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in cooperation vvitli conservation agencies of Florida, for the preservation of this 

 coral reef. ( See also : 43 CFR ir>.l-ir).14. ) 



(3) By an amendment to 43 U.S.C. 1341, all uranium, thorium, and all other 

 materials contained in the "Outer Continental Shelf" which are found by the 

 Atomic Energy Commission "to he essential to the production of fissionable mate- 

 rial * * * are reserved for use of the United States." ( See also : 42 U.'S.C. 2092 : 

 10 CFR 60.5-60.9 ; 43 CFR 3545.1-3545.3. ) 



(4) The Geological Survey in the Department of the Interior administers 

 regulations issued by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to private 

 leasehold "oil, gas, and sulfur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf" (30 

 CFR 250.1-250.100; 43 CFR 201.1-201.150; 202.1-202.13; 3380-3387.6). 



(5) The Bureau of Land Management in the Department of the Interior also 

 shares authority pertaining to assignments of such leases and collection of certain 

 payments thereunder (43 CFR 201.3-201.150; 202.1-202.13; 3380.4, 3382). 



(6) The Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, may des- 

 ignate any part of the Outer Continental Shelf necessary for national defense ; 

 and as long as this designation remains in effect, exploration of the area mav 

 be restricted or suspended (43 CFR 201.119) . 



(7) Since under 43 CFR 3387.4—1 the United States "reserves the right to 

 authorize the conduct of * * * geophysical exploration in the leased" areas, it 

 is conceivable that the Coast and Geodetic Survey, which is authorized to make 

 surveys "and related geophysical measurements" (33 U.S.C. 883a) also may be 

 empowered to perform certain functions in the Outer Continental Shelf. 



Indicative of possible confusion as to the jurisdiction of established Federal 

 agencies is the following statement appearing in 43 CFR 3380.0-3 : 



"The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953 * * * authorizes the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior to issue on a comi)etitive basis leases for oil, gas, sulfur, 

 and other minerals in submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf * * *. 

 The inclusion of this part in this title shall not be construed as an interpretation 

 that the laws and regulations pertaining to public lands are applicable to the 

 submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf," 



Norman J. Small, 

 Legislative Attorney. 



Mr. Lennon. Mr. Congressman, we want to thank you for what I 

 tliink is a most interesting and informative and ar'ticuhite statement 

 on the subject. It is very helpful. 



Mr. Casey, any questions of our distinguished colleague ? 



It certainly indicates the great interests of California witli all these 

 bills coming from California, and that great coastline. 



Mr. Hanna. Thank you, sir. 



Mr. Casey. I, too, want to commend our colleague, Mr. Hanna, for a 

 most interesting statement, and background material shows tliat he 

 has really dug into the subject, and the potentials, and I see that he 

 sees tliat we have got a vast horizon here that needs to be explored. 



I was quite interested in your comments on the private industry being 

 in the Lewis and Clark Expedition. You know, private industiy now 

 gets very little credit for the amomit they do in the oceanography field. 

 I am sure in your State, as in mine, of Texas, the oil industries have 

 been great contributors to the oceanography field, and the offshore 

 di'illing has resulted in their not having for commercial purposes their 

 own individual purposes to do a lot of oceanographic work, but they 

 have made this available, and have since become interested, and many 

 of the research projects of the universities in my locality and some of 

 the stimulus for, for instance, this Gulf Universities Research 

 Association, has come from the major oil companies. 



Mr. Hanna. Well, Mr. Casey, on that score, I can inform tlie gentle- 

 man that 80 to 85 percent of the oil extracted from the tidelands is 

 extracted in my district. 



Mr. Casey. Is that riffht? 



