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BEACES8 EMVIROMMSVTAI. ASeBSSXBMT, CLOBUKB AND BSALTH ACT OT 1993 



ER 31 



TBBTINONy BY 



BCOTT A. VBIVBR, C0XMX88I0NBS 



NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT 07 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENEROY 



BBFORB THE HOOSB BUBCOMMITTBBS 



ON 



OCEANOORAPSY, GULF 07 MEXICO, AND THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 8BEL7 



AND 

 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RSSOURCE8 



JULY 15, 1993 



Good aftarnoon. My nwaa is Seott Vaiaar, Conaiaclonar of tha 

 Nav Jaraay Dapartmant of BBVironfflaBtal Protactlon aad Energy 

 (DBPE) . I thanX you for tlie epportxinlty to coma bafora you today 

 to of far my support for HR 31, tha ••Baaohas Bavironmantal 

 AssasBfflaat, Cloaura, and Haalth Aot" aponserad by Congrassman 

 Bughas. 



Naw Jaraay loplamaBts tha most stringent vatar giiallty 

 monitoring program in tha nation. This was borna out in a raoant 

 report published by tha Natural Raaouroaa Defense Council. Tha 

 report notes that 'iNev Jersey is the only state to have a 

 statewide mandatory beaoh protection program, including a 

 bacteria standard, a testing protocol and closure requirements 

 whenever the bacteria standard is exceeded". Our testing and 

 monitoring program involving 322 ocean and bay locations is 

 complemented by daily aerial surveillance of the coastal and 

 ocean waters to give advance warning of ocean pollution which 

 may be heading towards our shores and to identify pollution 

 sources. 



