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ing to cooperate with the committee in reporting out an administra- 

 tion bill which contains the provisions needed to get the job done. But 

 I do urge cautious speed. 



I urge this committee to act quickly to report out a bill that contains 

 those provisions needed to halt the destruction of our marine and 

 wildlife ecology. My only qualification is that the committee consider 

 these sections of the administration bill that fall short of the standards 

 contained in my bill, H.R. 285. 



In that respect I point out that the administration bill is lacking a 

 major provision of my original legislation, the establishment of "no 

 dumping" sanctuaries for marine life. I insist that proposals which 

 simply move dumping grounds from one area to another are myopic 

 and only increase the danger of prolonged pollution and international 

 complications growing out of contaminating the world's oceans. 



I ask the members of this committee to carefully consider the in- 

 corporation of the concept of no-dumping sanctuaries for marine life 

 into any bill they report. 



I ask that a physical description of the New York Bight and a map 

 showing the location of ocean disposal sites in the area be printed at 

 the conclusion of my remarks today. 



Mr. Chairman, there were proposals made last year that ocean dump- 

 ing be mandated at 100 miles off the coast and other people said 25 

 miles off the coast. In effect they were trying to move the dumping 

 areas off the Continental Shelf. What they would do is make it im- 

 possible to dispose of wastes that have to be disposed of. 



In the New York area I think there were three or four oceangoing 

 barges that would be permitted by the Coast Guard to go those dis- 

 tances at sea. In effect what that type of legislation or approach would 

 do would be simply to cut off dumping that could not be cut off. Those 

 wastes were formerly dumped in New York Harbor and now they are 

 dumped in a controlled area. H.R. 285 goes into the problem of con- 

 trolled dumping areas without affecting marine sanctuaries and pro- 

 tecting the ecology. 



I appreciate the opportunity to appear before this committee and 

 particularly its chairmen. Chairman Dingell and Chairman Lennon, 

 who worked so long in the ecology field and are so identified with the 

 progress we have made. 



Mr. Lennon. Without objection, at the gentleman's request, follow- 

 ing his remarks a description of the New York Bight and a map show- 

 ing disposal sites in the area should be printed in the record. 



(The description and map follow :) 



The New York Bight 



The New York Bight is a slight indentation of the Atlantic coast, extending 

 northeasterly from Cape May inlet, New Jersey, for some 200 miles to the east- 

 ern end of Long Island, New York, at Montauk Point. Its coastline is generally 

 a moderately sloping sand beach shore, broken by indentations of the sea into the 

 land. Among these are a number of small inlets along the New Jersey coast, 

 Lower Bay of New York Harbor, East Rockaway Inlet, Jones Inlet, Fire Island 

 Inlet. Moriches Inlet, and Shinnecock Inlet- 

 Depths in the Bight generally exceed 100 feet about 50 miles off shore but 

 are substantially less than that in most inshore areas. The bottom is mostly 

 sandy and is subject to shifts due to tidal actions or storm surges. Consequently, 

 channels have been dredged and maintained by the U.S. Engineers to aceom- 



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