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Mr. D' Amours. I understand that. And that is why I asked the 

 question in a conditional way. I was just wondering if you had any 

 thoughts on it, if you want to comment on that. If you don't we will 

 not consider you anything less than very prudent. 



Mr. Beller. I will take advantage of your latter comment. 



Mr. D' Amours. I want to thank both witnesses for your very 

 kind attention. It is a difficult area, I understand. But I hope, Mr. 

 Danenberger, you go back and tell Secretary Watt, who in Mr. 

 Rigg's testimony assured me he was very sorry he could not be 

 here personally — not nearly as sorry as I am — but we do think the 

 Department of Interior ought to go on funding these studies, espe- 

 cially the deep water sites. If we are going to apply the OCS Lands 

 Act at all making judgments that have to be made as to the risks 

 and benefits to fragile ecosystems, the Congress would very much 

 appreciate it if he was a little more sensitive to the environmental 

 concerns and maybe a little less sensitive to the economic concerns. 



And with that lecture to Mr. Jim Watt, who is not here, I thank 

 you very much. 



Mr. D' Amours. Our next panel is Ms. Patricia Hughes, Outer 

 Continental Shelf coordinator, Office of Coastal Zone Management, 

 Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Mas- 

 sachusetts; Mr. Charles S. Colgan, senior economist. State of Maine 

 Planning Office; Mr. Douglas Foy, executive director. Conservation 

 Law Foundation, and Mr. Jimmy Costakes, director. New Bedford 

 Seafood Council, representing the Seafood Producers Association. 



Gentlemen and Madam, welcome, we appreciate your attend- 

 ance. That last panel took a little longer than I expected. Perhaps 

 a panel always seems to go a little bit more slowly when we have 

 the administration sitting before us. 



I would repeat my admonition. If you could summarize, I would 

 appreciate it. Your testimony is brief enough that I suppose we 

 could get by in 10 minutes for any witness anjrway. But to the 

 extent you can, please summarize. 



You may proceed. I guess the order in which I introduced you 

 ought to be the order in which you testify. Why don't you go with 

 that? 



STATEMENTS OF PATRICIA HUGHES, OUTER CONTINENTAL 

 SHELF COORDINATOR, OFFICE OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGE- 

 MENT, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS, 

 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; CHARLES S. COLGAN, 

 SENIOR ECONOMIST, STATE OF MAINE PLANNING OFFICE; 

 DOUGLAS FOY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONSERVATION LAW 

 FOUNDATION, AND JAMES COSTAKES, DIRECTOR, NEW BED- 

 FORD SEAFOOD COUNCIL, REPRESENTING SEAFOOD PRODUC- 

 ERS ASSOCIATION 



STATEMENT OF PATRICIA HUGHES 



Ms. Hughes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I am Patricia Hughes, Outer Continental Shelf coordinator for 

 the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office. My office is 

 responsible for review of OCS activities for the Commonwealth. I 

 am here today representing James S. Hoyte, Secretary of Environ- 

 mental Affairs. I appreciate this opportunity to express the views 



