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Our first witness this afternoon is Gen. Richard Groves, Deputy 
Director of Civil Works, Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of 
the Army. 
STATEMENT OF BRIG. GEN. RICHARD H. GROVES, DEPUTY DI- 
RECTOR OF CIVIL WORKS, OFFICE, CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, DE- 
PARTMENT OF THE ARMY; ACCOMPANIED BY MARK S. GURNEE, 
CHIEF, OPERATIONS DIVISION, CIVIL WORKS OFFICE, CHIEF OF 
ENGINEERS; AND EROLL L. TYLER, LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
General Groves. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, [ am 
Brig. Gen. Richard H. Grooves, Deputy Director of Civil Works, 
Office, Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. I am accom- 
panied by members of the staff of that office. I appreciate this oppor- 
tunity to testify on H.R. 18913, 18914, 19077, and 19395, bills con- 
cerned with the control of dumping of materials into our waters 
and with protection of the environment. 
H.R. 19359 would direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Fish and Wildlife Service, to designate those portions of 
the navigable waters of the United States and of the waters above the 
Outer Continental Shelf, and the submerged lands beneath these 
waters, where he determines sewage, sludge, heated effluents, or any 
wastes, cannot be safely discharged. 
In desionating such areas, he would be directed to consider all eco- 
logical and environmental factors. No designation could be made until 
1 year after enactment. In this 1-year period, the Secretary of the 
Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, would make 
a study of potential water and submerged land areas for designation 
and identify those areas most suitable for designation as areas where 
no discharge could be made. 
All permits for discharge of wastes into the designated areas would 
be terminated by the bill, and future permits to discharge i in these areas 
would be prohibited. Discharges of wastes into areas not designated 
as “no discharge areas” would be governed by standards established by 
the Secretary of the Interior. These standards would require, for any 
sewage or industrial waste, primary treatment by January 1, 1972, 
secondary treatment by January 1, 1974, and tertiary treatment by 
January 1, 1976. The standards established would apply to depart- 
ments and agencies of the United States and of the States, including 
their licensees and permittees. 
H.R. 18913 would prohibit the discharge into the navigable waters 
of the United States or into international waters of any munitions, 
chemical, biological, or radiological warfare agent, or any other mili- 
tary material, except in accordance with a certificate issued by the 
Council on Environmental Quality. 
H.R. 18914 would require the Council on Environmental Quality to 
make a complete investigation and study of national policy with re- 
spect to the discharging of materials into the oceans, and to report, 
with recommendations, to the President and the Congress. 
Mr. Chairman, we in the corps are deeply concerned about the prob- 
lems of attenuating adverse ecological and environmental effects asso- 
