Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972

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SECTION 404 OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION

CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1972

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

76-161 O

JULY 27 AND 28, 1976

SERIAL NO. 94-H49

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1976

M. BARRY MEYER, Chief Counsel and Chief Clerk
BAILEY GUARD, Minority Staff Director

LEON G. BILLINGS and RICHARD D. GRUNDY, Senior Professional Staff Members
JOHN W. YAGO, Jr., Assistant Chief Clerk; PHILIP T. CUMMINGS, Assistant Chief Counsel
HAROLD H. BRAYMAN, Senior Professional Staff Member (Minority)

Professional and research staff: KARL R. BRAITHWAITE, JAMES W. CASE (Assistant Counsel), PAUL CHIMES,
TRENTON CROW, KATHERINE Y. CUDLIPP, PAUL F. EBELTOFT, Jr., GEORGE F. FENTON, Jr., RAN-
DOLPH G. FLOOD, KATHALEEN R. E. FORCUM, JOHN D. FRESHMAN, ANN GARRABRANT, RICHARD T.
GREER, RICHARD M. HARRIS (Assistant Counsel), WESLEY F. HAYDEN, RICHARD E. HEROD (Assistant
Counsel, Minority), VERONICA A. HOLLAND, RONALD L. KATZ, JUDY F. PARENTE, JOHN B. PURINTON, Jr.,
JAMES D. RANGE, W. LEE RAWLS, CHARLENE A. STURBITTS, E. STEVENS SWAIN, Jr., SALLY W. WALKER,
and HAVEN WHITESIDE

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CONTENTS

OPENING STATEMENTS

Hart, Hon. Gary, U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado

Muskie, Hon., Edmund S., U.S. Senator from the State of Maine..

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia_

LIST OF WITNESSES

JULY 27, 1976 (p. 1)

- Dole, Hon. Bob U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas.

Reed, Nathaniel P., Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and

Wildlife and Parks.

Taft, Peter R., Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources