Final Environmental Statement for the Prototype Oil-shale Leasing Program: Letters received during the review process

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973

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Página 66 - Nation may: 1 fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee of the environment for succeeding generations 2 assure for all Americans safe, healthful, productive and esthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings 3 attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable and unintended consequences...
Página NC-9 - US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, Washington, DC, March 2, 1964.
Página 23 - detailed statement" required by § 102(2) (C) should, at a minimum, contain such information as will alert the President, the Council on Environmental Quality, the public, and, indeed, the Congress, to all known possible environmental consequences of proposed agency action.
Página 23 - Whereas the Continental Congress in 1782 adopted the bald eagle as the national symbol ; and "Whereas the bald eagle thus became the symbolic representation of a new nation under a new government in a new world ; and "Whereas by that act of Congress and by tradition and custom during the life of this Nation, the bald eagle is no longer a mere bird of biological interest but a symbol of the American ideals of freedom ; and "Whereas the bald eagle is now threatened with extinction : Therefore "Be it...
Página 23 - The Commission shall authorize such scientific and other studies as may be deemed necessary to its work, and shall collect, classify, and disseminate such statistics, data, and information as in its discretion will tend to promote the objects of this Act.
Página 12 - Alaska," has been received by the Department of Commerce for review and comment. The statement has been reviewed and the following comments are offered for your consideration.
Página 23 - One cannot ever project the future with certainty, but the degree of uncertainty over future energy projections is greater now than at any point in recent decades. The shortages of energy and abundance of pollution point up the need for conservation, but the market place is still responding to the policies of promotion. If the existing trend of accelerated growth in energy use is not turned off, then the existing projections may even understate the future rates of growth. But such a course of action...
Página 23 - ... for the purpose of conserving, protecting, restoring, and propagating selected species of native fish and wildlife, including migratory birds, that are threatened with extinction.
Página 23 - ... Whereas the Continental Congress in 1782 adopted the bald eagle as the national symbol ; and "Whereas the bald eagle thus became the symbolic representation of a new nation under a new government in a new world ; and "Whereas by that Act of Congress and by tradition and custom during the life of this Nation, the bald eagle is no longer a mere bird of biological interest but a symbol of the American ideals of freedom...
Página 23 - identify and develop methods and procedures which will insure that presently unquantified environmental amenities and values are given appropriate consideration in decisionmaking along with economic and technical considerations".

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