IV. SENATE DEBATE AND PASSAGE OF S. 586, JULY 16, 1975 



The Presiding Officer (Mr. Bellmon). Under the previous order, 

 the Senate will now proceed to the consideration of S. 586, which the 

 clerk will state. 



The assistant legislative clerk read as follows : 



A bill (S. 586) to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 

 to authorize and assist the Coastal States to study, plan for, manage, 

 and control the impact of energy resource development and produc- 

 tion which affects the coastal zone, and for other purposes. 



The Presiding Officer. Without objection, the Senate will proceed 

 to its consideration. 



The Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported 

 from the Committee on Commerce with an amendment to strike out 

 all after the enacting clause and insert the following : 



TITLE I 

 SHORT TILE 



SiX!. 101. This title may be cited as the Coastal Zone Management Act Amend- 

 ments of 1975. 



General Provisions 



iSec. 102. The Ck)astal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

 1451 et seq.) . is amended as follows : 



(1) Section 302(b) of snch Act (16 U.S.C. 1451(b)) is amended by inserting 

 "ecological," immediately after "recreational.". 



(2) Section 304(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1453(a)) is amended by inserting 

 therein "islands," immediately after the words "and includes". 



(3) Section 304(e) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1453(e)) is amended by deleting 

 "and" after islands, after "uplands.". 



"(4) Section 304 of such Act (16 UJS.C. 1453) is amended by adding at the 

 end thereof the following new subsections : 



"(j) 'Energy facilities' means new facilities, or additions to existing facili- 

 ties 



'"(1) which are or will be directly used in the extraction, conversion, storage, 

 transfer, processing, or transporting of any energy resource ; or 



'"(2) which are or will be used primarily for the manufacture, production, or 

 assembly of equipment, machinery, products, or devices which are or will be 

 directly involved in any activity described in paragraph (1) of this subsection 

 and which will serve, impact, or otherwise affect a substantial geographical area 

 or substantial numbers of people. 



The term includes, but is not limited to. (A) electric generating plants; (B) 

 petroleum refineries and associated facilities; (C) gasification plants; liquefied 

 natural gas storage, transfer, or conversion facilities ; and uranium enrichment 

 or nuclear fuel pror-pssing facilities: (D) offshore oil and gas exploration, 

 development, and production facilities, including platforms, assembly plants, 

 storage depots, tank farms, crew and supply bases, refining complexes, and any 

 other installation or property that is necessary or appropriate for such explora- 

 tion, development or production; (E) facilities for offshore loading and marine 

 transfer of petroleum; and (F) transmission and pipeline facilities, including 

 terminals which are associated with any of the foregoing. 



"(k) "person" has the meaning prescribed in section 1 of title 1. United States 

 Code, except that the term also includes any State, local, or regional govern- 



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