How we got the dirtiest stream in America

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dc.contributor.authorECKHARDT Ben_US
dc.contributor.otherTexas International Law Journal, Vol 7, No 1, P 5-28, Spring 1971 24 P, 42 Refen_US
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dc.date.issued1971 SPRINGen_US
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dc.descriptionVOL-28en_US
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dc.description.abstractTHE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL IS POLLUTED BY BOTH INDUSTRY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON. ALTHOUGH A JOINT CITY-COUNTY POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1953, IT FAILED BECAUSE THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS FAILED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. HOUSTON'S OWN SEWAGE PLANTS WERE PRIMARY POLLUTION CONTRIBUTORS. VARIOUS INDUSTRIES ALSO CAUSED MUCH OF THE POLLUTION. TEXAS COURTS, HOWEVER, HELD THAT A CORPORATE EXECUTIVE COULD NOT BE LI SUBORDINATE MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE. THEY ALSO HELD THAT CORPORATIONS CANNOT BE CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED. HENCE, CORPORATIONS WERE FREE TO POLLUTE AT WILL. LEGISLATION WAS PROPOSED TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION, BUT IT WAS EMASCULATED THROUGH EFFECTIVE LOBBYING AND AMENDMENTS. THE TEXAS POLLUTION CONTROL ACT WAS FINALLY PASSED. IT CREATED A CONTROL BOARD COMPOSED OF MEMBERS REPRESENTING POLLUTING INDUSTRIES. THE FEDERAL POLLUTION PROGRAM HAS ALSO BEEN INEFFECTIVE, BUT PROSECUTIONS HAVE RECENTLY BEGUN UNDER THE REFUSE ACT. HOUSTON ITSELF HAS AN ENCOURAGING NEW ALTHOUGH STATE ACTION IS STILL INEFFECTIVE. AMENDMENTS TO STATE LAW AND REVISED FEDERAL WATER QUALITY STANDARDS ARE NEEDED. (HART-FLORIDA)en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23209
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dc.relation.ispartofseries50784.00en_US
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dc.subject*CITIESen_US
dc.subject*POLLUTION ABATEMENTen_US
dc.subject*Texasen_US
dc.subject*WATER POLLUTION CONTROLen_US
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIONen_US
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIESen_US
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE WATER POLLUTIONen_US
dc.subjectCitiesen_US
dc.subjectFE GOVERNMENTen_US
dc.subjectHoustonen_US
dc.subjectHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial wastesen_US
dc.subjectINDUSTRIESen_US
dc.subjectJUDICIAL *HOUSTON SHIP CHANNELen_US
dc.subjectLEGAL ASPECTSen_US
dc.subjectLEGISLATIONen_US
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENTSen_US
dc.subjectPOLLUTIONen_US
dc.subjectREGULATIONen_US
dc.subjectRIVERS AND HARBORS ACTen_US
dc.subjectSTANDARDSen_US
dc.subjectSTATE GOVERNMENTSen_US
dc.subjectSW 3070 Water quality controlen_US
dc.subjectSW 4050 Water law and institutionsen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectWashingtonen_US
dc.subjectWATERen_US
dc.subjectWater pollution sourcesen_US
dc.subjectwater pollution treatmenten_US
dc.subjectWater qualityen_US
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY CONTROLen_US
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY STANDARDSen_US
dc.titleHow we got the dirtiest stream in Americaen_US
dc.typeJournalen_US
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