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..... the boundaries as he had found them, but with respect to the boundary disputes, as stipulated by the parties, [ footnote 24 ] article ii(d)(5) of the decree provided: "[t]he quantities [of water] fixed in [the paragraphs setting the water rights of the colorado river and fort mojave reservations] shall be subject to appropriate adjustment by agreement or decree of this court in the event that the boundaries of the respective reservations are finally determined. ..... "to preclude parties from contesting matters that they have had a full and fair opportunity to litigate protects their adversaries from the expense and vexation attending multiple lawsuits, conserves judicial resources, and fosters reliance on judicial action by minimizing the possibility of inconsistent decisions. ..... we agreed with the special master that the allocation of colorado river water was to be governed by the standards set forth in the project act, rather than by the principles of equitable apportionment which, in the absence of statutory directive, this court has applied to disputes between states over entitlement to water from interstate streams. ..... , colorado river water conservation district v. ..... colorado river water conservation district v. ..... furthermore, improvements in irrigation, farming, and conservation technology may well permit more efficient exploitation of the present and future quantities of available water, so that more users will be accommodated by the same or less amounts of water. .....
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..... compensatory afforestation as per the indian forest conservation act (1980) was completed in an area of 347 ha in district lalitpur of uttar pradesh (the then combined state) after the forest clearance accorded in the ..... final parameters for the project are as follows:- i) submergence area 324.074 ha ii) forest land for diversion 338.86 ha iii) capacity 330 mw (4x82.5 mw) iv) dam height from the deepest foundation 90 m v) dam height for the river bed level 66 m vi) frl el 605.5 m vii) mddl el 603.0 m viii) dam top road level 611.0 m in view of the above, i am directed to clarify that the transfer of environment clearance from dhpcl to alaknanda ..... chaturvedi inter ministerial group (img) appointed sequel to the third meeting of national ganga river basin authority (ngrba) in april 2012 submitted its report in sept 2012 where the img has recommended that best solution for saving the temple appears to be accepting the recommendation of two member ..... front of power house is planned to be removed after completion of power house for joining the water from powerhouse to river through tail water channel and soil to be utilized for back filling and landscaping. ..... clearances shall be sought by ahpcl for alaknanda river front development scheme before proceeding further on this ..... project (shep) located in tehri / pauri garhwal district of uttar pradesh was a project envisaged by the then uttar pradesh state electricity board (upseb) on river alaknanda, which was basically run-of-the-river scheme.3. .....
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..... pertains only to mining activity in temporary working permission (twp) cases requiring approval under forest conservation act, 1980 and that the said directions do not apply to the regular quarry lease on a revenue land particularly when such quarry lease is granted to the state owned mining ..... site visits to the jamua ramgarh sanctuary the cec came across a horrible and unbelievable picture of devastated eco system due to indiscriminate mining activity in blatant violation of the forest (conservation) act, wild life (protection) act and even this hon'ble court's orders. ..... projects, irrigations projects, canals, laying of transmission lines and distribution lines above 33 kv, roads of more than five meter width and collection of boulders, gravel and sand from the river beds will be treated as regulated activities and which will be permissible only after obtaining environment clearance and clearance of the standing committee, national board for wildlife. ..... the grant/renewal of mining leases (excluding for collection of boulders, gravel and sand from river beds), setting up of hazardous industries, brick kilns, wood based industries (except mdf/particle boards plants) will be treated as prohibited activities within the ..... , it shall be sufficient to describe the area by roads, rivers, ridges or other well known or readily intelligible boundaries.39. ..... it shall be sufficient to describe the area by roads, rivers, ridges or other well known or readily intelligible boundaries. ..... and river banks .....
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..... bhati, learned additional solicitor general, appearing for the appellants, submitted that the forest conservation act, 1980 defines a forest which is inclusive of all types of forests ..... time has come for mankind to live sustainably and respect the rights of rivers, lakes, beaches, estuaries, ridges, trees, mountains, seas and air ..... and to safeguard the forests and wild life of the country , and article 51-a(g) which proclaims it to be the fundamental duty of every citizen of india to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures . ..... india, 1950 imposes a clear mandate upon the state as a directive principle of state policy, while article 51a(g) correspondingly casts a duty upon a citizen to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for fellow living creatures. ..... the fundamental duties of every citizen as set out in article 51-a(g) is to protect and improve the natural environment, including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures. ..... (g) of article 51a of the constitution, it is a fundamental duty of every citizen to protect and preserve the natural environment, including forests, rivers, lakes and wildlife etc. ..... for the purpose of clause (a), it shall be sufficient to describe the limits of the land by any well-known or readily intelligible boundaries, such as roads, rivers, bridges and the like. .....
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..... details of the location and boundary of (i) each plot of land that may be defined as forest for the purpose of the forest (conservation) act, 1980; (ii) the core, buffer and eco-sensitive zone of the protected areas constituted as per the provisions of the wildlife (protection) act, 1972; (iii) the important migratory corridors for wildlife; and (iv) the forest land diverted for non-forest purpose in the past in ..... format, the forest cover maps prepared by the forest survey of india in preparation of the successive state of forest reports and the conditions stipulated in the approvals accorded under the forest (conservations) act, 1980 for each case of diversion of forest land in the district will also be part of the proposed decision support database. ..... (xi) all minutes of proceedings before the forest advisory committee in respect of the forest (conservation) act, 1980 as well as the minutes of proceedings of the expert appraisal committee in respect of the environment (protection) act, 1986 are regularly uploaded on the ministry's website even before the final approval/decision of the ministry ..... lays down that schemes and projects which interfere with forests that cover steep slopes, catchment of rivers, lakes and reservoirs, geologically unstable terrain and such other ecologically sensitive areas should be severely restricted ..... the report with regard to possible impact of limestone mining on the phalangkaruh river system. ..... leased area lies on the western side of umium river valley. .....
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..... presents the question whether, in light of the policies of the act and of our decisions in colorado river water conservation district v. ..... court's attempt to cast the district court's decision as a final judgment fails to do justice to the meaning of the word "final," to the act of congress that limits the jurisdiction of the courts of appeals, or to the district judges who administer the laws in the first instance. ..... colorado river water conservation district ..... colorado river water conservation district ..... , as does abstention, but on "considerations of [w]ise judicial administration, giving regard to conservation of judicial resources and comprehensive disposition of litigation. ..... not rely on such reasoning here, however, for we conclude infra that even if the hospital acted in complete good faith, there were no exceptional circumstances warranting the district court's stay. ..... this refusal to proceed was plainly erroneous in view of congress' clear intent, in the arbitration act, to move the parties to an arbitrable dispute out of court and into arbitration as quickly and easily ..... [ footnote 23 ] if the dispute between mercury and the hospital is arbitrable under the act, then the hospital's two disputes will be resolved separately -- one in arbitration, and the other (if at all) in state ..... to join the united states in a state court proceeding for the comprehensive adjudication and administration of all water rights within the river system that was the subject of the federal court suit. .....
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..... (1971) (rooting abstention in "a proper respect for state functions" and "sensitivity to the legitimate interests of both state and national governments"); colorado river water conservation dist. v. ..... which we had approved the application of abstention principles in declaratory judgment actions, and held that the federal court should decline to hear the action because "[t]he recovery of damages under the civil rights act first requires a 'declaration' or determination of the unconstitutionality of a state tax scheme that would halt its operation. ..... the federal interests in this case are pronounced, as allstate's motion to compel arbitration under the federal arbitration act (faa) implicates a substantial federal concern for the enforcement of arbitra- 729 tion agreements. ..... (1995) (federal courts have "discretion in 719 determining whether and when to entertain an action under the declaratory judgment act, even when the suit otherwise satisfies subject matter jurisdictional prerequisites"). ..... applying burford to this case, the federal interests are pronounced, as allstate's motion to compel arbitration under the federal arbitration act implicates a substantial federal concern for the enforcement of arbitration agreements. ..... mccarran-ferguson act, 59 ..... action to federal court on diversity grounds and filed a motion to compel arbitration under the federal arbitration act, 9 u. s. c. ..... to federal court on diversity grounds and filed a motion to compel arbitration under the federal arbitration act. .....
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..... place in question required that no construction of any kind should be placed or continued in the river by riparian owners, and whether the whole flow of the stream should be conserved for the use and safety of navigation, are questions legislative in character, and when congress determined, as it did by the act of march 3, 1909, that the whole river between the american bank and the international line, as well as all of the upland north of the ..... but, aside from the exclusive public purpose declared by the eleventh section of the act, the twelfth section declares that the conservation of the flow of the river is "primarily for the purposes of navigation, and incidentally for the purpose of having the water power developed, either for the direct ..... that the 12th section of the act of 1909 authorizes the secretary of war to lease, upon terms agreed upon, any excess of water power which results from the conservation of the flow of the river and the works which the government ..... 'and all lands and waters north of the present saint marys falls ship canal throughout its length' and ending with the words," "to comply with the provisions of the river and harbor act of nineteen hundred and two, but such lands, if so acquired, shall be obtained without expense to the united states," "is hereby repealed. ..... , this court, upon the facts in evidence, held that a bridge over the ohio river, constructed under an act of the state of virginia, created an obstruction to navigation and was a nuisance which .....
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..... one must conclude, then, that if today s opinion is not according the agencies reasonable and authoritative interpretation of the clean water act chevron deference, it is according some new type of deference perhaps to be called in the future coeur alaska deference which is identical to chevron deference except for ..... groups are southeast alaska conservation council, sierra club, and lynn canal conservation (collectively, seacc). ..... the use of any river, lake, stream or ocean as a waste treatment system, the act s drafters stated, is unacceptable ..... southeast alaska conservation council - 07-984 (2009) ginsburg ..... southeast alaska conservation council - 07-984 (2009) 557 ..... southeast alaska conservation council - 07-984 (2009) breyer ..... southeast alaska conservation council - 07-984 (2009) opinion of the court coeur alaska, inc ..... southeast alaska conservation council - 07-984 (2009) syllabus october term, 2008 coeur alaska, inc ..... ; and southeast alaska conservation council v. ..... , at 20; brief for petitioner coeur alaska 26; brief for respondent southeast alaska conservation council et al. 37. ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council ..... southeast alaska conservation council et ..... southeast alaska conservation council et ..... southeast alaska conservation council et .....
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..... miles of its coast as a trustee for all california citizens, as distinguished from its noncitizen inhabitants; as such trustee-owner, it has complete power to bar any or all aliens from fishing in the three-mile belt as a means of conserving the supply of fish; since migratory fish caught while swimming in the three-mile belt are indistinguishable from those caught while swimming in the adjacent high seas, the state, in page 334 u. s. ..... " the court noted that it had previously upheld various state laws which restricted the privilege of planting oysters in the tidewater rivers of a state to citizens of that state, and which denied to aliens within a state the privilege of possessing a rifle and of shooting game within that state; it also referred to decisions recognizing a state's broad powers, in the absence of ..... and if such a policy were permissible, the practical result would be that those lawfully admitted to the country under the authority of the acts of congress, instead of enjoying in a substantial sense and in their full scope the privileges conferred by the admission, would be segregated in such of the states as chose to offer ..... it was deemed necessary to limit the benefits of the emergency relief appropriation act of 1938 to aliens who had "filed a declaration of intention to become an american citizen. . . ..... prejudices, the antagonisms and the hatreds were once again aroused, punctuated this time by numerous acts of violence against the returning japanese americans. .....
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