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Continental Shelf under national license or agreement ; and we would 
use these revenues, some of which go into the land and water conser- 
vation fund. This has been a rather recent decision on our part; but 
sometimes national policies change fast, and this may be the time to 
review that whole question. 
Mr. Kerrn. Well, I certainly feel that it is. I want to compliment 
the chairman for calling these hearings to bring this subject further 
into the open. I am delighted that you came here today. 
Mr. Fascrtx. I welcome the opportunity to engage in the discussion 
and have a chance to present my views. 
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. Dinceiy. The committee wishes to thank you, Mr. Fascell, for 
your very helpful testimony. If time in any fashion permits, we are 
going to put together the legislation that we have here into a forra 
where we can bring it to the floor of the House for consideration. 
Your very valuable contribution will certainly be utilized to the full. 
Mr. Fascetz. Thank you. 
Mr. Dinceiy. Next I would like to call the very able gentleman 
from New York, the Honorable Joe Addabbo. 
STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN 
CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK 
Mr. Appaseo. I appreciate this opportunity to present my views in 
support of H.R. 19256 and H.R. 19258 which I have cosponsored. 
These bills would authorize the Council on Environmental Quality to 
place limits on the discharge of military material into navigable waters 
and to make a full investigation of national policy with respect to the 
discharge of materials into the oceans. 
I would like to commend our distinguished colleague from Florida, 
Congressman Dante B. Fascell, for his leadership in connection with 
this leglislative effort to achieve a national policy on the discharge of 
materials. The approval of the two bills before the committee would 
be a meaningful start in addressing ourselves to the far-reaching con- 
sequences of continued pollution of navigable waters and the oceans. 
Earlier this year reports of dead areas in the Atlantic Ocean 
shocked our Nation. Newspaper reports of chemical-warfare ingredi- 
ents have also alarmed many Members of the Congress as well as resi- 
dents of coastal communities. While Governors and local officials can 
issue public protests or seek relief in the courts, there does not exist 
any final Federal authority for deciding when proposed discharges 
of military material violate national policy or pose a danger to pub- 
lic safety. Wie b. 
The purpose of the two bills before the committee this morning 1s 
to give that authority to the Council on Environmental Quality, there- 
by placing public trust and hopefully public confidence in a Federal 
authority with the expertise and power to protect the public from 
the kind of tragedy which can result from an unwise decision to dump 
dangerous materials into navigable waters or the oceans. 
This a national and an international problem requiring first a na- 
tional policy and secondly, international cooperation. Those are the 
