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"Presented in this bulletin is the text of the hearing before the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution of the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate concerning the "First Annual Environmental Quality Report" of the Council on Environmental Quality. The hearing was held August 11, 1970 for the purpose of providing open discussion of the findings and recommendations of the President's Council on Environmental Quality. These recommendations generally emphasize the urgency of immediate action to reverse present trends toward environmental destruction. Russell E. Train, chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, responded to the subcommittee questioning led by chairman Senator Edmund S. Muskie, which dealt primarily with air, water, and solid waste pollution concerns. (BL)"--ERIC. |