Acid Precipitation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, on Effects and Solutions to Combat Acid Precipitation, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - Acid pollution of rivers, lakes, etc |
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Page 9 - The purposes of this title are "(1) to protect and enhance the quality of the Nation's air resources so as to promote the public health and welfare and the productive capacity of its population...
Page 397 - Services (DHHS); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); the National Science Foundation (NSF); and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program is now operational.
Page 362 - State University of New York at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222.
Page 361 - CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE STATEMENT OF VOLKER A.
Page 128 - USC 161) , and after public hearing, it has been determined that it is necessary to quarantine the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont...
Page 397 - Agriculture (DQA) , the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Page 77 - ... cause or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger the public health or welfare but for which standards have not been prescribed under subsection (a).
Page 227 - Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice at 9:40 am, in room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.
Page 64 - Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Henry A. Waxman (chairman) presiding. Mr. WAXMAN. The subcommittee will come to order.