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Government and private witnesses, informed the Senate Arms 

 Control, Oceans and International Environment Subcommittee 

 of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the develop- 

 ment of policy with respect to Antarctic resources exploi- 

 tation, including the negotiations for the Antarctic marine 

 living resources regime. On May 2, 1978 Acting Assistant 

 Secretary Brewster updated information on planning and 

 developments for the proposed conservation regime in 

 testimony on H.R. 10905 before the House Subcommittee on 

 Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and Environment. 



Department of State officials held a formal public 

 meeting in the Department in VJashington, D.C. on December 20, 

 1978. At the meeting individuals and representatives of 

 non-governmental organizations gave their views on a possible 

 conservation regime (Appendix B) . 



Public participation and views were solicited again 

 on February 10 when the Department held a public meeting to 

 receive oral comments on the "Draft Environmental Impact 

 Statement on the Negotiation of a Regime for Conservation 

 of Antarctic Marine Living Resources," which the Department 

 had published and distributed to Federal agencies and the 

 public on February 1. Comments on the Draft EIS were 

 requested by March 2 0; the comment period was later extended 

 to April 14 to allow additional public comment. 



The Draft EIS was distributed to all Federal agencies 

 with interests in the Antarctic, including all members of the 

 U.S. Government's Interagency Antarctic Policy Group. It was 

 also sent to non-governmental organizations and individuals 

 who were known to be interested in the proposed regime or who 

 requested copies of the Draft EIS. A list of the agencies 

 and organizations is contained in the summary section of the 

 Draft EIS. The draft statement was distributed as well to 

 principal involved U.S. Senators and Congressmen and to 

 U.S. Congressional Committees, including the Subcommittee 

 on Arms Control, Oceans and International Environment of 

 the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the National Oceans 

 Policy Study of the Senate Commerce Committee, the Sub- 

 committee on Environmental Pollution of the Senate Environ- 

 ment and Public Works Committee, the Subcommittee on Inter- 

 national Security and Scientific Affairs of the House 

 International Relations Committee, the Subcommittee of 

 Fisheries and Wildlife and International Environment of the 

 House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, and the Sub- 

 committee on Environment and the Atmosphere of the House 

 Committee on Science and Technology. 



