Land Use and Resource Conservation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3510 and Related Bills ....

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Page 241 - The general rule at least is that while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking.
Page 207 - I, , do solemnly, swear (or affirm) that I will support and maintain the constitution and laws of the United States, and the constitution and laws of the state of...
Page 492 - Act, it is the continuing responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means, consistent with other essential considerations of national policy...
Page 126 - From this results the difference between the power of eminent domain and the police power, that the former recognizes a right to compensation, while the latter on principle does not.
Page 253 - If we can't sustain that kind of a concept in the public interest, then I would say the public interest ought to be reviewed. I see no reason why those who have to suffer the direct impact have to bear the total cost of the public interest.
Page 180 - The Secretary shall not approve the management program submitted by a state pursuant to section 306 unless the views of Federal agencies principally affected by such program have been adequately considered.
Page 179 - Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations, (b) to encourage and assist the states to exercise effectively their responsibilities in the coastal zone through the development and implementation of management programs to achieve wise use of the land and water resources of the coastal zone giving full consideration to ecological, cultural, historic, and esthetic values as well as to needs for economic development...
Page 253 - Court has described the purpose of this clause in the following terms; "[The] Fifth Amendment's guarantee that private property shall not be taken for a public use without just compensation was designed to bar Government from forcing some people alone to bear public burdens which, in all fairness and justice, should be borne by the public as a whole.
Page 242 - There Is a strong tendency on the part of the courts to uphold their jurisdiction In cases of this kind.
Page 179 - Congress finds and declares that it is the national policy (a) to preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, to restore or enhance, the resources of the Nation's coastal zone for this and succeeding generations...

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