DUMPING OF WASTE MATERIAL 
MONDAY, JULY 27, 1970 
Hous® oF REPRESENTATIVES, 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND 
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
MercHant Mariner AND FISHERIES, 
Washington, D.C. 
The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m. in room 
1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. John D. Dingell (chair- 
man of the subcommittee) presiding. 
Mr. Drncetu. The subcommittee will please come to order. 
This morning the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife conser- 
vation will begin hearings on a series of bills designed to afford addi- 
tional protection to fish and wildlife resources. 
One group of bills to be heard this morning includes H.R. 15827 by 
Mr. Ottinger, and identical bills, H.R. 15828, H.R. 15829 and H.R. 
16229 by Mr. Ottinger and 33 other Members of the House. 
These bills would amend the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 to require, within 30 days after passage of the legislation, the 
revocation of all permits or licenses that authorize the discharge of 
any sewage, sludge, spoil or other waste into the waters of the New 
York Bight or into any other waters within a 25-mile radius of the 
Ambrose Lighthouse. 
In addition, the bills would direct the Secretary of the Army to 
conduct a 1-year study on the methods and cost of restoring such 
waters to their prior condition. The Secretary would be required to 
report to the Congress the results of the study, together with any rec- 
ommendations that he may have. 
Another group of bills to be heard this morning is H.R. 17603 and 
identical bills, H.R. 17843, H.R. 17879, and H.R. 18043, introduced 
by a distinguished and valuable member of this committee, Mr. Mur- 
phy, together with 28 other Members of the House. 
These bills would amend the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 
to require the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secre- 
tary of the Army, to carry out a 2-year study for the purpose of iden- 
tifying areas in our navigable, coastal, and off-shore waters where 
discharges of sewage, sludge, spoil and other waste could safely be 
made, after taking into consideration all ecological and environmental 
factors, including marine and wildlife ecology . 
As soon as practicable after completion of the study, the Secretary 
of the Interior would be required to establish standards for the pur- 
pose of insuring that no damage to, or loss of, any fish and wildlife 
resources or pollution of the waters would result from any discharges. 
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