Nevada Edward F. Crippen, State Health Officer, Dept. of Health, Welfare & Rehab., Nye Bldg., 201 South Fall Street, Carson City, Nevada 89701. (702) 882-7458. Attn: E. G. Gregory, Chief, Bureau of Envir. Health. New Hampshire William A. Healy, Exec. Director, Water Supply & Pollution Control Commission, 61 South Spring Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301. (603) 225–6611. New Jersey Richard J. Sullivan, Director, Division of Air & Clean Water, State Department of Health, P.O. Box 1540, Trenton, New Jersey 08625. (609) 292-5383. New Mexico John G. Jasper, Chairman, New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, New Mexico Health & Social Service Dept., P.O. Box 2348, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. (505) 827-2473. Attn: John R. Wright, Chief, Water & Liquid Waste Section. New York Dwight F. Metzler, Deputy Comm., State Department of Health, 84 Holland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208. (518) 474-2040. Attn: John C. Haberer, Assistant Comm., Div. of Pure Waters. North Carolina Earle C. Hubbard, Assist. Director, Dept. of Water & Air Resources, P.O. Box 9392, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603. (919) 829-3006. North Dakota Dr. James R. Amos, State Health Officer, State Department of Health, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501. (701) 223-8000. Attn: W. Van Heuvelen, Chief, Environmental Health & Engineering Services. Ohio Dr. E. W. Arnold, Chairman, Water Pollution Control Board, State Department of Health, P. O. Box 118, Columbus, Ohio 43216. (614) 469-2253. Oklahoma Lloyd F. Pummill, Chief, Environmental Health Services, State Department of Health, 3400 North Eastern, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111. (405) 427-6561. Oregon Kenneth H. Spies, Secretary and Chief Engineer, Oregon State Sanitary Authority, P.O. Box 231, Portland, Oregon 92707. (503) 226-2161. Pennsylvania Walter A. Lyon, Director, Bureau of Sanitary Engineering, State Department of Health, P.O. Box 90, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120. (717) 787-2666. Puerto Rico Dr. Manuel A. Torres-Aquiar, Secretary of Health, Puerto Rico Dept. of Health, Ponce de Leon Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908. (809) 722-2050. Rhode Island Dr. Joseph E. Cannon, Director of Health, Rhode Island Dept. of Health, 335 State Office Building, Providence, Rhode Island 02903. (401) 521-7100. Attn: Carleton A. Maine, Chief, Division of Water Pollution Control. South Carolina W. T. Linton, Executive Director, S. C. Water Pollution Control Authority, J. Marion Simms Building, Columbia, South Carolina 29201. (803) 758-5631. South Dakota Dr. G. J. Van Heuvelen, State Health Officer, State Department of Health, Pierre, South Dakota 57501. (605) 224-5911. Attn: Charles E. Carl, Director, Div. of Sanitary Engineering. (605) 224-3351. Tennessee S. Leary Jones, Director, Tennessee Stream Pollution Control Board, Cordell Hull Building, Room 621, Sixth Avenue, North, Nashville, Tennessee 37219. (615) 741-2275. Teras Hugh C. Yantis, Executive Director, Texas Water Quality Board, 1108 Lavaca Street, Austin, Texas 78701. (512) GR 5-2651. Utah Lynn M. Thatcher, Exec. Secretary, Water Poll. Control Comm., Div. of Health, Dept. of Health and Welfare, 44 Medical Drive, Salt Lake, City, Utah 84113. (801) 328-6121. Vermont Reinhold W. Thieme, Commissioner, Department of Water Resources, State Office Building, Montpelier, Vermont 05602. (802) 223-2311. Virginia A. H. Paessler, Executive Secretary, State Water Control Board, P.O. Box 11143, Richmond, Virginia 23230. (703) 770-2241. Virgin Islands Dr. Roy A. Anduze, Commissioner of Health, Virgin Islands Dept. of Health, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802. (809) 774-1321. Washington James P. Behlke, Director, Washington Water Poll. Control Comm., P.O. Box 829, Olympia, Washington 98501. (206) 753-6877. West Virginia Edgar Henry, Chief, Division of Water Resources, Department of Natural Resources, 1201 Grenbrier Street, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25311. (304) 345-2167. Wisconsin Thomas Frangos, Administrator, Division of Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources, P. O. Box 450, Madison, Wisconsin 53701. (608) 2662747. Wyoming Lawrence M. Cohen, M.D., Director of Public Health, State Office Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001. (307) 777-7513. Attn: Arthur E. Williamson, Director, Div. of Sanitary Engineering. ADDRESSES: STATE OF CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL BOARDS North Coastal Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 1), P. O. Box 1436, Santa Rosa, California 95403. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 2), 364 14th Street, Oakland, California 94612. Central Coastal Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 3), 1108 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93401. Los Angeles Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 4), 205 S. Broadway, Suite 408, Los Angeles, California 90012. Central Valley Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 5), 2424 16th Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Lahontan Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 6), 407 West Line Street, Bishop, California 93514. Colorado River Basin Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 7), 82-380 Miles Avenue, Indio, California 92202. Santa Ana Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 8), 303 Loring Bldg., 3691 Main Street, Riverside, California 92501. San Diego Regional Water Pollution Control Board (No. 9), 1350 Front Street, Room 2050, San Diego, California 92101. State Water Pollution Control Board, Room 1140, Resources Bldg., 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Senator BOGGS. The committee will stand in recess until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. (Whereupon, at 1 p.m. the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene at 10 a.m., Monday, March 3, 1969.) WATER POLLUTION-1969 MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1969 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR AND WATER POLLUTION Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:10 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 4200, New Senate Office Building, Senator Edmund S. Muskie (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Muskie, Spong, Eagleton, Cooper, Boggs, Dole, and Baker. Also present: Richard B. Royce, chief clerk and staff director; M. Barry Meyer, counsel; Bailey Guard, assistant chief clerk (minority); Leon G. Billings and Richard D. Grundy, professional staff members. Senator MUSKIE. Today the subcommittee moves away from oil pollution temporarily to discuss another important aspect of the pending legislation. The Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, have broad authority to license and permit activities which affect the quality of the Nation's waters. Thermal pollution, deposits of dredge spoil and discharge of numerous types of industrial wastes into the waters of the United States in violation of national water policy ought not to be licensed or permitted by the Federal Government. The existence of a Federal license or permit cannot and should not be considered a license to pollute. Such a position would be wholly contrary to national water quality policy which directs the Federal Government to assume a leadership role in the fight against pollution. New plants and plant additions should not be planned, constructed or operated without regard to pollution control requirements. While the Nation must continue to abate pollution from existing facilities, new plants should be designed to prevent pollution and comply with standards and, in fact, new plant sites should be selected only after careful consideration of potential environmental impact. When those new plants require Federal authority to proceed, compliance with water quality standards should precede Federal authorization. Section 14(b) of S. 7 is designed to accomplish this purpose and today's witnesses should be helpful in determining how successful this approach would be. We welcome our first witness this morning, the distinguished Senator from the State of Massachusetts, the Honorable Edward M. Kentor from the State of Massachusetts, the Honorable Edward M. Ken (1037) STATEMENT BY HON. EDWARD M. KENNEDY, U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate very much this opportunity to present testimony to the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution on S. 7, the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1969. In the last several years a great deal of progress has been made in the effort to clean up and develop our Nation's coastal waters, rivers, lakes, and other water resources. The stimulus for this effort, to a large degree, has been Federal initiatives and incentives to encourage cooperation at all levels of government. The response and contribution by States and local communities have been equally as important. With the passage of the Water Quality Act of 1965 and the Clean Waters Restoration Act of 1966, Congress indicated its commitment to halting pollution and cleaning up our water. Both Houses recognized the need for further action last year in approving versions of S. 3206, which unfortunately failed to pass at the last moment when the House and Senate did not have time to agree on their differences. To meet our earlier commitment, legislation this year in the form of S. 7 is urgently needed. I would like to add, Mr. Chairman, that this committee and you yourself deserve tremendous credit for focusing attention on the problems of water pollution and for developing solutions at the Federal level. Your continued interest and concern is demonstrated once again by your early consideration of the legislation now before us-S. 7— a measure which along with its predecessors I am proud to have cosponsored. I will address myself briefly to three of the major aspects of S. 7. Section 11 sets up standards and controls to cover the discharge of waste from ships and other vessels. Section 12 contains provisions for the control of oil discharges and reimbursement for damages caused by such oil pollution on our waters. And section 14 promotes cooperation by all Federal agencies in the control of pollution and effective application of existing standards. Sewage discharge from vessels is a steady and unnecessary pollutant. We have recognized, by restrictions on municipalities and industries, the serious nature of waste dumped into our waters, and coverage of similar waste from vessels is a logical and reasonable extension. It makes no sense to attack the waste disposal problem only part way. S. 7 offers a workable approach to covering all sources of sewage. Too many disasters have occured in recent years to allow any complacency about the threat and the disasterous consequences of oil spills. The breakup of the Torrey Canyon off the coast of Britain and the recent blowout of an oil well off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., have most vividly brought these problems to the public's attention and highlighted the harm to beaches, wildlife, and private and commercial marine operations. But lesser disasters have also been occurring with increasing frequency-underscoring the problem of oil pollution both from vessels and from offshore facilities. Oil spills are a constant threat to my own State of Massachusetts, with its shoreline open to the heavy tanker traffic along the northeast |