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(1) (1) is section (i) (1) of HR 17603 with the minimum fine and continuing 
violation language of HR 18454 but without the language authorizing the Secre- 
tary to comprise the fine. 
(1) (2) is section (i) (2) of HR 17603 with the minimum fine language of 
HR 18454 but without the compromise language. 
(1) (8) adds a provision to cover the costs of remedying a violation of the 
section. This new section provides for the law to be truly effective in preventing 
environmental or ecological damage. 
(m) is section (h) of HR 18454 
A BILL To amend the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act ‘to provide additional protection 
to marine and wildlife ecology by providing for the orderly regulation of dumping in 
the navigable waiters and in the coastal waters of the United Sta'tes 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Fish and Wildlife Coordi- 
nation Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.) is amended by inserting immediately follow- 
ing section 5A thereof the following new section : 
“SEC. 5B. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service, shall designate those portions of the navigable waters 
of the United States and those portions of the waters above the Outer Continental 
Shelf as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and those portions of 
the submerged lands beneath the navigable waters and beneath the waters above 
the Outer Continental Shelf into and onto which he determines sewage, sludge, 
spoil, or other waste can be safely discharged, Provided that no such area shall 
be located within thirty nautical miles of the shoreline if such area has a depth of 
twenty fathoms or less. In making such designation he shall consider all ecological 
and environmental factors, including, but not limited to, the effect of such dis- 
charging on the marine and wildlife ecology. 
“(b) The Secretary of the Interior acting in conjunction with the Chief of 
Engineers shall make a complete investigation and study of the methods by 
which, and the cost of, restoring the waters of any area into which wastes have 
been discharged under any license, permit, or authorization issued pursuant to 
any law of the United States to their condition prior to the start of such dis- 
charges. Such Secretary shall report to Congress the results of such investiga- 
tion and study, together with his recommendations, no later than one year after 
the date of enactment of this section. 
“(c) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and in consultation with the Chief of Engineers of the United 
States Army, shall establish standards which apply to the deposit or discharge 
into the navigable or coastal waters of the United States of all industrial wastes, 
sludge, spoil, and all other materials that might be harmful to the wildlife or 
wildlife resources or to the ecology of these waters. Such standards shall be for 
the purpose of insuring that no damage to the natural environment and ecology, 
including but not limited to marine and wildlife ecology, of the navigable or 
coastal waters of the United States will result from any such activity. Such 
standards shall require, in part, that any person before depositing or discharging 
of such materials into the coastal or navigable waters of the United States must 
present sufficient evidence to sustain a burden of proof that such materials in the 
location in which they are to be deposited will not endanger the natural environ- 
ment and ecology of these waters, and to meet such additional requirements as the 
eeany of the Interior may deem necessary for the orderly regulation of such 
activity. 
“(d) Such standards shall be adopted and enforced by any department, agency 
or instrumentality of the Federal Government or any State department, agency, 
or instrumentality that issues any license, permit, or other authorization for 
any Such activity with respect to any of such coastal or navigable waters. 
“(e) Such standards shall be applicable to all of the departments, agencies, and 
instrumentalities of the Federal Government, to the States and their agencies, 
including any prson having any license, permit, or other authorization from such 
State or agency for any such activity with respect to any of such coastal or 
navigable waters. 
“(f) After the date that a Federal standard is established under this section, 
a State may establish its own standard with respect to the activity covered by 
such Federal standard, except that the State standard must be more stringent 
than the Federal standard and must provide adequate procedures for enforcement. 
Such a State standard shall apply to such activity within the State’s jurisdic- 
