The MX Missile System: Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First and Second Sessions ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 906 pages |
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Page 193 - If not so withdrawn, be subject to location and patent under the general mining laws, the Secretary of the Interior, when In his opinion the rights of the United States will not be prejudiced thereby, may. In his discretion, open...
Page 194 - ... (4) the purpose or purposes for which the area is proposed to be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, or If the purpose or purposes are classified for national security reasons, a statement to that effect; (5) whether the proposed use will result in contamination of any or all of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or restriction area, and if so, whether such contamination will be permanent or temporary...
Page 835 - Founded in 1892, the Club works in the United States and other countries to restore the quality of the natural environment and to maintain the integrity of ecosystems.
Page 193 - ... in time of war or national emergency hereafter declared by the Congress...
Page 591 - Iml ting campaigns have been put forward as the nuclear equivalents of traditional warfare. But their proponents find It difficult to tell us what objectives an enemy would seek In launching such campaigns, how these campaigns would end, or how any resulting asymmetries could be made meaningful.
Page 194 - SEC. 2. No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act of Congress, hereafter be (1) withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of Defense for defense purposes; (2) reserved for such use; or (3) restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (67 Stat.
Page 193 - If in the opinion of the Bureau of Reclamation the lands may be opened under the act without prejudice to the rights of the United States, the report will recommend the reservation of such ways, rights and easements considered necessary or appropriate, and/or the form of contract to be executed by the intending locator or entryman as a condition precedent to the vesting of any rights in him, which may be necessary for the protection of the irrigation interests.
Page 640 - US missiles would still be In their silos when the attack arrived, or whether, given our capability to have unambiguous confirmation of a massive attack, we would launch from under the attack. Second, and more Important, an attack Intended to destroy US silos could kill at least several million Americans and would leave untouched at least the alert bombers and at-sea SSBNs with thousands of warheads. The Soviets might — and should — fear that, In response, we would retaliate with a massive attack...
Page 194 - If effecting the purpose for which the area is proposed to be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, will involve the use of water in any State, whether, subject to existing rights under law, the intended using agency has acquired, or proposes to acquire, rights to the use thereof in conformity with State laws and procedures relating to the control, appropriation, use, and distribution of water.
Page 193 - ... shall be subject only to homestead entry by actual settlers only, or to entry under the desert-land laws for a period not exceeding ninety days, the unentered lands to be thereafter subject to disposition under the public-land laws applicable thereto.