Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876.
These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming.
The U.S. War Relocation Authority was responsible for the relocation, internment, and reintegration of Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, Edward H. Spicer, Anthropology professor at the University of Arizona, was Head of the Community Analysis Section of the War Relocation Authority, in Washington, D.C.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act (CWA), first passed in 1972 (Public Law 92-500) and amended in 1977 (Public Law 95-217) and several times since, has as its objective "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters." According to Title I of the CWA it was the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of States to prevent, reduce, and eliminate pollution, to plan the development and use of land and water resources, and to consult with the Federal government on the exercise of its authority under the CWA. States were to manage the construction grant programs under the CWA and implement the permit program under Sections 402 and 404. In 1987, the CWA was amended by the Water Quality Act which expanded the Environmental Protection Agency's program to address new discharge sources of pollutants and to control toxicity.
The CWA is divided into five titles. Title I - Research and Related Programs, Title II - Grants for Construction of Treatment Works, Title III - Standards and Enforcement, Title IV - Permit and Licenses, and Title V- General Provisions. Each title is divided into sections on specific questions such as Section 303 for Water quality standards and implementation plans. Major programs authorized by the CWA include the National Pretreatment Program (Section 307), Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (Section 402), the Sludge Management Program (Section 405), and various grant programs for construction and training.
Section 305(b) of the Clean Water Act states:(b)(1) Each State shall prepare and submit to the Administrator by April 1, 1975, and shall bring up to date by April 1, 1976, and biennially thereafter, a report which shall include --
(A) a description of the water quality of all navigable waters in such State during the proceeding year...;
(B) an analysis of the extent to which all navigable waters of such State provide for the protection and propagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish and wildlife and allow recreational activities in and on the water;
(C) an analysis of the extent to which the elimination of the discharge of pollutants and a level of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of a balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife and allows recreational activities in and on the water, have been or will be achieved by the requirements of this Act, together with recommendations as to additional action necessary to achieve such objectives and for what waters such additional action is necessary;
(D) an estimate of (i) the environmental impact, (ii) the economic and social costs necessary to achieve the objective of this Act in such State, (iii) the economic and social benefits of such achievement; and (iv) an estimate of the date of such achievement; and.
(E) a description of the nature and extent of nonpoint sources of pollutants, and recommendations as to the programs which must be undertaken to control each category of such sources including an estimate of the costs of implementing such programs. (2) The Administrator shall transmit such State reports, together with an analysis thereof, to Congress on or before October 1, 1975, and October 1, 1976, and biennally thereafter.
In 1792, Congress passed a basic militia law requiring for every able-bodied, white, male citizen to enroll. The militia was sectioned by state and included divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies. Each man had to provide his own weapon and ammunition.
Created in accordance with an act of Congress dated August 2, 1813.
George W.A. Brantley (d. 1887) was a courier in Wheeler's Cavalry, 2nd George Battalion, and a member of the Georgia Hussars. He was born in Vineville, Georgia and raised in Savannah, Georgia. After the Civil War, he attended the University of Virginia and later practiced law in St. Louis, Missouri. Brantley died in San Antonio, Texas.
The Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, informally referred to as the Hoover Commission because Herbert Hoover was its chairman, was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to recommend administrative changes to the federal government.
Records of the lawsuit filed in 1961 by the U.S. Justice Department against Forrest County, Mississippi voter registrar Lynd. Lynd, a native of Mississippi, was Forrest County Circuit Clerk and Registrar of Voters from 1959 to his death in 1978. His lead counsel M.M. Roberts was born in Mississippi; received his law degree from the University of Mississippi (J.D.); and practiced law in Hattiesburg from 1926 until his death in 1982.