SUBCOMMITTEE ON EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut, Chairman

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas
FRED R. HARRIS, Oklahoma
LEE METCALF, Montana
JAMES B. ALLEN, Alabama

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois

TED STEVENS, Alaska

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland

PAUL DANACEAU, Staff Director
ROBERT WAGER, General Counsel
JOHN R. GRAFF, Minority Consultant
ROBERT BIRD, Professional Staff Member
PAMELA GELL, Chief Clerk

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CONTENTS

Opening statement of Hon. Abraham Ribicoff...

WITNESSES

Hon. Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Mary-

land

Mrs. Eleanor Butler, representing Mayor Thomas Griffin of New London,

Conn..

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Dr. Robert De Santo, assistant professor of zoology at Connecticut College.

Mrs. Jane Clifford, housewife.

Peter Millaras, real estate and insurance broker.

Dr. William A. Niering--

Daniel T. Hedden, chief of environmental sciences for Northeast Utilities,

Wethersfield, Conn.; accompanied by Marcus R. McCraven, director of

environmental engineering for the United Illuminating Co., New

Haven and Bridgeport, Conn..

Lt. Comdr. Gary Crosby, U.S. Coast Guard, group commander of the New

London station__.

Hon. Thomas Meskill, a U.S. Congressman from the State of Connecticut_

John C. O'Brien, chairman of the Southeastern Connecticut Regiona

Planning Agency.

Dr. John Blake, technical director, ecology, based at the Raytheon Co.'s

Marine Research Laboratory, New London, Conn. ---

UNSCHEDULED WITNESSES

First Selectman Bullard, Guilford, Conn..

State Senator Gunther, Stratford, Conn.

Mrs. Sidney Van Zandt, president, Groton Open Space Association_.

Mrs. Bertrand Brown, League of Women Voters of Connecticut__.

State Senator John F. Pickett, Middletown, Conn..

Miss Phoenicia Candy, secretary, Federation of Beaches of Old Lyme_

Mrs. Conover, director, Connecticut River Watershed Council_.

Mrs. Ruth G. Bowers, Sierra Club, Connecticut group_.

Arthur Pope, trustee of Branford Land Conservation Trust

Irwin M. Waitsman, Gales Ferry, Conn

Irvine M. Schofield, Stratford, Conn..

Miss Karen Jacobson, New Orange, Conn_.

Mr. Fassullo, East Lyme, Conn.

Mrs. Margaret Brown, Old Lyme, Conn.........

John Shkor, Montville, Conn..

Stan Quickmire, National Audubon Society...

John Hibbard, secretary, Connecticut Forest & Park Association__

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EXHIBITS

1. Complete text of opening statement of Hon. Abraham Ribicoff

2. Speech on the floor of the Senate by Hon. Abraham Ribicoff, June 24,

1969, on S. 2472, and the text of the bill..

3. Statement of Hon. John Dempsey, Governor, State of Connecticut...

4. Position paper of the city of New London, Conn., relative to S. 2472

5. Statements, letters, telegram, and material submitted for the record

from:

Dr. John W. Blake, technical director, ecology, Ratheon Co_____

Ralph D. Cooksley, president, Thermaline Corp., Waterford,

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EXHIBITS-Continued

5. Statements, letters, telegram-Continued

J. Alfred Clark, first selectman, Ledyard, Conn..

James J. Gallager, chairman, southern New England section of

the Marine Technology Society..

Rita D. Kaunitz, Ph. D...

Robert B. Fiske, director, Save the Wetlands Committee..
Naval Underwater Systems Center, New London, Conn., July 2,
1970___.

F. Kelso Davis, first selectman, Essex, Conn., May 11, 1970.......
Albert L. Partridge, first selectman, Waterford, Conn., May 12,
1970----

Ralph E. Capecelatro, first selectman, Orange, Conn., May 14,
1970__.

Alexander F. Zarnowski, mayor, West Haven, Conn., May 18,
1970__

Edward J. Kozlowski, mayor, Milford, Conn., May 19, 1970.
Clarence B. Sharp, mayor, Groton, Conn., May 20, 1970-
Laurence I. Graham, first selectman, Wilton, Conn., May 25,
1970__

H. M. Bullard, Jr., first selectman, Guilford, Conn., May 26, 1970-
John V. Barrett, first selectman, North Branford, Conn., May 26,

1970_.

Edward W. Russell, first selectman, Weston, Conn., May 27,
1970__

William M. Adams, mayor, Hamden, Conn., May 27, 1970-
Howard Hopkins, first selectman, Madison, Conn., June 1, 1970--
James W. Tower, first selectman, Darien, Conn., June 1, 1970.
Joseph W. Venables, town manager, Stratford, Conn., June 2,
1970

E. R. Crawford, rear admiral, Acting Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Logistics) Washington, D.C., June 24, 1970.
John P. Keith, president, Regional Plan Association, June 29,
1970__

Frank Messina, Chairman, Regional Council of Elected Officials
of South Central Connecticut, New Haven, Conn., July 2, 1970.
Hugh McK. Jones, Guilford, Conn., July 3, 1970.
Evans K. Griffing, Shelter Island, N. Y., July 3, 1970-
Bartholomew F. Guida, mayor, New Haven, Conn., July 6, 1970.
James M. Spellman, first selectman, Stonington, Conn., July 7,
1970_

Monte S. Lee, director of planning, Groton, Conn., July 7, 1970
Roy N. Barnett, M.D., Chairman, Westport Conservation Com-
mission, Westport, Conn., July 8, 1970.

Harvey E. Hauptner, Flushing, N. Y., July 9, 1970.
Frederick F. Meyer, Smithtown, N. Y., August 19, 1970.

6. Letter from Ruth G. Bowers to Senator Ribicoff, July 6, 1970.
7. Letter from J. Stanley Quickmire, Jr., to Senator Ribicoff, Harwinton,
Conn., July 7, 1970..

8. Statement on S. 2472, submitted by John E. Hibbard, secretary-
forester, Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Inc.

9. Letter from John I. Kirychuk to Senator Mathias, July 2, 1970...
10. Research paper P-432 entitled "Oil Pollution in the Sea: Problems for
Future Work," by Fredrik Zachariasen, June 1968, submitted for the
record by Senator Mathias_

11. An article "Nuclear Power and the Environment," by W. S. Lee, vice
president, engineering, Duke Power Co., June 22, 1970-

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