American Medical Association, letter, February 22, 1965- American Paper Institute, exhibit A, re changes in Federal water American Public Health Association, statement.. American Petroleum Institute and Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Asso- 349 383 Bituminous coal industry, submitted statement and three articles. Brown, Edmund G., Governor of California, submitted statement_ Citizens Committee on Natural Resources, statement, by Dr. Spencer Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service, Interpretative statement on the President's memorandum and Georgia Water Quality Control Board, Atlanta, Ga., letter, February Letter, February 18, 1965, from Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary... State legislation providing financial aid for sewage treatment Ingraham, Dr. Hollis S., commissioner of health of the State of New Izaak Walton League of America, statement by Robert T. Dennis___ League of Women Voters, Washington, D.C., submitted statement__ Linton, W. T., of the Association of State Interstate Water Pollution Mangun, Dr. Clarke W., Jr., regional health director, regional office, 326 McCarthy, Hon. Richard D., a Representative in Congress from the Cleveland Hill Schools, Cheektowaga, N. Y., letter, February 9, 365 368 365 Town Board of Evans, letter, February 17, 1965, from William 366 Trask, J. Spencer, letter, February 23, 1965.. 367 Additional information-Continued National Society of Professional Engineers, letter, February 17, 1965, National Wildlife Federation, statement by Louis S. Clapper.. Nichol, Marion A., chairman, Water Resources Committee, Williams- 159 387 258 North Carolina Department of Water Resources, letter, January 14, 348 Peeples, Dr. William J., commissioner, Department of Health of 390 Romney, Gov. George, of the State of Michigan, letter, February 19, 345 Sanders, Carl E., Governor of Georgia, submitted statement.. 347 174 Water Improvement Commission, State of Alabama, letter, February 12, 1965, and statement of Claude D. Kelley, vice chairman_ Water Pollution Control Federation, Washington, D.C., letter, Wildlife Management Institute, statement by C. R. Gutermuth.. 163 263 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., letter, February 17, 1965, from 359 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10: 10 a.m., in room 1302, We meet in public session for the consideration of bills pertaining to the control of water pollution amending the Federal Water Pollu- The hearings will be on H.R. 3988, by Mr. Blatnik, of Minnesota; the companion bill, H.R. 4627, by Mr. Fallon, chairman of the Public The Chair will ask and the staff will see that the reporter has and at this point will insert a listing of the several related bills, and the (The list of bills follows:) WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LEGISLATION, JANUARY 4 THROUGH FEBRUARY 24, 1965 Federal installations, Air and Water Pollution Control: H.R. 982, Mr. Dingell. Federal installations-San Luis Valley, Calif., interceptor (identical to S. 649 committee amendment): H.R. 31, Mr. Baldwin H.R. 32, Mr. Edwards of H.R. 33, Mr. Leggett H.R. 36, Mr. Don H. Clausen H.R. 5144, Mr. Miller Mine sealing-Acid Mine Drainage: H.R. 896, Mr. Saylor. H.R. 5300, Mr. Johnson of California H.R. 5301, Mr. McFall H.R. 5316, Mr. Sisk H.R. 5371, Mr. Cohelan H.R. 5417, Mr. Moss Mr. BLATNIK. It was just a year ago today, February 18, that this committee, the full committee, was in its 11th day of a series of 12 days of hearings on similar water pollution control legislation. The bill had been passed at that time in the Senate by an overwhelming vote; it received the approval of the full committee, and then got bogged down in the hectic closing days of the long session last year. The hearings, which are available, amount to over 900 pages. The Chair hopes that with the many, many requests of witnesses to be heard, bona fide requests, that we boil down the testimony as much as possible to those aspects or features that are of particular concern, either in favor or opposed or which you feel ought to be modified some way or another. The whole general story of the need for water pollution control, the degree and the character and the nature of the problem, the accomplishment or the status of programs to date, are asked to be submitted in writing, and included of course in the report, so that we do not re-cover testimony now already well known to the committee and presently available in a formal document of this committee. Mr. BLATNIK. I have a brief statement I will ask to be inserted at this point. (The statement follows:) OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN A. BLATNIK The Committee on Public Works will come to order. We meet this morning to open hearings on H.R. 3988, S. 4, and related bills to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. We take up our consideration of these bills at a time of widening interest in the need to stop the outpouring of pollution into our streams and lakes, to save clean waters from destruction, and to raise the quality of waters already profaned. President Johnson, in his state of the Union message, described the threefold task before the Nation: A growing economy, opportunity for all, and the enrichment of the life of all Americans. It was in discussing the third goal that he spoke of the beauty of America that "has sustained our spirit and enlarged our vision." To protect this heritage he proposed, among other actions, that legal power be granted to prevent pollution before it happens, that we step up our effort to control harmful wastes, giving first priority to the cleanup of our most contaminated rivers, that we increase research to learn more about control of pollution. The President enlarged on that theme in his message on natural beauty, which proclaimed the right of our people to live in decent surroundings. He spoke of the manifestations of pollution, the price we pay for it. He stated the stark fact that every major river system in the country is now pol |