Conservation and Efficient Use of Energy: Joint Hearings Before Certain Subcommittees of the Committees on Government Operations and Science and Astronautics, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, First Session ... |
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Page 1842 - 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 1643 - standard of performance' means a standard for emissions of air pollutants which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.
Page 1636 - Any national secondary ambient air quality standard prescribed, under subsection (a) shall specify a level of air quality the attainment and maintenance of which in the judgment of the Administrator, based on such criteria, is requisite to protect the public welfare from any known or anticipated adverse effects associated with the presence of such air pollutant in the ambient air.
Page 1842 - On its face, this language would appear to declare Congress' intent to improve the quality of the nation's air and to prevent deterioration of that air quality, no matter how presently pure that quality in some sections of the country happens to be. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY The "protect and enhance...
Page 1724 - WHEREAS, the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution of the Senate Committee on Public Works, in its 1966 report "Steps Toward Clean Water...
Page 1506 - ... acre-feet of annual irrigation water without denial to municipal and industrial waters and at a lesser cost to the project cities. I also want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the members of your subcommittee for the courtesies shown to me during the course of the hearings. I would further ask that this information be included as part of my testimony before the committee. Sincerely, JAMES V. SMITH, Member of Congress. Mr.
Page 1689 - ... with due regard among other things to a reasonable average return upon [capital actually expended] the value of the property actually used in the public service and to the necessity of making reservation out of income for surplus and contingencies...
Page 1944 - States with six percent of the world's population consumes over 30 percent of the world's goods.
Page 1599 - Since losses of energy do not normally show up in the same manner as off-quality production, inefficient labor, and equipment breakdown, huge losses are often tolerated simply because no one knows they exist." [36] Research might therefore concentrate on these points: How widespread industrially are energy metering or computer programs designed to control use and minimize costs? What is the feasibility of introducing energy...
Page 1729 - Committee's analysis indicates that achievement of the 1975 standards may be technologically feasible and that achievement of the 1976 standards is likely but may not be attainable on the established schedule.