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Hearing held September 28, 1993 1 



Statement of: 



Eshoo, Hon. Anna, a U.S. Representative from California 9 



Fields, Hon. Jack, a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Ranking Minor- 

 ity Member, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 10 



Furse, Hon. Elizabeth, a U.S. Representative from Oregon 5 



Gilchrest, Hon. Wayne T., a U.S. Representative from Maryland 9 



Hamburg, Hon. Dan, a U.S. Representative from California 6 



Lambert, Hon. Blanche,, a U.S. Representative from Arkansas 8 



Saxton, Hon. Jim, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, and ranking 

 minority member. Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Re- 

 sources 2 



Studds, Hon. Gerry E., a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, and 



Chairman, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 1 



Taylor, Hon. Charles H., a U.S. Representative from North Carolina 5 



Wayland, Robert H., Ill, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans & Water- 

 sheds, Environmental Protection Agency 10 



Prepared statement 33 



Weldon, Hon. Curt, a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, and Rank- 

 ing Minority Member, Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, 



and the Outer Continental Shelf 7 



Prepared statement 7 



Young, Hon. Don, a U.S. Representative from Alaska, and Ranking Mi- 

 nority Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries Management 2 



Additional material supplied: 



Young, Hon. Don, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries 



Management: Critique of the Clinton Wetlands Plan 30 



Wayland, Robert H., Ill: 



List requested by Hon. Don Young, of meetings held September 21- 



23, 1993, to discuss the President's wetlands plan on Alaska 42 



Protecting America's Wetlands: A Fair, Flexible, and Effective Ap- 

 proach •■ 43 



American Farm Bureau Federation: Statement regarding wetlands provi- 

 sions of the Clean Water Act '70 



Communications submitted: 



Franklin, Thomas M. (The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, MD): Letter of 

 September 27, 1993, to Hon. Gerry E. Studds, followed by a report 

 titled, "Mitigation Banking and Wetlands Categorization— The Need 



for a National Policy on Wetlands" 86 



Ishmael, Susan A. (Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.): Letter of 

 October 6, 1993, to Hon. Gerry E. Studds 82 



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