Water Resources Policy Issues: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 |
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Administration agricultural allocation authorized barge believe beneficiaries benefits bill budget Chairman coal commercial commodities Congress Conrail conservation construction Corps of Engineers cost recovery cost-sharing Council Crawford County deauthorization District dredging easements economic ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC environmental expenditures export Fabricated metal Federal Government flood control freight fuel tax funds going grain impact increase industry inland waterways investment irrigation James Abdnor Jefferson County June 16 land legislation market test ment Meramec Dam Meramec River Meramec State Park million tons Mississippi River Missouri modes national water policy navigation projects Ohio River operation and maintenance planning ports priorities problem proposed questions rail railroads rates recommend recreation regional revenues Senator ABDNOR shippers Sierra Club statement STOCKMAN SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER subsidy testimony Thank tion traffic U.S. SENATE user fees water development water projects water resource development water supply waterway system waterway user charges
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