of 7.6 billion dollars as the benefits of power plant
Page 281 - that a British Thermal Unit (Btu) is the amount of heat required to raise a pound of water one degree fahrenheit;
Page 152 - Carl in Office of Exploratory Research Office of Research and Development US Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 OFFICE OF EXPLORATORY RESEARCH OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT US ENVIRONMENTAL
Page 165 - the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA or "superfund"),
Page 73 - IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be sent to the environmental improvement
Page 164 - under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Page 261 - from conveyances or systems of conveyances (including pipes, conduits, ditches, and channels) primarily used for collecting and conveying