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Mr. Tauzin. I hope it did, but as I point out, I mean, there may 

 be some other requirements that ought to flow out of that that are 

 extra and above the normal requirements in terms of posting 1-800 

 numbers and posting notices that someone found out a compliance 

 might be required to do that would just call their attention to the 

 violation and to the need to make sure that crew members under- 

 stand that they are not to follow orders from captains that say, 

 "Dump garbage into the ocean." They should report it instead. I 

 mean, we want to look at that and see whether or not something of 

 that nature might not work. 



We have received some awful good recommendations from all of 

 you. Al, your testimony has been extraordinary and valuable, not 

 only to this hearing but, as we pointed out earlier, to the whole 

 effort to prosecute and to make a case of this special violation in 

 order to make sure others who may be doing the same thing get 

 the message. But to all of you, let me advise you that we will be 

 preparing a proposal to further strengthen and enhance the en- 

 forcement of this statute. We have all learned today how we might 

 work together to better enforce it. 



Mr. Estes, I am skeptical but pleased that you tell me the indus- 

 try wants to do better and will do better, and, Admiral Henn, I am 

 always impressed with your candor, sir, and your willingness to 

 admit error when the Coast Guard makes it and your extraordi- 

 nary efforts to correct them when you find them. And I am pleased 

 that you have come forward and assured not only Al but all of us 

 that this incident is not going to get repeated when citizens bring 

 these kind of evidences of violation to the Coast Guard. 



We are going to move on it, Al. That is the message we got 

 today. That is a message I hope violators, not just in the cruise ship 

 industry, the oil industry, commercial fishing fleets and private 

 recreational vessels — I hope everybody understand that the waters 

 are not dumping grounds, and the oceans are just as important 

 neighborhoods as our own front yards and the front yards of our 

 neighbors in our communities, and we want this law respected and 

 enforced. 



Gentlemen and ladies, again, we thank you for some extraordi- 

 nary testimony. This was a good hearing. We have all learned, and 

 we are going to act now in accordance to what we have learned. 

 Thank you very much. This hearing stands adjourned. 



[Whereupon, at 11:55 a.m., the subcommittee was adjourned; and 

 the following was submitted for the record:] 



