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WALTER LYON PAPERS

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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Environmental Monitoring and Mapping



ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MAPPING, GENERAL FILES, 1971-1994.
(8 folders)

box 45

Background Kit for: Ecologically, ... A More Perfect Union Workshop, 1984 (folder 45-2)
Environmental Health: A Plan for Collecting and Coordinating Statistical and Epidemiologic Data, 1980 (folder 45-3)
Hydrologic Bench Mark Reports, ca. 1972 (folder 45-4)
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports, 1977-1994 (folder 45-5)
National Environmental Quality Indicators - How to Improve the Way EPA Measures and Reports the State of the Environment and Progress in Improving Environmental Quality, April 1977 (folder 45-6)
National Wildlife, Volume 20, Number 2, 1982 (folder 45-7)
National Wildlife Federation 1971 EQ Index (folder 45-8)
Perspectives on Technical Information for Environmental Protection, Volume 1, 1977 (folder 45-9)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Environmental Monitoring and Mapping



ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MAPPING, FEDERAL FILES, 1970-1989.
(2 boxes)

box 46

Advisory Committee on Water Data for Public Use - Summary of 13th Meeting, November 1978 (folder 46-1)
Committee Hearing Copies from the U.S. House of Representatives, from Various Environmental-related Committee and Subcommittee Hearings, 1976-1985 (folder 46-2)
Committee Hearing Papers of Walter Lyon, U.S. House of Representatives, 1984 (folder 46-3)
Data Base System for State Water Quality Management Information Systems, May 1978 (folder 46-4)
EROS Data Center Informational Packet (includes 3 photographs), ca. 1970 (folder 46-5)
Framework for Planning U.S. Federal Statistics, 1978-1989 (folder 46-6)
Hearing Testimony, Statements and other Files from the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment, U.S. House of Representatives, 1983 (folder 46-7)

box 47

Miscellaneous Articles and Reports, 1971-1991 (folders 47-1 & 2)
Ontario Regulation 695/88 under the Environmental Protection Act: Effluent Monitoring - General, 1989 (folder 47-3)
Program Guidance for Water Quality Monitoring and Wasteload Allocations (U.S. EPA, Draft), 1982 (folder 47-4)
Second Annual Report of the Steering Committee for Analytical Studies for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, August 1976 (folder 47-5)
Stopping Water Pollution at its Source... The Effluent Priority Pollutants List, 1988 (folder 47-6)
The National Coastal Pollutant Discharge Inventory: Publicly Owned Treatment Works in Coastal Areas of the United States, June 1987 (folder 47-7)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Environmental Monitoring and Mapping



ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND MAPPING, REGIONAL AND STATE FILES, 1956-1996.
(9 folders)

box 48

Advisory Committee on Water Data for Public Use (U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey), Summary of 13th Meeting, November 14-16, 1978 (folder 48-1)
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, 1983 (folder 48-2)
Environmental Resource Data: Intergovernmental Management Dimensions, 1978 (folder 48-3)
Geographic and Biological Land-use Information and Mapping Systems Study (Virginia), October 1990 (folder 48-4)
Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data (U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey), Summary of 13th Meeting, September 14-15, 1978 (folder 48-5)
Local Government in Pennsylvania: Too Little or Too Much, May 1994 (folder 48-6)
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports, 1956-1996 (folder 48-7)
State Actions in Multi-resource Inventories: The California Experience, March 1982 (folder 48-8)
Water Quality Management - Data Systems Guide, Joint Committee on Water Quality Management Data and Updated Version, 1973, 1977 (folder 48-9)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Government and Public Administration



PUBLIC WORKS FILES, 1979-1995.
(11 folders)

box 48

America's Environmental Infrastructure: A Water and Wastewater Investment Study, December 1990 (folder 48-10)
Civil Engineering (ASCE), Volume 52, Number 12, December 1982 (folder 48-11)
Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Municipal Infrastructure in Canada: Physical Condition & Funding Adequacy, January 1985 (folder 48-12)
Fragile Foundations: A Report on America's Public Works, February 1988 (folder 48-13)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1979-1995 (folders 48-14 & 15)

box 49

Newsweek, The Decaying of America, August 2, 1982 (folder 49-1)
Philadelphia: Past, Present, and Future, Philadelphia Infrastructure Survey, Fall 1981 (folder 49-2)
Professional Engineer, Volume 52, Number 4, Winter 1982 (folder 49-3)
Sustainable Development and Environmental Assessment: Perspectives on Planning for a Common Future (Canadian Environmental Assessment Research Council), ca. 1990 (folder 49-4)
Urban Infrastructure Materials, 1991, 1992 (folder 49-5)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Government and Public Administration



LAND USE MATERIALS, 1968-1997.
(12 folders)

box 49

California Environmental Quality Act Data, 1988, 1989 (folder 49-6)
Lancaster County: The (Ex?) Garden Spot of America - A Lancaster New Era Series, 1988 (folder 49-7)
Land Use Issues: A GAO Perspective, 1982 (folder 49-8)
Local Land and Building Regulation - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 6, 1968 (folder 49-9)
Maryland Land Use File, 1991, 1992 (folder 49-10)
Metropolitan Open Space and Natural Process, 1970 (folder 49-11)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1973-1997 (folder 49-12)

box 50

Pennsylvania House Select Committee Reports on Land Use and Growth Management, 1990-1992 (folder 50-1)
The Costs of Sprawl, Executive Summary, April 1974 (folder 50-2)
The Effects of Agricultural Zoning on the Ability of Farmers to Borrow Money, University of Pennsylvania Research Report Series Number 8, May 1984 (folder 50-3)
Three Land Research Studies - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 12, 1968 (folder 50-4)
Zoning Controversies in the Suburbs: Three Case Studies - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 11, 1968 (folder 50-5)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Government and Public Administration



URBANISM MATERIALS, 1965-1992.
(6 folders)

box 50

Better Housing: A Social Priority for Pennsylvania - Parts I and II, 1969 (folder 50-6)
Cities, Scientific American Magazine, September 1965 (folder 50-7)
Housing Conditions in Urban Poverty Areas - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 9, 1968 (folder 50-8)
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports, 1969-1992 (folder 50-9)
Regionalism: The New Geography of Opportunity, March 1995 (folder 50-10)
The Federal Income Tax in Relation to Housing - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 5, 1968 (folder 50-11)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Government and Public Administration



HOUSING FILES, 1967-1990.
(5 folders)

box 50

Breakthrough - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, May 1969 (folder 50-12)
Miscellaneous Articles, Correspondence, Newsclippings and Reports, 1967-1969, 1990 (folder 50-13)
Pennsylvania Housing Reports, 1969 (folder 50-14)

box 51

The Challenge of America's Metropolitan Population Outlook - 1960 to 1985 - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 3, 1968 (folder 51-1)
Urban Housing Needs Through the 1980s: An Analysis and Projection - Prepared for The National Commission on Urban Problems, Research Report Number 10, 1968 (folder 51-2)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Government and Public Administration



INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATION FILES, 1919, 1964-1996.
(7 folders)

box 51

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (3 Reports), 1978, 1980 (folder 51-3)
Cry California, Special Issue: The Federal Threats to the California Landscape, Volume II, No. 2, Spring 1967 (folder 51-4)
Intergovernmental Perspective (5 Issues), 1983-1990 (folder 51-5)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1964-1996 (folder 51-6)
Natural Resources and the Public Estate - A Biography of Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, 1985 (folder 51-7)
Proper Relation of Federal and State Governments in Public Health Work (U.S. Public Health Service), 1919 (folder 51-8)
Strengthening the American States in the 1980s: A Program of Innovation and Research, 1980 (folder 51-9)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Mining and Geology



MINE DRAINAGE FILES, 1951-1993.
(2 boxes)

box 52

A Pilot-Plant Study of the Neutralization of Acid Drainage from Bituminous Coal Mines, Pennsylvania Sanitary Water Board, April 1951 (folder 52-1)
Control of Acid Drainage from Coal Mines, Pennsylvania Sanitary Water Board, September 1952 (folder 52-2)
Control of Potential Sources of Pollution due to Proposed Copper Mining Operations in Puerto Rico, October 1967 (folder 52-3)
Costs of Geologic Information in the Exploration of Minerals: A Case Study of Porphyry Copper, October 1983 (folder 52-4)
History of Bituminous Coal in Pennsylvania, November 1957 (folder 52-5)
Man, Material and Environment - A Report for the National Commission on Materials Policy, March 1973 (folder 52-6)
Miscellaneous Articles, Maps, Newsclippings and Reports, 1962-1993 (folder 52-7)
Pennsylvania Geology, Volume 17, Number 4, August 1986 (folder 52-8)
The Control of Pollution from the Coal Industry and Water Quality Management in Five European Countries, Division of Sanitary Engineering, Publication No. 13, 1965 (folder 52-9)
Water Pollution Control Association of Pennsylvania Magazine (3 issues), 1968, 1978, 1981 (folder 52-10)
We Can Control Acid Mine Waters, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 1958 (folder 52-11)

box 53

Contains two oversized scrapbooks, both contain newsclippings pertaining to mine acid drainage, dating from 1965-1967, with a few articles from 1984 included as well.


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Mining and Geology



PENNSYLVANIA MINE DRAINAGE FILES, 1965-1999.
(1 box)

box 54

Barnes & Tucker Company Legal Case, Appeal from Decree at Commonwealth Court Opinion and Transfer Docket, 1970, 1973 (folder 54-1)
Control and Treatment of Mine Drainage in the Wyoming Basin, Preliminary Engineering Report, 1969 (folder 54-2)
Governor's Coal Conference - Preliminary Discussion Group Summaries, January 1980 (folder 54-3)
Handbook of Pollution Control Costs in Mine Drainage Management, December 1966 (folder 54-4)
Mine Drainage Abstracts - A Bibliography, 1965, 1966 (folder 54-5)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1967-1999 (folder 54-6)
Papers Presented Before the Symposium on Acid Mine Drainage Research, May 1965 (folder 54-7)
Pennsylvania's Ten Year Mine Drainage Pollution Abatement Program for Abandoned Mines - A Progress Report, March 1967 & April 1968 (folder 54-8)
Proceedings of the National Symposium on the Control of Coal Mine Drainage, June 1962 (folder 54-9)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Natural Resources and Recreation



NATURAL RESOURCES AND RECREATION MATERIALS, 1949-1997.
(1 box)

box 55

A Chronology of Events in Pennsylvania Forestry..., 1975 (folder 55-1)
Fish Culture in Pennsylvania, ca. 1962 (folder 55-2)
Managing Wisconsin's Natural Resources, 1973 (folder 55-3)
Message from the President of the United States relative to Our Conservation Program, March 1962 (folder 55-4)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1982-1993 (folder 55-5)
Organization and Policy in the Field of Natural Resources, Prepared for the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, January 1949 (folder 55-6)
Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Heading into Our Second Century of Stewardship, August 1993 (folder 55-7)
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Publications, 1981, 1982 & Undated (folder 55-8)
Pennsylvania Geology, Volume 3, Number 4, August 1972 (Hurricane Agnes Issue) (folder 55-9)
Pennsylvania State Parks 2000: Directions for the Next Century, 1992 (folder 55-10)
Recreation File, 1959-1997 (folder 55-11)
Resources for the Future Newsletters, Numbers 64, 66, 68 & 69, 1980-1982 (folder 55-12)
Sport Fishes of Pennsylvania, 1984 (folder 55-13)
Theodore Roosevelt and the Conservation Movement, 1958 (folder 55-14)
U.S. News and World Report, July 3 & October 2, 1989 (folder 55-15)
Vineyard Haven Yacht Club Yearbook, 1994 (folder 55-16)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Natural Resources and Recreation



PINE CREEK RECLAMATION MOVEMENT FILES, 1970-1998.
(2 boxes)

box 56

Legal Problems Associated with Planning Land Uses in a Riverine Area, Pine Creek, Pennsylvania, March 1973 (folder 56-1)
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Reports, 1974-1998 (folder 56-2)
Part 1 - Documents to Support Letter to Dr. Goddard, 1970, 1971 (folder 56-3)
Part 2 - Documents to Support Letter to Dr. Goddard, 1970-1972 (folder 56-4)
Pine Creek General File, 1978-1991 (folder 56-5)

box 57

Pine Creek Task Force General File, January-May 31 1972 (folder 57-1)
Pine Creek Task Force General File, May 31-November 1972 (folder 57-2)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Natural Resources and Recreation



WETLANDS FILES, 1982-2002.
(1 box)

box 58

Cryptic Clues - The Wetland Classroom, 1993 (folder 58-1)
Interstate Compacts that Are for the Birds - A Proposal for Reconciling Federal Wetlands Protection with State Water Rights Through Federal-Interstate Compacts, December 1994 (folder 58-2)
Miscellaneous Articles, Correspondence, Newsclippings and Reports, 1989-2002 (folder 58-3)
The Ecology of Lake Saint Clair Wetlands: A Community Profile, September 1986 (folder 58-4)
Values of Wetland Plants to Wildlife, 1993 (folder 58-5)
Wetland Management - A Report Prepared by the Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library Congress..., July 1982 (folder 58-6)
Wetland Protection: A Handbook for Local Officials, May 1990 (folder 58-7)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Public Health



PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE FILES, 1929-1996.
(10 folders)

box 59

Cancer File, 1975-1979 (folder 59-1)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1950-1993 (folder 59-2)
Pesticides File, 1991-1996 (folder 59-3)
Public Health Views, Summer 1954 (folder 59-4)
Report on Environmental Health Problems - Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, 2nd Session, 1960 (folder 59-5)
Rheumatic Fever File, 1929-1950 (folder 59-6)
The Nation's Health - A Ten Year Program, September 1948 (folder 59-7)
Viral Hepatitis - Clinical, Laboratory and Public Health Aspects, 1955 (folder 59-8)
War Sanitation - 1861 through 1918, 1943 (folder 59-9)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Public Health



RADIATION AND NOISE ARTICLES AND REPORTS, 1956-1992.
(5 folders)

box 59

Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1973-1992 (folder 59-10)
Noise File, 1972-1991 (folder 59-11)
Radon File, 1985-1992 (folder 59-12)
The Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation, A Report to the Public, 1956 (folder 59-13)
The Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation, Summary Reports, 1960 (folder 59-14)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Public Health



RISKS ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT MATERIALS, 1983-1991.
(1 box)

box 60

Future Risk: Research Strategies for the 1990s, September 1988 (folder 60-1)
General File, 1983-1991 (folder 60-2)
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports, 1985-1988 (folder 60-3)
National Governor's Association, 1985, 1986 (folder 60-4)
Risk Management and EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment): Research Needs and Opportunities, 1986 (folder 60-5)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Water Resources



NATIONAL POLICY FILES, 1960-1997.
(1 box and 11 folders)

box 62

A Synopsis of the National Water Commission's Final Report, June 1973 (folder 62-10)
Alternatives in Water Management, 1966 (folder 62-11)
Central Arizona Project, ca. 1995 (folder 62-12)
Clean Water Act - State Revolving Fund Loans to Improve Water Quality (U.S. General Accounting Office), December 1996 (folder 62-13)
Clean Water Act Reauthorization File, 1993-1996 (folders 62-14 & 15)

box 63

Congressional Handling of Water Resources - The Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, December 1967 (folder 63-1)
Magazines with Water-related Themes or Articles, 1965, 1991, 1994 (folder 63-2)
Mid-Atlantic Wetlands - A Disappearing Natural Treasure, 1987 (folder 63-3)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1964-1997 (folders 63-4 & 5)
New Horizons in Water Resources Administration, April 1965 (folder 63-6)
Proceedings of National Conference of State and Federal Water Officials, September 1967 (folder 63-7)
Review of the President's June 6, 1978, Water Policy Message, November 1978 (folder 63-8)
Small Streams Regionalization Study - Public Meeting Presentation, Undated (folder 63-9)
The Nation's Water Resources - Summary Report (United States Water Resources Council), 1968 (folder 63-10)

box 64


U.S. Government Printing Office Reports related to Various Water Issues, 1960-1978 (folder 64-1)
Water is a Mainstream Issue - Inquiry on Federal (Canada) Water Policy, 1984 (folder 64-2)
Water Pollution Control, River Basin Authorities, and Economic Incentives - Some Current Policy Issues, May 1971 (folder 64-3)
Water Resources Planning and Management in the United States Federal System (Based on a Report of the Engineering Foundation and Universities Council on Water Resources Conferences), July 1986 (folder 64-4)
Wetlands Protection and the States, April 1990 (folder 64-5)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Water Resources



NATIONAL PLANNING MATERIALS, 1953-2000.
(1 box and 7 folders)

box 64

A Ten-year Program of Federal Water Resources Research - Federal Council for Science and Technology Committee on Water Resources Research, February 1966 (folder 64-6)
Digest of Water Resources Policies and Authorities, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, September 1979 (folder 64-7)
Extension of Authorization for the Water Resources Council, Hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources (folder 64-8)
Federal Policies in Water Resources Planning, 1985 (folder 64-9)
Federal Register - Part III, Water Resources Council, Environmental Quality Evaluation Procedures for Level C Water Resources Planning; Final Rule, September 1980 (folder 64-10)
International Water Supply Congress & Exhibition, General Report Number 1: Multi-purpose Water Schemes, October 1966 (folder 64-11)
Magazines with Water-related Themes or Articles, 1963, 1982, 2000 (folder 64-12)

box 65

Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1962-1993 (folder 65-1)
National Geographic Water Maps of the United States, 1993 (folder 65-2)
Social Impact Assessment, An Overview: A Report Submitted to the U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources, December 1975 (folder 65-3)
The Nation's Water Resources - Summary Report, 1968 (folder 65-4)
The Physical and Economic Foundation of Natural Resources - (IV) Subsurface Facilities of Water Management and Patterns of Supply, Type Area Studies, 1953 (folder 65-5)
U.S. General Accounting Office Reports on Water-related Issues, 1982, 1984 (folder 65-6)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Water Resources



NATIONAL ECONOMICS FILES, 1957-1994.
(1 box)

box 66

Economics and Related Problems in Contemporary Water Resources Management, November 1965 (folder 66-1)
How to Meet the West's Needs for Water and Power, 1962 (folder 66-2)
Industrial Water Use, A Review, 1960 (folder 66-3)
Lycoming County Pennsylvania Municipal Waste Ordinances and Plans for Various Townships, 1981, 1982 (folder 66-4)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1957-1994 (folder 66-5)
Paying for Progress: Perspectives on Financing Environmental Protection, 1990 (folder 66-6)
Proceedings of the National Water Symposium - Changing Directions in Water Management, November 1982 (folder 66-7)
State Water Policy Issues, 1978 (folder 66-8)
The California State Water Project Summary, Bulletin Number 132-70, Appendix C, 1969 (folder 66-9)
U.S. General Accounting Office Reports on Water-related Issues, 1980, 1982 (folder 66-10)
U.S. Government Printing Office Reports on Water-related Issues, 1982 (folder 66-11)
Water Resource Management - New Responsibilities for State Governments, 1980 (folder 66-12)
West Virginia's Buffalo Creek Flood: A Study of the Hydrology and Engineering Geology, Geological Survey Circular 667, 1972 (folder 66-13)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Water Resources



NATIONAL PROJECT FILES, 1935-1986.
(6 folders)

box 67

Army Corps of Engineers: Review of Water Projects - Hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, 1982 (folder 67-1)
Army Corps of Engineers and Administration Policies Concerning Federal Water Projects - Hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, 1982 (folder 67-2)
Central Valley Project, California, 1950 (folder 67-3)
Miscellaneous Articles and Reports, 1956-1986 (folder 67-4)
San Francisco Water and Power, 1935 (folder 67-5)
The Great Aqueduct, The Story of the Planning and Building of the Colorado River Aqueduct, 1941 (folder 67-6)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Water Resources



REGIONAL AND STATE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT MATERIALS, 1967-1994.
(8 folders)

box 67

Approaches to Regional Water Quality Management, June 1967 (folder 67-7)
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, 1982 Annual Report (folder 67-8)
Building a Water Policy Consensus: Key Issues for the Eighties, June 1982 (folder 67-9)
Citizen Participation Survey - Questionnaire Analysis, Adams County Comprehensive Plan Update, September 1990 (folder 67-10)
Interstate Council on Water Policy - Statement of Policy and By-laws, September 1994 (folder 67-11)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1977-1994 (folder 67-12)
Northeastern United States Water Reports, 1975-1983 (folder 67-13)
State Water Policy Issues, 1978 (folder 67-14)


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  Walter Lyon Papers
Subject File
Water Resources



REGIONAL PLANNING FILES, 1957-1996.
(1 box)

box 68

Industrial Flood Preparedness, Proceedings: Flood Warning & Flood Proofing Seminar for Industry, April 1979 (folder 68-1)
Landscape Quality in the Lake Champlain Basin, June 1978 (folder 68-2)
Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1957-1996 (folder 68-3)
River Quality Assessment of the Willamette River Basin, Oregon, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 715, 1976 (folder 68-4)
  • Includes Circulars C, E, F, G, H, I and M
    To Master a Thirsty Future: An Analysis of Water Management Efforts in Tucson, Arizona, May 1984 (folder 68-5)


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      Walter Lyon Papers
    Subject File
    Water Resources



    STATE WATER RESOURCE PLANNING PAPERS, 1956-1997.
    (1 box)

    box 69

    A Streambank Stabilization and Management Guide for Pennsylvania Landowners, 1986 (folder 69-1)
    Arkansas Water: Why Wait for the Crisis?, 1982 (folder 69-2)
    Illinois Water Supply and Use Law, 1956, 1957 (folder 69-3)
    Integrated Flood Management: A Pennsylvania Perspective, July 1981 (folder 69-4)
    IWR-Main Water Use Forecasting System Manuals, June 1986 (folder 69-5)
    Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1967-1997 (folders 69-6 & 7)
    Policies and Goals for California Water Management: The Next 20 Years, January 1982 (folder 69-8)
    State Water Quality Planning Issues, The Council of State Governments, 1982 (folder 69-9)
    Texas Water Commission Report, 1990 (folder 69-10)
    The Evaluation of Water Conservation for Municipal and Industrial Water Supply, Procedures Manual, April 1980 (folder 69-11)
    Water Conservation: Statewide Challenges and Accomplishments, August 1982 (folder 69-12)
    Water Resources: State Roles and Responsibilities - A Selected State Survey, September 1982 (folder 69-13)
    Western States Case Study Reports, 1991 (folder 69-14)


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      Walter Lyon Papers
    Subject File
    Water Resources



    GROUNDWATER FILES, 1963-1999.
    (9 folders)

    box 70

    A Primer on Ground Water (U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey), 1963 (folder 70-1)
    Groundwater - Saving the Unseen Resource, November 1985 (folder 70-2)
    Groundwater Resources - A Primer for the Compact District of the Ohio River Basin, September 1984 (folder 70-3)
    Miscellaneous Articles, Magazines, Newsclippings and Reports, 1982-1999 (folders 70-4 & 5)
    Ontario Farm Groundwater Quality Survey of Winter 1991-1992, September 1992 (folder 70-6)
    Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Groundwater Reports, 1983, 1992 (folder 70-7)
    Pennsylvania Groundwater Policy Education Project, 1991-1994 (folder 70-8)
    Vermont Ground Water Protection Strategy, October 1982 (folder 70-9)


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      Walter Lyon Papers
    Subject File
    Water Resources



    CONSERVATION MATERIALS, 1983-1992.
    (1 folder)

    box 70

    Conservation File, 1983-1992 (folder 70-10)


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    Subject File
    Water Resources



    DAM SAFETY ARTICLES AND REPORTS, 1982-1997.
    (1 folder)

    box 70

    Dam Safety File, 1982-1997 (folder 70-11)


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      Walter Lyon Papers
    Subject File
    Water Resources



    DELAWARE RIVER BASIN FILES, 1931-2001.
    (4 boxes)

    box 71

    A History of Development in the Delaware Valley Region (Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission), May 1976 (folder 71-1)
    Biological Studies of the Delaware River for the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin (INCODEL), 1957-1959 (folder 71-2)
    Cleaning up the Delaware River, A Status and Progress Report (Delaware River Basin Commission), March 1982 (folder 71-3)
    Conclusions - Waste Water Management Study of the Central Pennypack, November 1977 (folder 71-4)
    Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Study, September 1963 (folder 71-5)
    Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Study (revised), January 1964 (folder 71-6)
    Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Study - A Cooperative Effort to Abate Pollution, 1965 (folder 71-7)
    Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Study - Policy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1966-1969 (folder 71-8)
    Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Study - Water Use Advisory Committee Recommendations, 1961-1967 (folder 71-9)
    Delaware Estuary Program, 1991 (folder 71-10)

    box 72

    Delaware River Basin Commission, Administrative Manual - Part III, Water Quality Regulations, 1994 (folder 72-1)
    Delaware River Basin Commission, Annual Reports, 1963, 1981, 1993, 2000 (folder 72-2)
    Delaware River Basin Commission, Correspondence, 1997, 1999 (folder 72-3)
    Delaware River Basin Commission, Delaware Estuary Monitoring Report, August 1998 (folder 72-4)
    Delaware River Basin Commission, Delaware Estuary Use Attainability Project Reports, 1986-1988 (folders 72-5 & 6)
    Delaware River Basin Commission, Estuary News Newsletter, 1998, 2001 (folder 72-7)
    Delaware River Basin Compact (Delaware River Basin Commission), 1967 (folder 72-8)
    Delaware River Water Quality Assessment, 1986-87 305 (b) Report (Delaware River Basin Commission), March 1988 (folder 72-9)
    Delaware River Water Quality Hearing, Pennsylvania Sanitary Water Board, October 20, 1966 (folder 72-10)
    Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Organization and Staff, Undated (folder 72-11)

    box 73

    Drainage Basin Study of Pennsylvania for the Delaware, Lehigh and Schuylkill Rivers (Part 1 of 3), 1937 (folder 73-1)
    Environmental Quality Management - An Application to the Lower Delaware Valley, 1976 (folder 73-2)
    International Joint Commission, Science Advisory Board Technical Seminar, January 1986 (folder 73-3)
    Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin Publications, 1937-1941, 1946, 1958 (folder 73-4)
    Man and the River - The Story of the Delaware River Basin, 1959 (folder 73-5)
    Miscellaneous Articles and Newsclippings, 1932-1995 (folder 73-6)
    Miscellaneous Correspondence, Newsletters, Notes and Reports, 1946-1995 (folders 73-7 & 8)

    box 74

    Miscellaneous Correspondence, Newsletters, Notes and Reports, 1946-1995 (folder 74-1)
    Overhead Projector Sheets for a Delaware River Presentation, ca. 1987 (folder 74-2)
    Philadelphia File, 1941-1987 (folder 74-3)
    Point Pleasant Pumping Station, 1987 (folder 74-4)
    Schuylkill River File, 1931-2001 (folder 74-5)
    The Delaware Estuary: Discover Its Secrets, 1994 (folder 74-6)
    The Delaware Estuary: Discover Its Secrets - Executive Summary of the Delaware Estuary Management Plan, 1994 (folder 74-7)
    The Delaware River Basin - An Environmental Assessment of Three Centuries of Change, August 1975 (folder 74-8)
    The Delaware River Basin Physical Facts - A Graphic Compendium containing Maps and Charts, 1940 (folder 74-9)
    The Tri-State Fishery Study - A Cooperative Investigation of the Delaware River Fishery, 1959-1962 (folder 74-10)
    The Uncertain Search for Environmental Policy: Scientific Fact Finding and Rational Decision Making along the Delaware River, January 1972 (folder 74-11)
    Two Water Problems within the Delaware River Basin: Alternative Means of Their Solution, December 1987 (folder 74-12)


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    Subject File
    Water Resources



    GREAT LAKES FILES, 1971-2000.
    (3 boxes)

    box 75

    A Prescription for Healthy Great Lakes - Report of the Program for Zero Discharge, February 1991 (folder 75-1)
    Exotic Species and the Shipping Industry: The Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Ecosystem at Risk, September 1990 (folder 75-2)
    Great Lakes Commission, 1992, 1993 (folder 75-3)
    Great Lakes Fishery Commission Plan and Reports, 1980-1984 (folder 75-4)
    Great Lakes Protection Fund, 1991-1993 (folder 75-5)
    Great Lakes United, 1988-1995 (folder 75-6)
    Master Plan for Improving Water Quality in the Grand Calumet River/Indiana Harbor Canal, January 1985 (folder 75-7)
    Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings and Reports, 1971-2000 (folders 75-8 & 9)
    National Environment Law Center Papers, 1995 (folder 75-10)

    box 76

    Newsletters from Various Great Lakes Organizations, 1988-1993 (folder 76-1)
    Oversight of EPA and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement - Hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 1989 (folder 76-2)
    Pre-1980 Great Lakes File, 1971-1979 (folder 76-3)
    Report to the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board - The Ecosystem Approach, November 1991 (folder 76-4)
    State of the Great Lakes 1997 Annual Report - Lake Huron: The "Forgotten" Lake? (folder 76-5)
    Wingspread Conference, 1991, 1992 (folder 76-6)

    box 77

    Council of Governors

    A More Comprehensive Approach is Needed to Clean Up the Great Lakes - Report to the U.S. Congress by the Comptroller General, May 1982 (folder 77-1)
    Buffalo River Remedial Action Plan Summary (Draft), March 1989 (folder 77-2)
    Great Lakes Initiative File, 1993-1996 (folder 77-3)
    Lake Michigan Intensive Survey, 1976-1977 (Includes Management Report), 1980 (folder 77-4)
    Newsletter and Miscellaneous Reports, 1982-1999 (folder 77-5)
    The Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative: Cost Effective Measures to Enhance Environmental Quality and Regional Competitiveness, Draft Final and Final Copies, 1993 (folder 77-6)
    The Law and the Lakes - Toward a Legal Framework for Safeguarding the Great Lakes Water Supply, 1986 (folder 77-7)


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    Subject File
    Water Resources



    LAKE ERIE MATERIALS, 1968-1991.
    (1 box and 1 folder)

    box 78

    Assessment of the Effects of Nutrient Loadings on Lake Ontario Using a Mathematical Model of the Phytoplankton, March 1976 (folder 78-1)
    Decision: Water Quality Management for the Lake Erie Area, Executive Summary, November 1976 (folder 78-2)
    Erie City and County Tourist Guides, ca. 1980s (folder 78-3)
    Lake Erie Wastewater Management Study, Final and Methodology Reports, 1979, 1982 (folder 78-4)
    Miscellaneous Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1967-1991 (folder 78-5)
    Offshore Drilling in Lake Erie - Report to the Sanitary Water Board (Publication Number 22), October 1968 (folder 78-6)
    Pennsylvania Angler Magazine Issues, 1972-1973 (folder 78-7)
    Summary Report of the Lake Erie Wastewater Management Study, June 1983 (folder 78-8)
    The Detroit River, Michigan: An Ecological Profile, April 1988 (folder 78-9)

    box 79

    Water Quality File, 1975-1988 (folder 79-1)


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    Subject File
    Water Resources



    POTOMAC RIVER FILES, 1958-2001.
    (2 boxes)

    box 79

    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - 1984 General File (folder 79-2)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Annual Reports, 1999, 2000 (folder 79-3)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Meetings, 1983-1986 (folder 79-4)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Miscellaneous, 1960-1995 (folder 79-5)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Miscellaneous Reports, 1957-2000 (folder 79-6)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Newsletters, 1991-2001 (folder 79-7)

    box 80

    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Technical Reports, 1982-1984 (folder 80-1)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Technical Reports, 1986 (folder 80-2)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Technical Reports, 1988 (folder 80-3)
    Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin - Technical Reports, 1993 (folder 80-4)
    Legal Rights in Potomac Waters - Proceedings of a Conference at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, September 1976 (folder 80-5)
    Maryland Planning and Zoning, 1992-1994 (folder 80-6)
    Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Correspondence, 1985 (folder 80-7)
    Miscellaneous Articles, Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1958-1994 (folder 80-8)
    The Nation's River - The Department of the Interior Official Report on the Potomac, 1968 (folder 80-9)


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    Subject File
    Water Resources



    CHESAPEAKE BAY PAPERS, 1968-2002.
    (8 boxes)

    box 81

    Correspondence
    "Action" Correspondence, 1982, 1985 (folder 81-1)
    Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1968, 1983-1996 (folder 81-2)
    Nutrients and Point and Nonpoint NPDES Sources, 1984-1988 (folder 81-3)
    Toxics Correspondence, 1985-1994 (folder 81-4)

    General Reports - Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
    Annual Reports, 1987, 1989 (folder 81-5)
    The Chesapeake Future - Looking Ahead to the 21st Century, A Proposed Program, June 1990 (folder 81-6)
    Chesapeake Citizen Report, July-August 1990 (folder 81-7)

    General Reports - Chesapeake Bay Commission
    Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Management Primer, November 1982 (folder 81-8)
    Choices for the Chesapeake: The First Biennial Review of the Action Agenda, September 1985 (folder 81-9)
    Annual Reports, 1987-1991 (folder 81-10)
    Annual Reports, 1992, 1994-1996 (folder 81-11)
    Annual Reports, 1997-1999 (folder 81-12)

    box 82

    Issues and Actions - An Analysis of Riparian Forest Buffer Policies in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1995 (folder 82-1)

    General Reports - Chesapeake Bay Foundation
    Annual Report, 1989 (folder 82-2)

    General Reports - Chesapeake Bay Program
    Summary of Projects, October 1979 (folder 82-3)
    Chesapeake Bay: Introduction to an Ecosystem, January 1982 (folder 82-4)
    Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action, September 1983 (folder 82-5)
    Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action (Appendices), September 1983 (folder 82-6)
    Chesapeake Bay: A Profile of Environmental Change, September 1983 (folder 82-7)
    Chesapeake Bay Program: Findings and Recommendations, September 1983 (folder 82-8)
    Agreement Commitment Report (Draft Federal Workplan), April 1988 (folder 82-9)
    Perspectives on the Chesapeake Bay, 1990 - Advances in Estuarine Sciences, April 1990 (folder 82-10)
    The State of the Chesapeake Bay, 1995 (folder 82-11)

    box 83

    General Reports - Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Subcommittee

    Second and Third Annual Monitoring Reports, 1984, 1985, 1989 (folder 83-1)

    General Reports - Chesapeake Executive Council
    Chesapeake Bay Restoration and Protection Plans, July & September 1985 (folder 83-2)
    Progress Reports under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, December 1985 & February 1987 (folder 83-3)
    The Chesapeake Bay Program: A Commitment Renewed - Restoration Progress and the Course Ahead under the 1987 Agreement, February 1988 (folder 83-4)
    Baywide Conventional Pollutants Control Strategy - An Agreement Commitment Report from the Chesapeake Executive Council, July 1988 (folder 83-5)
    Population Growth and Development in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to the Year 2020 (Summary), December 1988 (folder 83-6)
    Progress Reports under the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, January 1989, December 1989 & August 1991 (folder 83-7)
    The Chesapeake Bay Program... An Action Agenda, August 1991 (folder 83-8)

    General Reports - Citizen's Program for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.

    Choices for the Chesapeake: An Action Agenda, 1983 Chesapeake Bay Conference Report, 1984 (folder 83-9)
    The Chesapeake Future: Looking Ahead to the 21st Century, A Proposal, May 1987 (folder 83-10)

    General Reports - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources & Miscellaneous
    Lower Susquehanna River Basin Water Quality, Bureau of Water Quality Management Publication Number 54, 1980 (folder 83-11)
    Miscellaneous Reports, 1983-1992 (folder 83-12)

    box 84

    Meeting Minutes and Agendas, 1992-1996 (folder 84-1)
         Includes minutes of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, U.S. EPA Modeling Subcommittee and Nutrient Subcommittee of the Chesapeake Bay Program
    Newsclippings, 1983-1991 (folder 84-2)

    Newsletters
    Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay - Bay Journal, November 1991 - February 1998 (folder 84-3)
    Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Citizen Report and Chesapeake White Paper, 1986-1990, 1993 (folder 84-4)
         The "White Paper" is the newsletter which dates from 1993
    Chesapeake Bay Commission - Legislative Update, June 1985, May 1991 and May 1993 (folder 84-5)
    Miscellaneous Newsletters, 1983-1994 (folder 84-6)

    Nutrients - Nitrogen & Phosphorus
    The Legal, Political and Scientific Aspects of the Patuxent River Nutrient Control Controversy, October 1982 (folder 84-7)
    Miscellaneous Correspondence, Newsclippings, Newsletters and Reports, 1985-2001 (folders 84-8 & 9)

    box 85

    Chesapeake Bay Program, 1986-1999 (folders 85-1 & 2)
    Retrofitting POTWs for Phosphorus Removal in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Area (2nd Draft Report), March 1987 (folder 85-3)
    Retrofitting POTWs for Phosphorus Removal in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Area (Handbook), March 1987 (folder 85-4)
    Assessment of Cost and Effectiveness of Biological Dual Nutrient Removal Technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin, September 1987 (folder 85-5)
    First Annual Report on Municipal Sewage Treatment Plants in the Susquehanna Basin, September 1987 (folder 85-6)
    Basinwide Nutrient Reduction Strategy - Prepared in Response to the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, July 1988 (folder 85-7)
    First Annual Progress Report - Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Nutrient Reduction Strategy, Virginia Point Source Programs, August 1989 (folder 85-8)
    Chesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen Goal for Restoration of Living Resource Habitats, December 1992 (folder 85-9)
    Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Reports, 1993 (folder 85-10)

    box 86

    Senate and Bay Testimony, 1982-1988 (folder 86-1)

    Special Reports
    Miscellaneous Reports, 1981-1997 (folder 86-2)
    Choices for the Chesapeake: An Action Agenda, October 1983 (folder 86-3)
    The Chesapeake Bay - Maryland Initiatives and Legislation, 1984 (folder 86-4)
    Monitoring, 1984 - A First Report from the Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Subcommittee, September 1985 (folder 86-5)
    Report on Audit of the Management of the Chesapeake Bay Program Grants and Contracts Awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency, Fiscal Years 1978 through 1984, September 1986 (folder 86-6)
    Chesapeake Bay: You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania, October 1986 (folder 86-7)
    Baltimore 2000 - A Choice of Futures, 1986 (folder 86-8)
    Progress Report - Chesapeake Bay Program (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources), 1987 (folder 86-9)
    The State of the Chesapeake Bay - Second Annual Monitoring Report, 1987 (folder 86-10)
    Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay Program... the Road to Recovery, August 1988 (folder 86-11)
    Maryland Water Quality Inventory, 1989-1991 (folder 86-12)
    Maryland Water Quality Inventory, 1991-1993 (folder 86-13)

    box 87

    Draft Chesapeake Bay Wetlands Policy Implementation Program, March 1990 (folder 87-1)
    Chesapeake Bay Progress Report - Maryland Restoring the Chesapeake, 1990 (folder 87-2)
    Recreational Boat Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay - A Report to the Chesapeake Executive Council, January 1991 (folder 87-3)
    Chesapeake Bay Program Status and Workplan - 1991 Report to the United States Congress, March 1991 (folder 87-4)
    Financial Cost Effectiveness of Point and Nonpoint Source Nutrient Reduction Technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Basin, Draft, June 1991 (folder 87-5)
    Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Management Program, November 1992 (folder 87-6)
    Modeling Subcommittee (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), 1992, 1993 (folder 87-7)
    Response of the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Model to Loading Scenarios, April 1994 (folder 87-8)
    The Introduction of Nonindigenous Species to the Chesapeake Bay via Ballast Water, January 1995 (folder 87-9)
    Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay, 1996 (folder 87-10)
    Pennsylvania's Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Strategy, June 2002 (folder 87-11)

    box 88

    Toxics
    Assessment of Chemicals Found in the Great Lakes, August 1987 (folder 88-1)
    Miscellaneous Correspondence and Reports, 1987-1997 (folder 88-2)
    At Risk: The Framework for Regulating Toxic Substances, September 1988 (folder 88-3)
    Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Appendices (Draft), Chesapeake Bay Program Agreement Commitment Report, October 1988 (folder 88-4)
    The Chesapeake at Risk: Towards a Toxics Strategy (Proceedings of a Conference), October 1988 (folder 88-5)
    Committee on Public Works and Transportation, U.S. House of Representatives, 1988 (folder 88-6)
    Committee on Public Works and Transportation, U.S. House of Representatives, Testimony File of Walter Lyon, 1988 (folder 88-7)
    Toxic Pollution in the Chesapeake Bay - Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, 1988 (folder 88-8)
    Industrial Pretreatment in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: The Untapped Potential for Reducing Toxics, February 1989 (folder 88-9)

    Walter Lyon Presentation "Scripts," 1987, 1988 and Undated (folder 88-10)


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