117 
Dr. Srncer. I have not seen Mr. Murphy’s bill before, nor have I had 
a chance to study it. 
Mr. DinceEtt. It is the desire of the Chair to be fair to you. 
Now you good gentlemen are here to testify on this legislation. We 
did not designate who would come to speak on behalf of the Interior 
Department. But we have requested that Interior Department does 
have witnesses who are able to discuss with this committee and advise 
this committee in enlightened fashion. The Chair will then request 
you to review with care H.R. 17603 and other proposals pending be- 
fore the committee and listed in the committee notices and advise the 
committee what portions of those bills are covered by the Federal 
Water Quality Act, and also what portions of those bills are cov- 
ered by H.R. 15905. 
Bt Stncer. Would it be satisfactory to give you a written answer 
to this? 
Mr. Drncett. Yes; this is quite appropriate. We will keep the record 
open for you to do so. I do not expect it right now because, as I say, 
I do wish to be fair to you. 
Dr. Stncer. Thank you. 
Mr. Evererr. I notice both Departments, Army and Interior, rec- 
ommend a deferral of action on the legislation pending completion of 
several studies. But in view of the fact that the committee may report 
one or even both of these bills, I would appreciate it if you would 
analyze the legislation with this possibility in mind and, if so, what 
amendments would the Department of Interior suggest ? 
Mr. Drncetu. If you would yield, Mr. Everett, the Chair does wish 
to advise you gentlemen that it is the intention of the Chair to move 
on this legislation and to see to it that this legislation is presented to 
the House for consideration. So the Chair does advise the administra- 
tion, and you gentlemen speaking on behalf of it, that we would like 
to have amendments of either a technical or substantive nature which 
you believe would appropriately and properly relate this legislation 
to the administration’s policy, and also to other existing legislation, 
so that we can come forward with a piece of legislation with which 
you might not necessarily agree but with which you can work. 
Mr. Secretary, I would like to have that at as early a time as you 
decently and comfortably could make it available to the committee. 
Mr. Gooptine. Mr. Chairman, one further question of Dr. Glasgow. 
Mr. Murphy raised the matter of solid waste produced by livestock. 
T am not concerned with livestock on the range and I question whether 
you are. But I am greatly concerned about the new method we are 
using in producing livestock today, where we are concentrating cattle 
in feed lots, where we have 100,000 or more cattle that remain in one 
spot for 180 days and they keep replacing them all the time. Whose 
responsibility is it to study this problem so that we do not pollute 
everything in the area where practiced. Is that your responsibility or 
your department’s responsibility ? 
Dr. Guascow. May I ask Dr. Singer to comment, please? 
Dr. Stncer. I am afraid this again is a responsibility of the Federal 
Water Quality Administration. We are attempting to find economical 
ways of dealing with the feed lot waste problem. The feed lot waste 
problem is a very serious one in the Central United States, in areas 
