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Hearing held July 15, 1993 1 



Textof H.R. 31 91 



Statement of: 



Allin, Vickie A., Chief, Policy Coordination Division, Office of Coastal 

 Resource Management, NOAA; accompanied by Thomas O'Connor, 

 Chief, Coastal Monitoring Branch, Office of Ocean Resources, Coordina- 

 tion and Assessment 17 



Prepared statement 55 



Bradley, Hon. Bill, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey 38 



Castle, Hon. Michael N., a U.S. Representative from Delaware 4 



Prepared statement • 5 



Chasis, Sarah, Senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council 23 



Prepared statement 72 



Dooley, Marlin, Director, Enforcement Coordination, New Jersey Depart- 

 ment of Environmental Protection and Energy 21 



Prepared statement submitted by Scott Weiner, Commissioner of the 

 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy; 



statement submitted by Marlin Dooley 68 



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

 ity Member, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 5 



Hughes, Hon. William J., a U.S. Representative from New Jersey 10 



Prepared statement 13 



Lautenberg, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey 6 



Prepared statement 36 



Mauro, Garry, Commissioner, Texas General Land Office 20 



Prepared statement 65 



Ortiz, Hon. Solomon P., a U.S. Representative from Texas, and Chairman, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Conti- 

 nental Shelf 1 



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

 man, Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources 2 



Prepared statement 3 



Schenk, Hon. Lynn, a U.S. Representative from California 3 



Schrader, Betsy, Coordinator, Marine Debris Program, Center for Marine 



Conservation 25 



Prepared statement 79 



Stasikowski, Margaret J., Director, Health and Ecological Criteria Divi- 

 sion, EPA; accompanied by Steve Schaub, Senior microbiologist, Office 



of Water, EPA 15 



Prepared statement 42 



Weldon, Hon. Curt, a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 6 



Additional material supplied: 



California Department of Health Services: Testimony regarding H.R. 31.... 167 

 California Water Resources Control Board: Testimony regarding H.R. 31... 171 

 Florio, Jim, Governor of the State of New Jersey, Testimony in support of 



H.R. 31 103 



Natural Resources Defense Council: Testing the Waters IH, Closings, 



Costs, and Cleanup at U.S. Beaches 107 



New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy: Coop- 

 erative Coastal Monitoring Program, The Annual Report for 1992 112 



Communications submitted: 



Anderson, Lee G. (Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council): Letter of 

 July 15, 1993, to Hon. William J. Hughes 193 



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