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The "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" (Sec. 402(a)4USC, 
as amended) gives the Food and Drug Administration regulatory action 
against any food which has been prepared, packed, or held under 
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 
filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health. 
This authority is exercised over all sea foods originating, being 
processed, or held in international (beyond the 3-mile limit) or 
foreign waters. 
4. Department of the Interior 
As the Executive Department with primary responsibility for 
preservation, use, and development of natural resources, the Depart- 
ment of the Interior has a broad interest in ocean ts 2 al prob- 
lems. Many Interior agencies are involved. 
The National Park Service has an environmental interest 
where ocean pollution could adversely affect use of proposed or 
existing parks. It is especially concerned with pollution problems 
in those large coastal metropolitan areas that have urban recreation 
potential such as the proposed Gateway National Recreation Area in 
New York Harbor. 
The basic authority for the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation's 
responsibility and interest in ocean and coastal pollution is in 
P.L. 88-29 which gives the Bureau authority to prepare a National 
Outdoor Recreation Plan. The Plan is to ". . . identify critical 
outdoor recreation problems, recommend solutions, and recommend 
desirable actions . .." Secretary Order 2908 of October 18, 1968, 
outlined additional responsibilities in carrying out the Estuary 
Protection Act and Estuarine Studies (P.L. 90-454). The Bureau is 
interested in any pollution that prevents effective use of waters 
for present or potential recreation. Offshore sewage outfalls, 
debris, oil, and other types of pollution reduce the participation 
and suitability of beaches, estuaries, underwater areas, and the 
like for boating, swimming, scuba, and skin diving, surfing, water- 
skiing, fishing, and other activities. 
There are many authorizations available to the Bureau of 
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 
that provide these two Bureaus of the Fish and Wildlife Service with 
authority, responsibility, and interest in pollution and pollution 
within and outside of the 3-mile limit. These go back to the Act 
of March 3, 1887. Others are 
Public Law 73-121, as amended (48 Stat. 401) 
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 
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