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Governors of tlie States tliat would be potentially affected by such 

 a facility. 



The amendment would require the Administrator of the Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency to study such facilities and report on such 

 facilities to any State that is jjotentially affected adversely. 



For example, a State would be affected adversely if such a facility 

 might discharge pollutants that enter the watere of the State. Or the 

 State might be affected adversely if the facility could be seen from 

 the coastal area or the waters of the State and damage recreatioucil 

 values. 



In either case, the Governor must affirmatively concur in the con- 

 struction of the facility within 90 days of the EPA report to him. 

 The Governor may report adversely. If he does, the facility could 

 not be built, licensed, leased, or permitted. If the Governor did not 

 report back within 90 days, it would assumed tliat he concurred in the 

 facility. 



Mr. President, I hope that the distinguished chairman, the floor 

 manager of the iDill, might consider accepting the amendment. 



Mr. HoLLiNGS. Mr. President, in response to the tlirust of the par- 

 ticular amendment and the leadership on this point given by the 

 distinguished Senator from Delaware, I would personally think this 

 is a good amendment. 



Mr. President, j^ou can read it and see that, l^nt I meet myself coming 

 around the corner. We started out this morning with last minute 

 concerns by my colleagues that we might infringe on an area of 

 jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Works. I assured everyone in 

 my discussion that we were trying to finally and once and for all 

 establish a coastal zone management program to give financial assist- 

 ance to the States in the development of these programs, and that is 

 all this bill pertains to; that w^e wei-e restricting it, in other words, 

 to the territorial sea. 



The amendment of our distinguished friend from Delaware goes 

 beyond the territorial sea and goes into what we agi'eed on and com- 

 promised on awhile ago. It goes beyond any territorial sea to con- 

 struction of any facility on the ocean floor, into what we call a con- 

 tiguous zone from the 3-mile limit to the 12-mile limit. 



This amendment provides the Governor would have a veto over 

 such matters. I do not think tlie Senate wants to go that far. The 

 amendment comes without public liearing and full consideration, 

 wliich we have not had the benefit of. 



While I liad discussed earlier this morninof with the distinguished 

 ProsidinjTf Officer that the Committee on Public Works have a chance 

 to hear this matter, I believe the Committee on Interior and Insular 

 Affaire and the Commitee on Commerce should have an opportunity 

 to "^o into the matter before it is ruled on. 



Therefore, Mr. President, I would have to oppose the amendment. 



Mr. Moss. Mr. President will the Senator yield ? 



Mr. Rollings. I yield. 



Mr. Moss. IMr. President, I would point out that the Committee on 

 Interior and Insular Affairs is very deeply concerned with this matter 

 and is making a study of it now. In fact, this very afternoon, starting 

 at 2 p.m., we are having public heari)igs dealing with deepwater 

 harbors and tankers. The matter is therefore in process. 



