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Department of State, 

 Washington, D.G., May 31, 1973. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 

 U.S. Senate. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : The Secretary has asked that I reply to your letter of 

 March 26 requesting the comments of the Department of State on S. 1067, a bill 

 "To amend the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as amended, to implement 

 the 1969 and the 1971 amendments to the International Convention for the Pre- 

 vention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended; and for other 

 purposes." 



S. 1067 is motivated by three sets of amendments to the 1954 Convention : the 

 amendments with respect to oily discharge adopted by the Assembly of the 

 Inter-Governmental Consultative Organization (IMCO) on October 21, 1969; 

 the amendments for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef adopted by the 

 IMCO Assembly on Octol)er 12, 1971 ; and the amendments concerning tank ar- 

 rangements and limitation of tank size adopted by the IMCO Assembly on Oc- 

 tol)er 15, 1971. The Senate has consented to the first of these amendments, and 

 has the other two before it for advice and consent. The Department of State be- 

 lieves that ratification of the three sets of amendments would be in the interest 

 of the United States. It accordingly supports the adoption of S. 1067, by which 

 they would be implemented. 



Adoption of this legislation would not result in any significant costs to the 

 Department of State. 



The Office of Management and Budget advises that from the standpoint of the 

 Administration's program there is no obpection to the submission of this report 

 and that enactment of S. 1067 would be consistent with the Administration's 

 objectives. 



Sincerely, 



Marshall Wright, 

 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations. 



National Science Foundation, 

 Washington, D.C., August 20, 1973. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 

 U.S. Senate, M'ashington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : This is in response to your letter of March 26, 1973, 

 requesting the comments of the National Science Foundation on S. 1067, the Oil 

 Pollution Act Amendments of 1973 and S. 1070, the Intervention on the High 

 Seas Act. 



S. 1067 would amend existing domestic legislation to implement and conform 

 to the 1969 and 1971 amendments to the National Convention for the Prevention 

 of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil. S. 1070 would provide legislation implement- 

 ing the National Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases 

 of Oil Pollution Casualties. 



Since the Foundation has no direct responsibilities under the legislation, it de- 

 fers to the views of the Department of State, the Environmental Protection Agen- 

 cy, and other agencies directly affected by the bills. 



The Office of Management and Budget has advised us that there is no ob- 

 jection to the submission of this report from the viewpoint of the Administra- 

 tion's program. 



Sincerely yours, 



R. L. Bisplinghoff 

 For H. Guyford Stever, 



Director. 



Department of State, 

 Washington, D.C, June 11, 1973. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 

 U.S. Senate 



Dear Mr. Chairman : The Secretary has asked me to reply to your letter of 

 March 26, requesting the views of this Department on S. 1070, a bill to imple- 

 ment the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in 

 Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969. 



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