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1 et seq.) is' amended by inserting immediately following sec- 



2 tion 5A thereof the following new sections: 



3 "Siic. oB. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, acting 



4 through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall 



5 designate those portions of the navigable waters of the United 



6 States and those portions of the waters al)ove the Outer 

 '^ Continental Shelf as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf 

 8 Lands Act, and those portions of the submerged lands );e- 

 ^ neath the navigable waters of the United States and beneath 



1^ the waters above the Outer Continental Shelf and those lands 



^^ beneath international waters into and onto which he deter- 



^^ mines sewage, sludge, spoil, landfill, heated effluents, or anj^ 



13 other waste or substance (solid, liquid, or gas) cannot l)e 



14 safely discharged. Areas designated under this section shall 



15 be known as "marine sanctuaries". 



1^^ "(b) In making such designation the Secretary of the 



1''^ Interior shall— 



1^ " (1) consider the overall efifect on the marine and 



19 wildlife ecological balance which discharging of such 



2^^ materials has had or will have in the area, 



^1 "(2) consider all effects of such discharges which 



'^-' he may find to be dangerous to the mating, spawning, 



^^ and other necessary life processes of species of fish, 

 shellfish, and all other forms of marine animal and plant 



2'^ life, 



