Strip Mining and the Flooding in Appalachia: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, July 26, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 108 pagina's |
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Pagina 40 - to the call of the Chair.] The hearing is adjourned. APPENDIX ADDITIONAL
Pagina 34 - I have a couple more questions I would like to ask. Mr.
Pagina 36 - It has been shown in various studies that peak flow rates during storm periods increase by a factor of five after strip mining has occurred in a watershed.
Pagina 36 - Effects of Strip Mining on the Hydrology of Small Mountain Watersheds in Appalachia,
Pagina 87 - EFFECTS OF STRIP MINING ON THE HYDROLOGY OF SMALL MOUNTAIN WATERSHEDS IN APPALACHIA
Pagina 75 - percent of the land in Mingo County, W. Va., is owned by
Pagina 103 - Purchased by the Forest Service, US. Department of Agriculture, for official use.
Pagina 97 - The scope of this study includes determination of changes in the water resource after strip mining, but not the evaluation of
Pagina 13 - from experimental sites in Breathitt County, Kentucky, and Raleigh County, West Virginia, showed that during a major rainstorm on
Pagina 4 - It has been shown in various studies that peak flow rates during storm periods increase by a factor of