Coal Pipeline Act of 1987: Hearing Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session on H.R. 1531 ... Hearing Held in Washington, DC, September 22, 1987

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Seite 77 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Seite 91 - American Train Dispatchers Association Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes Hotel & Restaurant Employees and Bartenders...
Seite 91 - International Union. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers. International Organization Masters, Mates and Pilots of America. National Marine Engineers
Seite 78 - The fair construction of the provision now under review is that Congress intended to establish the rule that for the future the land should be patented separately ; and all nonnavigable water thereon should be reserved for the use of the public under the laws of the States and Territories named.
Seite 77 - For it must be borne in mind that Congress not only has a legislative power over the public domain, but it also exercises the powers of the proprietor therein. Congress 'may deal with such lands precisely as a private individual may deal with his farming property. It may sell or withhold them from sale.
Seite 92 - Association Seafarers International Union of North America Sheet Metal Workers' International Association Transport Workers Union of America United Transportation Union Yardmasters Department — UTU We pose three questions for the consideration of this Subcommittee and the Congress: 1.
Seite 82 - Aquifer is a national problem and Congress has the power to deal with it on that scale.
Seite 239 - INDIAN RESERVATION IN ARIZONA, TO THE MOHAVE POWER PLANT ON THE COLORADO RIVER IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE LINE IS 273 MILES LONG. IT CONSISTS OF WELDED STEEL PIPE EIGHTEEN INCHES IN DIAMETER. IT STARTED OPERATION IN 1970, AND IT HAS RARELY BEEN SHUT DOWN, MAINTAINING AN AVAILABILITY OF BETTER THAN 99 PER CENT. THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF A COAL SLURRY PIPELINE IS 96 PER CENT. IN OTHER WORDS, ONLY FOUR PER CENT OF THE ENERGY VALUE OF THE COAL IS ABSORBED IN THE HAULAGE PROCESS.
Seite 78 - ... region where such artificial use of the water was an absolute necessity, are rights which the Government had by its conduct recognized and encouraged and was bound to protect before the passage of the act of 1866.
Seite 83 - Thus, if the restrictions imposed by the city on construction projects financed in part by federal funds are directed by Congress then no dormant Commerce Clause is presented. The court also suggested in Sporhase that there may be a legitimate State reason permitting the State to formulate a program which would include restrictions on the exporting of water.

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