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1 designate those portions of the navigable waters of the United 



2 States and those portions of the waters above the Outer Con- 



3 tineutal Shelf as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 



4 Act, and those portions of the submerged lands beneath the 



5 navigable waters and beneath the waters above the Outer 



6 Continental Shelf into and onto which he determines sewage, 

 '^ sludge, spoil, or other waste can be safety discharged. In 

 8 makmg such designation he shall consider all ecological and 

 ^ envii'onmental factors, including, but not limited to, the effect 



^^ of such discharging on the marine and wildlife ecology. 



11 " (b) No designation shall be made by the Secretary of 



^ the Interior under authority of subsection (a) of this section 



1^ for the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment 



1^ of this section. During such two-year period the Secretary of 



1^ the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army 



1^ acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall make a full and 



l"^ complete investigation and study of potential water and sub- 



1^ merged lands areas for designation and shall identify those 



1^ areas most suitable for such designation. 



^" " (c) As soon as practicable after the designation of an 



area under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the 



Interior shall estabUsh standards which shall be apphoable to 



the discharge of material within such designated area. Such 



■^ standards shall be for the purpose of insuring that no damage 



to, or loss of, any wildlife or wildlife resources or pollution of 



