Fiscal Year 1988 Budget Review: Hearings Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, February 5, 17, and 18, 1987, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 667 pages |
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1988 budget request acid rain activities additional Administration Agency Amendments Answer Anticipated Output appropriation areas assessment ATSDR authorized BURDICK Chairman Clean Water Act coal Commission Committee Congress construction contaminants continue cooperative Corps cost Creek dollars drinking water emissions environmental EPA's estimated evaluation facilities Federal fees fiscal year 1988 Fish and Wildlife Florida Panther funds FY 1988 budget habitat Harbor hazardous waste implement increase issues Lake lands legislation maintenance million monitoring National Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Waste NWPA Office operating ozone percent pesticides pollution priority problems projects proposed Quentin N Question radon reactor reduction regulations regulatory repository rescission reservoir response River safety Senator BREAUX Senator LAUTENBERG Senator MITCHELL Senator STAFFORD specific staff striped bass studies Superfund THOMAS tion Toxic Substances TVA's U.S. SENATOR Wildlife Service
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Page 130 - Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly the financial position of...
Page 358 - The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 assign the Nuclear Regulatory Commission important responsibilities.
Page 218 - Its mission is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Page 218 - Includes the activities of Fish and Wildlife Enhancement, Refuges and Wildlife, Fisheries, Research and Development, and General Administration. The 1988 funding proposal for Resource Management is $302.2 million, $5.2 million above the current estimate for 1987.
Page 474 - Interim regulations are scheduled to be in place by March 1, 1987, and final regulations are scheduled to be in place by April 1, 1987. In this connection, Mr. Chairman, we have been working with them to establish guidelines and to set up the mechanics of collecting the necessary waterborne commerce data to serve as a basis for collection and enforcement of the value tax to be levied on commercial cargo.
Page 472 - ... assigning recreation a lower priority and deferring recreational investments whenever there are more pressing demands to be met. It is the Administration's intent to reduce Federal competition with the private and non-federal public sectors in providing recreation opportunities. It is our intent to cost share only those facilities that satisfy the basic needs of the public who want to enjoy the recreational opportunity provided by the Federal project. Accordingly, Federal funds are to be used...
Page 358 - NRC's fiscal year 1988 budget request and the fiscal year 1989 budget estimate reflect our commitments towards ensuring the continued safe operation of the 107 licensed nuclear power plants as well as the quality construction of those plants remaining to be brought on-line. Additionally, our commitments involve protecting the public from risks associated with the widespread use of nuclear materials; ensuring the safe transportation, storage, and disposal of nuclear waste; providing appropriate safeguards...
Page 574 - In this context, the fiscal year 2001 capability amount shown consider each project or study by itself without reference to the rest of the program. However, it is emphasized that the total amount proposed for the Army's Civil Works Program in the President's budget for fiscal year 2001 is the appropriate amount consistent with the Administration's assessment of national priorities for Federal investments.
Page 32 - Thomas recently wrote of ozone depletion and global warming, that "if we wait until health and environmental impacts are manifest It might be too late to take adequate steps to address these problems.
Page 390 - ... radiation embrittlement and fatigue; inservice inspection methods to detect flaws and cracks in pipes; and earthquake hazards and their effects on operating plants. The NRC research efforts planned for FY 1988 will also contribute to the technical basis the NRC needs to evaluate independently the adequacy of programs and information being developed by the Department of Energy necessary to license geologic repositories for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. The small funding increase...