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1 in ever-increasing quantities; that such dumping should not 



2 be permitted except when it has been determined that the 



3 material cannot adversely affect the ecology of the oceans 



4 and of the coastal waters and estuaries of the United States, 



5 and that portions of the Nation's tidelands, Outer Conti- 



6 nental Shelf, seaward areas and land and waters of the 



7 Great Lakes should be preserved as marine sanctuaries 



8 where industry development and extraction of the nonliving 



9 resources of the seabed and subsoil thereof and dumping of 



10 any kind should be prohibited." 



11 Sec. 2. Section 6 of the Act of August 3, 1968 (82 



12 Stat. 628) , is amended to read as follows: 



13 "After the effective date of this' section, no citizen of the 



14 United States or other person shall dispose of waste materials 



15 into the oceans, coastal waters, and estuarine areas of the 



16 United States or into the Great Lakes unless he shall have 



17 first secured a permit from the Administrator of the Environ- 



18 mental Protection Agency under authority of this Act for 



19 the transportation and dumping or disposal by whatever 



20 means contemplated of such waste material." 



21 Sec. 3. The Act of August 3, 1968 (82 Stat. 625 et 



22 seq.) , is amended by inserting immediately following sec- 



23 tion 6 thereof the following new sections : 



24 "Sec. 7. (a) The Administrator of the Enviromnental 



25 Protection Agency may issue permits authorizing the dump 



