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ooraphy for all his efforts to see that a sound coastal zone management 

 bill was brought before the Congress before the end of the session. 

 I think that we all recognize that after years of indiscriminate develop- 

 ment and exploitation of our coastal areas, the Congress must im- 

 mediately encourage each coastal State to develop a plan for orderly 

 use and development of our coastal resources, consistent with long- 

 range social, economic, and environmental goals. 



While many States are only now coming to realize the irreparable 

 .damage which has been done to their coastal ecosystems by uncon- 

 trolled and uninformed development, I am proud that Delaware was 

 one of the first States to take an inventory of their coastal and estuarine 

 resources and formulate viable and effective coastal zoning policy. 

 Delaware, with a coastline of only 120 miles, lies below a river valley 

 .containing over 7 million people and a concentration of major in- 

 dustrial firms. As a result of these pressures, the Delaware coast has 

 been subjected to the pressures of people looking for recreation, for 

 industries looking for places to expand. In addition, the shoreline is 

 constantly being threatened by the less obvious forces of industrial 

 and human waste from upstream. 



Fortunately, the coastal zone policy pioneered by Governor Peterson 

 and the State legislature has already begun to take effect and stem 

 haphazard growth of the past. Projects, which in years past would 

 have been approved without hesitation and which probably would have 

 caused irreparable despoliation of the local environment are now being 

 given careful long-range consideration. 



I am hopeful that other coastal States will be able to follow the 

 lead set by Governor Peterson and the State of Delaware. I am pleased 

 that the coastal zone bill now being considered by the Congress has set 

 rational useage of our precious shorelines as a national priority. I think 

 the provisions of the bill allow the maximum amount of incentives 

 by providing generous assistance while at the same time avoiding 

 undue Federal interference with the State's priorities. This will insure 

 that each coastal State will have a sound scientific basis upon which 

 to draw their plans, while at the same time having the flexibility to 

 determine their own State's priorities in shoreline use. 



I am hopeful that the coastal zoning concept will prove as successful 

 in other States as it has in Delaware, and I urge my colleagues to sup- 

 port this bill and encourage the type of f arsighted planning displayed 

 by my State. 



Mr. MosHER. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to 

 the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodlhstg). 



Mr. GooDLiNG. Mr. Chairman, I, too, want to associate myself with 

 the remarks of Mr. Mosher, the gentleman from Ohio, and Mr. Pelly, 

 the gentleman from Washington. 



Alton Lennon and I became friends when I first came to Congress. 



As a member of the subcommittee he chairs, I have alwa^ys found 

 him eminently fair, willing to listen to dissenting views, fair in all his 

 dealings. 



I join with my two colleagues who have stated he will not only be 

 missed by the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, but by the 

 entire House. 

 . I wish him well as he retires from the Congress. 



