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Title: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INFORMING THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Accession Number: 00780298
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In these welcoming remarks, the president of the National Academy of Engineering comments on the history of the National Academies and their dual role of honorific societies and providing advice to the federal government. He then comments on the problem of sediment contamination of ports and waterways, and the fact that the problem is further complicated by a tangled web of legislation, multiple federal agencies with responsibility, and overlapping state and local jurisdictions.
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Monograph Accession #: 00780296
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Wulf, W APagination: p. 11-12
Publication Date: 1999
Conference:
National Symposium on Contaminated Sediments: Coupling Risk Reduction with Sustainable Management and Reuse
Location:
Washington, D.C. ISBN: 0309070732
Media Type: Digital/other
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Law; Marine Transportation
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Dec 21 1999 12:00AM
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