SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INFORMING THE POLITICAL PROCESS

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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• Authors:
  • Wulf, W A
• Conference:
  • National Symposium on Contaminated Sediments: Coupling Risk Reduction with Sustainable Management and Reuse
  • Location: Washington, D.C.
  • Date: 1998-5-27 to 1998-5-29
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 11-12
• Monograph Title: NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS: COUPLING RISK REDUCTION WITH SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND REUSE. PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 27-29, 1998
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contaminants; Federal government; Legislation; Local government; Ports; Sediments; State government; Waterways
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Law; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00780298
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309070732
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 21 1999 12:00AM