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vision under this bill where there would not be otherwise required an 

 environmental impact statement. 



The Senator from Washington just stated, as I understand it, that 

 he would agree with me, that moneys would be paid under an auto- 

 matic grant provision which, in fact, would be used to repay bonds 

 issued for projects commenced years before or for impacts that had 

 been financed years before, that there would be no necessity for an 

 additional environmental impact statement by the making of the 

 grant at that time. 



If I understand the Senator from Washington that that is not a 

 major Federal action, we do not need this provision. We were fearful 

 there would not be this interpretation. 



Mr. Jackson. I would agree with that. 



I hope we can have a vote and the chairman of the committee vv^ould 

 agree. 



Mr. Rollings. Mr. President, I want to agree to this amendment, if 

 I can get my distinguished friend from Alaska. Mr. Stevens, to agree 

 as well. 



What we passed as the Coastal Zone Management Act back in 1972, 

 was after about 3 years of endeavor. 



It passed through the support of the Council of State Governments, 

 the National Governors' Conference, the Association of Counties, the 

 Coastal States Organization, and everyone else, to work for environ- 

 mental, social, economic impact and management as well as otlier im- 

 pacts within the coastal areas and the Great Lakes of the United States 

 of America. 



Specifically, they said that by the year 2000 we are going to have 80 

 percent of the population, 80 percent of the industrial work force is 

 there now, but by the year 2000 we will have over 225 million Ameri- 

 cans living in this area. These impacts are what they wanted assessed 

 and planned for. 



A\niere was the recreation going; where was the urbanization going; 

 wliere were the facilities for water-consuming industries, and where 

 were the power facilities to be located ? 



We estimated at that particular time that there would be 80 nuclear 

 powerplants that would have to be built within a 25-year period. 



Incidentally, this has been updated upwards to an estimation of 176 

 facilities that will have to be built between now and 1985, in order to 

 take care of the energy crisis. 



But back to the fundamental concept of coastal zone management, 

 tlie distinguished Senator from Alaska is dead on target; tliat before 

 the Federal Government will approve a coastal zone management plan 

 of a Sta.te, it must submit an environmental impact statement. 



Thereafter, any variations from tli is plan by any particular facility 

 siting would require an additional NEPA statement. What the Senator 

 from Alaska was getting at is that every local water facility or sewage 

 line that would be planed would have to come all the way to Washing- 

 ton for approval. 



I happen to know because I live in an area where we nre trying to 

 build a bridge, and we liave to get the Coast Guard to go aloncr, the 

 Corps of Engineers to go along, EPA to go along, and the Council of 

 Environmental Quality, and everj'body else to agree, just to build a 

 bridsre. 



