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bear on the effectiveness of the locality in trying to hold up against 

 the tide and undermine that ability. 



We need to bring that level of control up from the local le\'el to 

 the State level, but I certainly feel that we do not want to bring it 

 from the State level up to the Federal level, except in simply an 

 overall supervisory sense. 



Mr. Du Pont. I think that is very well put, and I think that sum- 

 marizes the situation exactly as I see it. Thank you very much. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, sir. 



Mr. Quarles, prior to your association with EPA, you were v.ith 

 the Department of the Interior in the legal department ? 



jSIr. Quarles. Sir, I was with the Department of the Interior. I 

 served initially as assistant to then Under Secretary Train for en- 

 vironmental planning, and subsequently as an assistant to Secretary 

 Hickel for policy and program planning. 



I was not working as a lawyer at that time. 



Mr. Lennon. At that time. 



Mr. Quarles. No. sir. 



Mr. Lenxon. Now, what brought EPA into existence ? 



Mr. Quarles. EPA was created by Reorganization Plan No. 3 sub- 

 mitted by President Nixon during 1970. 



Mr. Lennon. Well, I know the technical procedure that brought it 

 into being, but I am asking you in the broad area what brought EPA 

 into existience. 



Let us be realistic. It v,\as the efforts of this committee to implement 

 the recommendations of the Stratton Commission report, and it was 

 this committee that brought the Stratton Commission into being which 

 resulted in the Stratton Commission report and its findings and con- 

 clusions and recommendations. 



So we have been involved in this thing for about 9 or 10 years, and 

 have some general knowledge about it. 



Now, you stated on line G, page 4, and I quote: "We certainly are 

 in accord with the basic purposes of these bills," meaning the bills 

 that you are here to testify on today. "They are similar to S. 3183, as 

 proposed by President Nixon during the last session of Congress." 



Then you move and say, however, that you are wrong; that the 

 administration was wrong in its recommendations to the Congress. 

 And you agree that the basic purpose of these bills conforms to his 

 recommendations, but now vou want to move in a new direction under 

 the approach of H.R. 4332, the National Land Use Policy Act of 1971. 



Now, of course, I find in the course of approximately 11 months, to 

 be exact, that the administration has a right, as the Congress does, and 

 its respective committees, to change its views. 



And I quote, too, beginning on line 11 : "We believe, however, that 

 it would be more appropriate to provide for coastal and estuarine 

 planning in the broader context of land-use controls statewide." 



Now, that leads me to ask you. When was IT.R. 4332 introduced? 

 It was introduced at the request of the administration. It is now 

 pending in the Interior Committee. 



jVIr. Quarles. It was introduced near the beginning of this session 

 of Congress. 



Mr. Lennon". Near the beginning of this session, February 17, 1971. 



Mr. Quarles. Yes, sir. 



