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statement of Elmer P. Danenberger 



Associate Director, Minerals Management Service 



on behalf of 



James G. Watt 



Secretary of the Interior 



before the Subcommittee on Oceanography, 



Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 



U.S. House of Representatives 

 before an oversight hearing in Boston, Mass. 



June 27, 1983 



Good morning, Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee. I am 

 Bud Danenberger, North Atlantic District Supervisor, Minerals Management 

 Service of the Department of the Interior. I have been asked to appear 

 here on behalf of Secretary Watt, who regrets that he could not appear 

 before you himself. 



The Department has been keenly interested in leasing and exploring the 

 North Atlantic area for potential oil and gas resources for some time. 



