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 Significantly, the NRC Report concludes: "Current scientific 

 knowledge is adequate and control technologies are available for 

 taking regulatory action to improve and protect visibility." The 

 NRC Report makes several recommendations for additional research, 

 but states that such research is not a pre-requisite to the 

 recommended regulatory program. 



Mr. Chairman, the NRC Report's findings and recommendations 

 concerning regional haze regulations validate the recommendations 

 made by the National Park Service since the mid-1980's. In fact, 

 EPA has recently decided to consider regional haze regulations. We 

 will continue to work closely with EPA staff on these matters. 



Departmental Program Issues. In the final part of my testimony, I 

 shall highlight air quality program matters with respect to the 

 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the 

 National Biological Survey. 



In 1983, before "reinvention" and "partnerships" were management 

 buzzwords, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park 

 Service entered an interagency agreement, still intact, to 

 centralize a team of experts that could efficiently and effectively 

 provide technical support to the respective bureaus and to the 

 Assistant Secretary as Federal Land Manager for the Department's 

 Class I areas. 



