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We strongly support this legislation, which will provide the United States Gov- 

 ernment with the domestic legal authority necessary to complete its ratification 

 of the 1969 Intervention Convention. We believe that the enry of this Convention 

 into force is a vitally important step in enabling the United States and other 

 coastal nations to take the actions necessary to prevent or mitigate serious oil 

 pollution damage resulting from maritime casualties on the high seas. 



The Office of Management and Budget advises that there is no objection to 

 the submission of this report and that enactment of S. 1070 would be consistent 

 with the objectives of the Administration. 

 Sincerely, 



Marshall Wright, 

 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations. 



The General Counsel of the Treasury, 



Washington, D.C., June 6, 1973. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 

 U.S. Senate 

 Washington, B.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : Reference is made to your request for the views of this 

 Department on S. 1351, "To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and 

 Sanctuaries Act of 1972, and for other purposes." 



The bill would amend the above-mentioned Act to implement fully the Conven- 

 tion on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other 

 Matter. The major change would be to prohibit the loading of material by a 

 vessel or aircraft registered in the United States or flying the United States flag 

 where the purpose of the loading was for ultimate dumping and where the mate- 

 rial was loaded in the territory of any foreign State not a contracting party to 

 the Convention. 



As the policy considerations involved in regulating the dumping of material 

 in the oceans, coastal and other waters within the jurisdiction of the United 

 States do not relate to matters within the Treasury Department's jurisdiction, 

 we are expressing no views thereon and defer to those agencies directly concerned 

 with the subject. 



The Department has been advised by the Office of Management and Budget that 

 there is no objection from the standpoint of the Administration's program to the 

 submission of this report to your Committee and that enactment of S. 1351 would 

 be consistent with the Administration's objectives. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Edward C. Schmults, 



General Counsel. 



National Science Foundation, 

 Washington, B.C., June 12, 1973. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 

 U.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : This is in response to your letter of April 5, 1973, re- 

 questing the comments of the National Science Foundation on S. 1351. a bill 

 "to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, and 

 for other purposes." 



The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-532) 

 was generated by a report to the President by the Council on Environmental 

 Quality entitled "Ocean Dumping — a National Policy" in October 1970. Early 

 in the fi2nd Congress the Administration submitted proiKised legislation to imple- 

 ment the recommendations of that report, and P.L. 92-532 was subsequently 

 enacted. 



S. 1351, which was referred to in the President's 1973 State of the Union 

 Mesf^age on Natural Resources and Environment, would amend P.L. 92-532 so 

 that it will be in accord with and implement the provisions of the recently signed 

 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and 

 Other Matter which has been submitted by the President to the U.S. Senate 

 for its advice and consent. 



