our value standards are concerned. It would seem to be a great place 

 to be studying what are the effects of what is going on in the petro- 

 leum transportation field, 



WJiy lias nothing been done in Maine? 



Dr. EoYCE. I can't answer that, Senator. 



Senator Stp:vens. Do you have a laboratorv in Maine? 



Dr. RoYCE. We have had a laboratory at Booth Bay Harbor, which 

 we have been forced to close. 



Senator Stevens. When was that ? 



Dr. RoYCE. In the last few months. 



Senator Stevens. It is being closed ? 



Dr. RoYCE. It is being closed; yes, sir. We transferred several of 

 the studies from Booth Bay to Woods Hole, Mass., and we are closing 

 the laboratory at Booth Bay and turning over some of the functions 

 to the State of Maine. 



Senator Stemsns. Would you provide us w^ith a copy of your re- 

 quest for your operating level before it was cut by 0]MB ? This may 

 be getting you in trouble unless I specifically ask for that. I know 

 we are entitled to it. What was the operating level request for funds 

 in this area for the fiscal year 1974 ? 



I am certain that that doesn't come w^ithin the area of executive 

 privilege, so we will battle that out with 0MB if they won't let you 

 do it. 



Dr. Royce. That would be with respect to funds for pollution 

 studies ? 



Senator Ste^'ens. For the type of operations we are talking about. 

 What was the level of operations you sought at the NOAA level? 



I would like to know if you have done any studies as to where you 

 would like to institute studies ? 



What about South Carolina ? What about the Texas Gulf ? If there 

 is any place where we have had offshoi-e production of oil for a sus- 

 tained period with a tremendous fishery, it is the Texas Gulf, and 

 certainly there ought to have been some studies going on down there. 



Dr. HiKSii. If I can respond to that in two ways. Senator, there are 

 some studies going on in the Texas Gulf with respect to the effects 

 of offshore oil production. Those are being headed up by the Gulf 

 I'niversity Research Corp. I believe they are being funded by some 

 sort of consortium of the oil industry down there. 



Senator Stevens. Is there some way we could have a bibliography 

 prepared of the reports that have been presented anywhere to date ? 

 Louisiana, for instance, has a fantastic fishery and has had offshore 

 oil operations. 



I think we ought to start looking over this field as to what has 

 been done and to give you some help to make sure you have the funds 

 and the facilities to do what has to be done if we are going to double 

 every 5 years the number of tankers coming into this country. 



No matter what we do, they talk about the tankers from Alaska. 

 They are a drop in the bucket to what is going to happen nationally. 

 We are talking about 2 million barrels a day from Alaska, and we are 

 talldng about somewhere near 40 to 50 million barrels a day nationally. 



Dr. HiRSii. Senator, you may, I am sure recall that we are required 

 to report to the Congress annually under the 1972 legislation on this 



