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The Foundation supports the enactment of S. 1351. 



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

 to the submission of this report and that enactment of S. 1351 would be 

 consistent with the Administration's objectives. 

 Sincerely yours, 



H. GUYFOBD StEVEB, 



Director. 



Senator Hollings. Our first witness for today is the Honorable 

 Kussell Train, Chairman, President's Council on Environmental 

 Quality. 



We are glad to have you back before the committee. 



STATEMENT OF HON. RUSSELL E. TRAIN, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL ON 



ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 



Mr. Train. Thank you. 



I might say, since you mention the various bills, that my prepared 

 statement does not address any of these bills in specific terms. The 

 text of my statement is addressed to the general positions of the 

 United States and IMCO in connection with the upcoming convention 

 meeting tJiis fall. 



The administration strongly supports legislation implementing the 

 various international undertakings in this area and 1 want to introduce 

 my statement with an expression of general support for those specific 

 bills. 



i do appreciate the opportunity to discuss with your committee ef- 

 forts currently underway in the intergovernmental Maritime Consul- 

 tative Organization, IMCO, in the field of protection of the marine 

 environment. ^ 



Our objectives in IMCO are ambitious. We seek nothing less than 

 the development of a comprehensive system for protecting the marine 

 environment fifom all types of vessel discharges of all types of 

 pollutants. 



We are proceeding along two lines toward that end. 



First, we are preparing for IMCO's October Marine Pollution 

 Conference with the aim of concluding a basic new convention regulat- 

 ing vessel discharges which will, together with the Ocean Dumping 

 Convention concluded in London last November, establish stringent 

 controls on all types of vessel-source pollution. 



Second, we are working to build IMCO into a stronger organization, 

 to enable it to insure that vessel-source pollution controls are adapted, 

 revised, and supplemented over the years to come, in light of new 

 developments and knowledge concerning protection of the marine 

 environment. 



Senator Hollings. Dr. Train, are you aware of the Law of the Sea 

 Conference ? 



One of the difficulties we face in settling all the various facets of 

 the law of the sea, is establishing coastal jurisdiction limitations. 



As you work on the pollution end of this, are things coordinated, and 

 will we see a uniformity that will keep coastal States from taking 

 unilateral action on the law of the sea questions? 



Mr. Train. This is coordinated, Mr. Chairman. 



