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"(i-^) Associate Adininistrator for Coastal Zone Manage- 

 ment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.", 

 (c) The Secretary may., to carry out the provisions of the amend- 

 ments made by this Act., establish.^ and fix the compensation for. four 

 neiv positions icithout regard to the provision of chapter 51 of title J, 

 United States Code, at rates not in excess of the mcucijuuni rate for 

 GS-18 of the General Schedule under section .5332 of sucJi title. Any 

 such appointment may. at the discretion of the Secretary, be made 

 ivithout regard to the provisions of such title 5 governing appoint- 

 ments in the competitive service. 



SEC. 16. SHELLFISH SANITATION REGULATIONS. 



{a) The Secretary of Commerce shall — 



(1) undertake a comprehensive review of all aspects of the 

 TnoUuscan shellfish industry, including, but not limited to. the 

 harvesting., processing, and transpoi^tatioji of such shellp'sh: and 



(2) evaluate the impact of Federal law concerning water (puil- 

 ity on the molluscan shellfish industry. 



The Secretary of Commerce shall, not later than April 30. 1077. sub- 

 mit a report to the Congress of the fnelings. comments, and recom- 

 mendations {if any) rrhich result from such review and evaluot/on. 

 (b) The Secretary of Health., Education., and Welfare shall not pro- 

 mulgate final regulations conceiming the national shdlfsh safety pro- 

 gram before June 30^ 1977. At least GO days prior to the promulgation 

 of any such regulations, the Secretary of Health. Education, and ^y el- 

 fare, in consultation luith the Secretary of Commerce, shall publish 

 an analysis (1) of the economic impact of such regulations on the 

 dofnestic shellfish industry., and {2) the cost of such national shellfish 

 safety program relative to the benefits that it is expected to achieve. 

 And the House ajrree to the same. 



That the Senate recede from its disafrroement to tlie amendment 

 of the House to tlie title of the Senate bill and ao^ree to the same with 

 an amendment as follows : 



In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of 

 the House to the title of the Senate bill, insei-t the following^: ''An Act 

 to improve coastal zone manag^ement in the Ignited States, and for 

 other purposes.''. 



And the House agree to the same. 



Leonor K. Sullivan, 

 Thomas X. Downing, 

 Paul G. Rogers, 

 John M. Murphy, 

 Pierre S. du Pont, 

 David C. Treen, 

 Managers on the Part of the House. 



AVarren G. Magni'son, 

 Ernest F. Holt>ings, 

 John V. Tunney. 

 Ted Stevens, 

 Lowell P. WEirKER, Jr., 

 Managers on the Part of the Senate. 



