Department of Housing and Urban Development: Secretary. Under Secretary. Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Development. Land and Facilities Development Administration. Office of Planning Standards and Coordination. Office of Water Resources Research. Assistant Secretary. Fish and Wildlife and Parks. Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Assistant Secretary of Mineral Resources. Office of Oil and Gas. Office of Mineral and Solid Fuels. Office of Coal Research. Bureau of Mines. Geological Survey. Assistant Secretary of Public Land Management. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Bureau of Land Management. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. Assistant Secretary of Water and Power Development. Bureau of Reclamation. Bonneville Power Administration. Southeastern Power Administration. Southwestern Power Administration. Assistant Secretary of Water Pollution Control. Office of Saline Water. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. Department of Justice: The Attorney General. Department of State: The Deputy Attorney General. Land and Natural Resources Division. International Boundary and Water Commission-United States and Mexico. International Scientific and Technical Affairs. Agency for International Development. International Joint Commission-United States and Canada. Department of Transportation: Secretary. Under Secretary. Transportation Policy Council. Federal Aviation Administration. Federal Highway Administration. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of High Speed Ground Transportation. Coast Guard. Executive Office of the President: The President. Bureau of the Budget. Council of Economic Advisers. Federal Committee on the Economic Impact of Pollution Abate ment. Office of Science and Technology. President's Science Advisory Committee. Panel on the Environment. Federal Council for Science and Technology. Committee on Environmental Quality. Committee on Water Resources Research. 98-999-68-9 Executive Office of the President-Continued The President-Continued President's Council on Recreation and Natural Beauty. National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development. Independet agencies: Atomic Energy Commission. Civil Aeronautics Board. Federal Power Commission. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. National Science Foundation. Tennessee Valley Authority. Water Resources Council. Appalachian Regional Commission. Delaware River Basin Commission. Smithsonian Institution. 2. QUASIGOVERNMENTAL BODIES National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering-National Research Council: Environmental Studies Board: Oversees all environmental quality studies of the NAS, NAE, and NRC. Provides a forum for development and exchange of new ideas and their application to environmental problems. Committee on Persistent Pesticides. Committee on Resources and Man. Committee on Agricultural Land Use and Wildlife Resources. Agricultural Board. Committee on Solid Wastes Management. Committee on Air Pollution. Committee on Water Quality Management. Committee on Remote Sensing of the Environment. Committee Advisory to the Environmental Science Services Administration. Committee for the Development of Criteria for Nonrail Transit Vehicles. Committee on Environmental Physiology. Committee on Water. Advisory Committee to the Federal Radiation Council. Building Research Advisory Board. Committee on SST-Sonic Boom. Committee on Ocean Engineering. Committee on Geography. Committee on Toxicology and the Advisory Center on Toxicology. Committee on Hazardous Materials. Ad Hoc Committee on Human Factors in Environmental Change. Committee on Urban Technology and Committee on Social and Behavioral Urban Research. Highway Research Board. Committee on Hearing, Bioacoustics, and Biomechanics. 3. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEES Source: Federal Council on Science and Technology: Interdepartmental Committee for Atmospheric Sciences. Committee on Environmental Quality. Committee on Scientific and Technical Information. Committee on Solid Earth Sciences. Committee on Water Resources Research. Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Interagency Com mittee on Applied Meteorological Research. Federal Committee on Pest Control. Armed Forces Pest Control Board. Interagency Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee on Water Data. Interagency Committee on Coordination of Sewer and Water Programs. Steering Committee: United States-German Cooperative Program in Natural Resources, Pollution Control and Urban Development. APPENDIX D The following is a draft resolution on a National policy for the environment. The purpose of including the resolution is to illustrate what a national policy for the environment might be, were the Congress to adopt a statement of intent and purpose. The resolution does not explain why such a policy has become necessary at this time; it does not specify means by which the policy might be made effective, nor does it identify the questions of organization and procedure that would be encountered in implementation. A DRAFT RESOLUTION ON A NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT The Congress of the United States, acting under the authority of the Constitution and in accordance with its explicit intent to "* * * establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity * * *" finds that establishment of a national policy for the environment has become necessary. The Congress finds that the domestic tranquillity, the national security, and the general welfare of the United States are threatened by an unprecedented, swift, and pervasive deterioration of the American environment, and that the blessings of liberty to Americans today and to their posterity are threatened by the decay of cities, by the pollution of air, water, and soil, and by the misuse of land and living space in ways that are destructive to economic productivity and to esthetic satisfaction. Therefore, to insure the tranquility, security, and welfare of the American people, in pursuance of their health, happiness, and prosperity, and in support of their readiness to cooperate with all other peoples and nations in the protection of mankind's common heritage in the life-sustaining environment of the earth, the Congress adopts the following statement of purpose: It is the intent of the Congress that the policies, programs, and public laws of the United States be interpreted and administered in a manner protective of the total needs of man in the environment. To this end, the Congress proposes that appropriate legislation be adopted and, where necessary that administrative arrangements be established to make effective the following objectives of national policy for the environment: (1) To arrest the deterioration of the environment. (2) To restore and revitalize damaged areas of our Nation so that they may once again be productive of economic wealth and spiritual satisfaction. (3) To find alternatives and procedures which will minimize and prevent future hazards in the use of environment-shaping technologies, old and new. (4) To provide direction and, if necessary, new institutions and new technologies designed to optimize man-environment relationships and to minimized future costs in the management of the environment. Hon. HENRY M. JACKSON, APPENDIX II DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Hon. GEORGE P. MILLER, DEAR SENATOR JACKSON AND MR. MILLER: Thank you for your letter of July 24 concerning the Joint House-Senate Colloquium on a National Policy for the Environment. In our opinion the meeting was an excellent beginning point of high level discussion in this area of important national concern. We are anxious to work with you and your staffs to further examine the necessary elements of a sound National Policy for the Environment. As you suggest we will submit to your staff people within a few days a concise statement as to the pattern structured within this Department for dealing with our many missions and programs that have a distinct bearing on managing the environment. Since the July 17 meeting we have enjoyed excellent cooperation with your staff members. A copy of the transcript of the meeting has been provided to us for review and comment and we are returning it to Mr. William VanNess with our suggested revisions. As was requested, we are supplying your staffs with a set of U.S.D.A. publications dealing with various aspects of managing the environment for their reference. In addition we are pulling together a selected bibliography of printed material on this broad subject from various sources. Copies of this bibliography will be provided your staffs soon. Your joint efforts in the interest of enhancing our national environment are to be commended, indeed. We look forward to working closely with you in arriving at a workable policy to the future efforts this nation must pursue to adequately safeguard the environment for the good of all Americans. Sincerely, JOHN A. BAKER, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, D.C., March 19, 1968. SECRETARY'S MEMORANDUM NO. 1631-ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT Basic considerations. - Environment describes the living conditions for people. Other forms of life that share the earth are a part of that environment. Enhancing the quality of man's environment in harmony with the productive use of our physical, biological, social, and economic resources is of direct concern to and is a major responsibility of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Department, in cooperation with other agencies, is committed to improving, protecting, and restoring environmental values in the face of unprecedented demands being made on these values by modern society. Degradation of the environment, either rural or urban, can harm man, and other animal and plant life. Rural challenge. - Rural resources, for which the Department has the major responsibility, yield food, feed, fiber, forest products, and water for the Nation. They are basic to increasing and maintaining the incomes of farm and other rural people. Rural areas provide the locale of outdoor recreation and natural beauty for the enjoyment of everyone, and they offer opportunities for the growth of Communities of Tomorrow where people may live, work, and play in a healthy, attractive, prosperous, and vigorous environment. |