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Descriptive Analysis of the Legislative and Administrative Processes involved in Refunding and Allocating Marine Fuel Taxes in Texas
(Texas A&M University Department of Recreation and Parks, 1976-06)
The State of Texas has accepted the responsibility of providing a wide variety of recreational services to both citizens and visitors alike. The funds needed to deliver those services are increasingly more difficult to ...
Disastrous Texas Flash Floods of August 1-4, 1978
(United States National Weather Service, 1979-03)
Team members began the field survey on Monday, August 7 -- 4 days after the last victim drowned. The field phase was completed Friday, August 11. Three main areas were covered: (1) internal NWS operations, (2) role of the ...
Disaster Planning: A Manual for Local Governments
(State of Texas Division of Disaster Emergency Services, 1974)
This manual is designed to be used as a guide for local officials in planning to meet responsibilities during periods of disaster for the protection of life and property. It is recognized that there is no perfect plan that ...
Charter Fishing on the Texas Gulf Coast - DRAFT
(Texas A&M University Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (Recreation and Parks), 1977-07)
This study establishes the magnitude, role and economic importance of charter fishing on the Texas Gulf Coast. Data was collected to describe three major components of charter fishing: (1) the operator and his business ...
Development of a Multi-Purpose Deep-Draft Inshore Port on Harbor Island, Texas to Accommodate VLCC Vessels
(Nueces County Navigation District No. 1, 1973-02)
The Nueces County Navigation District 1, a political subdivision of the State of Texas and owner and operator of the Port of Corpus Christi, has proposed that the area in the vicinity of Harbor Island near Port Aransas, ...
Coastal Management Aspects of OCS Oil and Gas Developments
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Coastal Zone Management, 1975-01)
This is one of a series of documents by the Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM) intended to provide technical support to coastal zone managers on major issues which they face. Specifically, this paper provides a brief ...
Existing State and Local Wetlands Surveys (1965-1975) Volume II. Narrative
(United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1976-05)
Increased knowledge of the value of wetlands has led many State and Federal agencies to regard this land-water complex as a critically valuable national resource. In 1974, the U.S. Department of Interior directed the U.S. ...
Environmental Analysis for Development Planning - Summary Report: Year One
(National Science Foundation, Division of Research Applied to National Needs, 1974-06)
In June, 1973, the Southwest Center for Urban Research initiated a study of the problem of management of land and the natural environment in Chambers County, Texas, a sparsely populated rural area between the Houston-Galveston ...
Electric Power and the Environment
(United States Government Printing Office, 1970-08)
The report proposes a four-part program for resolving the apparent conflict between power needs and environmental protection. In essence, we recommend: (1) long-range planning of utility expansions on a regional basis at ...
Collaborative Land Use Planning: A Growing Trend in Coastal Zone Management
(University of California Environmental Planning, 1978-07)
The concept of this report emerged in 1975 during discussions with staff of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission on possible organizational arrangements and authorities to implement the tehn forthcoming ...