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Coming from a State which hopes to be filling some of these super- 

 tankers to send American oil to foreign markets, we want to make 

 certain that the desires of the Senator from Delaware are fulfilled, and 

 that there is absolute safety in any one of these terminals offshore. 

 We would be the first to lose if someone made a mistake and did not 

 require absolutel_y safety in those facilities. I assure the Senator I will 

 work with him to make certain the role of the State in supervising this 

 construction and eliminating any hazards or esthetic barriers to the 

 development that will be needed is taken care of, 



Mr. BoGGS. Mr. President, I especially thank my good friend, the 

 Senator from Alaska. I know and value his interest in these matters 

 and I appreciate the remarks that he just made. It is reassuring 

 to the people of our State and to all concerned. 



While I am on my feet I take this opportunity to compliment my 

 good friend, the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee and the 

 manager of the bill, Mr. Hollings, the Senator from Alaska, Mr. 

 Stevens, and other members of the committee for the fine job they 

 have done in the past several months in studying and bringing forth 

 this legislation. They have done a fine job and they and the fine 

 members of the staff are to be congratulated. 



Mr. Stevens. Mr. President, I call up my amendment, which is 

 at the desk. 



The Presiding Officer. The amendment will be stated. 



The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: 



On page 10 between lines 6 and 7 and on page 15, between lines 12 and 13, 

 insert the following : 



(i) The Secretary is authorized to make management program development o'' 

 administrative grants to a political subdivision of a State with areawide powers, 

 if the Secretary finds that the State has not developed a management program 

 required by section 306 of this title, provided that if the State completes such 

 a program the authority of this subsection shall terminate with regard to any 

 political subdivision of such State. 



Mr. Stevens. Mr. President. I did not make the usual reauest to 

 stop the reading of the amendment, because it is short and addresses 

 a point that was raised bv the chairman of the larsrest political sub- 

 divison of mv State, which is the Greater Anchorage Borough, which 

 completed a plan that would set up this proorram. The State has not 

 done so. 



In an area such as ours, with a coastline equal to more than half of 

 that of the continental United States, it will take time, and this will 

 assure the political subdivision of my State, which prepared such a 

 plan, that they could receive financial assistance from the Secretary 

 until the State completes its plan. I have discussed this matter with 

 the distinguished chairman of the committee and he has stated he 

 will be able to accept the amendment so that the Greater Anchorage 

 Borough plan may proceed under this act. 



Mr. Rollings. Mr. President, I join with the Senator from Alaska 

 on this amendment. The committee is glad to accept this particular 

 amendment because it strengthens tlie bill and fills the gap pointed out 

 by the Senator from Alaska, where we just do not want to move for- 

 ward with development, and we do not want to tie our hands so that 

 progress cannot be made, particularly for an important State like 

 Alaska, which has the biggest coastal area and is more directly con- 

 cerned than any of the several States. 



