COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 75, S. 192, S. 280, S. 281, S. 523, S. 573, S. 601, S. 679, S. 927, BILLS AMENDING THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION MARCH 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works Serial No. 92-H9 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 59-068 O WASHINGTON: 1971 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mex co KF26 P825 1971a JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director J. B. HUYETT, Jr., Assistant Chief Clerk and Assistant Staff Director BARRY MEYER, Counsel BAILEY GUARD, Minority Staff Director TOM C. JORLING, Minority Counsel Professional Staff Members: JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, RICHARD D. GRUNDY HAROLD H. BRAYMAN, JOHN YAGO, RICHARD W. WILSON, PHILIP T. CUMMINGS, JUDY PARENTE, and RICHARD HEROD SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR AND WATER POLLUTION EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia BIRCH BAYH, Indiana JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland (II) GL 12jy71 CONTENTS Muskie, Senator Edmund S., chairman, Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution, Senate Committee on Public Works: Opening statement---- Ruckelshaus, Hon. William D., Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; accompanied by David D. Dominick, Acting Commissioner, Water Quality Office, EPA, and Eugene T. Jensen, Assistant Commis- sioner for Operations, Water Quality Office__. Clayton, Hon. William, State Representative, Texas, and chairman, Task Curtis, Hon. Kenneth M., Governor of the State of Maine.. Kellogg, Hon. James C., executive assistant to Hon. William G. Milliken, Governor of Michigan; accompanied by L. Purdy, executive secretary, 390 Mondale, Hon. Walter F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota... Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Gibbs, Charles V., president and director, Association of Metropolitan Sewage Agencies, and executive director, Municipality of Metropolitan Kaiser, Charles B., Jr., secretary-treasurer and director, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, and general counsel, Metropolitan Krause, Keith, chairman of the legislative committee, Interstate Confer- ence on Water Problems, accompanied by Dean Conrad, Council of Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., a United States Senator from the State of Sosewitz, Ben, director, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, and acting general manager, Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Letter dated March 12, 1971, to Senator Randolph from Administrator Ruckelshaus, responding to request for agency views and comments on |