DUMPING OF WASTE MATERIAL 
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1970 
House or Representatives, 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON FisHERIES AND WILDLIFE CoNSERVATION 
OF THE CommMiTTEer oN Mrercuant Marine AnD FISHEREES, 
Washington, D.C. 
The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10:10 a.m., in 
room 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. John D. Dingell 
(chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. 
Mr. Dincetx. The subcommittee will please come to order. 
This morning the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conser- 
vation will continue its hearings on a series of bills designed to afford 
additional 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 re- 
quire, 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. 
Another group of bills to be heard this morning includes 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. 
Murphy, 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 Secretary of the 
Army, to carry out a 2-year study for the purpose of identifying 
areas in our navigable, coastal, and off-shore waters where discharge 
of sewage, sludge, spoil, and other waste could be safely made, after 
taking into consideration all ecological and environmental factors, 
including marine and wildlife ecology. 
Also to be heard this morning is another group of bills very similar 
to those above. They are H.R. 18454, H.R. 18592, H.R. 18593, and 
H.R. 18621. These bills were introduced by Mr. Harrington and 31 
other Members of this body. 
The Chair is happy to recognize for our first witness a very able 
Member of this body, a Member of the Congress who is extremely 
interested in conservation and preservation of natural resources, our 
friend and colleague, the Honorable Richard L. Ottinger. We are cer- 
tainly privileged to have you with us this morning and are pleased 
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