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Town of Rockpobt, 

 Board of Selectmen, 

 RocJcport, Mass., March 13, 1972. 

 The Honorable Edwaed M. Kennedy, 

 Senate Chamber, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Kennedy : The Rockport Board of Selectmen voted unanimously 

 in favor of being recorded as opposed to any legislation that would permit drilling 

 for oil off the New England coast. Your support would be appreciated. 

 Very truly yours. 



Nicola A. Baeleti'A, 

 Chairman, Board of Selectmen. 



City of Salem, MASSACHUSEyiTS, 



Office of the City Clerk, 



Salem, Mass., March S, 1972. 

 Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 

 Senate Office Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Sir :At a regular meeting of the Salem City Council held in the Council 

 Chamber on Thursday, February 24, 1972, it was voted to oppose any legislation 

 that would permit the drilling for oil off the New England Coast. 

 This action was approved by Mayor Samuel E. Zoll on March 2nd. 

 Very truly yours, 



Augustine J. Toomey, 



City Clerk. 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. 



The Presiding Officer. The clerk will call the roll. 



Tlie legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. 



Mr. Pell. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 

 for the quorum call be rescinded. 



The Presiding Officer. Without objection, it is so ordered. 



Mr. Egbert C. Btrd. Mr. President, I ask that the aisles be cleared 

 and that staff members not talking with Senators take seats, so that 

 we may have order in the Senate. 



The Presiding Officer. The Senate will be in order. 



Mr. Pell. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be per- 

 mitted to modify the amendment I have offered to the Senate in two 

 regards: First, to delete the phrase "as well as alternatives to such 

 drilling in meeting the Nation's energy needs," which appears in sec- 

 tion (c) , the penultimate paragraph. 



The Presiding Officer. The Senator has the right to modify his 

 amendment without unanimous consent. 



Mr. Pell. I thank the Chair. I so modify the amendment, and in 

 addition I modify it by adding the phrase "after consultation with 

 the Secretary of the Interior and with the Administrator of the En- 

 vironmental Protection Agency." 



I liope that with these modifications, this amendment, offered in 

 behalf of a group of Senators including, incidentally, the Senator 

 from Delaware (Mr. Boggs), who has asked that his name be added 

 as a cosponsor 



The Presiding Officer. If the Senator will send his modifications to 

 the desk, the amendment will be so modified. 



Tlie amendment, as modified, is an follows : 



On page 2G, after line 19, insert the following: 



Sec. 316. (c) Tlie Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration of the Department of Commerce, after consultation with the 



