to work on." And in a similar vein, relating to the mounting bureaucratic 

 red tape, an eminent professor of biology at Yale was recently quoted as 

 saying that paperwork "wouldn't have to go much farther and I'd say it 

 wasn't worth it." 



No one will argue against the need for reasonable regulation at 

 federal, state, or municipal levels; but overdone, it more than defeats 

 its purpose -it strangles. This applies to environmental affairs just as 

 much as it does in the examples cited above. 



This New Haven Harbor Summary Report can thus be viewed in a dual 

 capacity . It has accomplished its aims of evaluating possible impacts 

 and describing the local ecology with a high level of scientific pro- 

 ficiency and integrity. It is also an instrument that may be used by 

 example to bring about tractable regulation that will allow us to get on 

 more effectively with the necessary and vital conduct of our energy affairs 

 without unreasonable disruption of the environment. 



Daniel Merriman 

 8 March 1979 



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