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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. GRUNDI HAROLD H. BRAYMAN, JOHN YAGO, RICHARD W. WILSON, PHILIP T. CUMMINGS, JUDY PARENTE, RICHARD HEROD, and CLARK NORTON

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
JOHN V. TUNNEY, California
LLOYD BENTSEN, Texas

J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware

JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee
ROBERT J. DOLE, Kansas
J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
JAMES L. BUCKLEY, New York

CONTENTS

Taylor, George H. R., economist, research department, American Federa-
tion of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, accompanied by
Kenneth Peterson, department of legislation, AFL-CIÓ..

655

Chisholm, William H., American Paper Institute; accompanied by Matthew
Gould, corporate director, Environmental Control, the Georgia-Pacific
Corp.; and Frank A. F. Severance, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller...
Hall, Richard, staff attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council..
Prepared statement..

Rill, James, attorney-at-law, Collier Shannon, Rill & Edwards_

Prepared statement....

Venema, M. P., chairman, Environmental Quality Committee, National

Association of Manufacturers; accompanied by Dr. J. W. Haun, vice

president and director of engineering, General Mills, Inc.; and Daniel W.

Cannon, director of environmental affairs, NAM..

Zwick, David R., student, Harvard Law School_

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713

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1971

Gammelgard, P. N., American Petroleum Institute; accompanied by Paul
Bermingham, Committee on Law, American Petroleum Institute..
Hart, Hon. Philip A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Michigan..
MacDonald, Reynold C., chairman, Task Force on the Environment,
American Iron & Steel Institute; accompanied by D. J. Carney, vice
president, Applied Research, United States Steel Corp., Fred E. Tucker,
vice president, Environmental Control, National Steel Corp., and Max
N. Edwards, counsel..

Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin..
Prepared statement...

Sercu, Charles L., chairman, Water Resources Committee, Manufacturing
Chemists Association, accompanied by David B. Sebree, attorney- - - -

APPENDIXES TO DAILY PROCEEDINGS
APPENDIX-MARCH 18

American Water Works Association: News release, March 18, 1971-
"Charges Press Misled on Facts about Water".

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APPENDIX-MARCH 22

National Association of Manufacturers: Official policy position...
American Paper Institute: Supplementary statement..

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752

APPENDIX-MARCH 23

Letters: Chairman Muskie/William R. MacDougall, executive director,
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations..
Statement of Advisory Commission re S. 1015__

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859

Letters: Chairman Muskie/Clifford C. Sommer, president, American
Bankers Association _ _

860

Letter dated May 20, 1971, to Chairman Muskie from Hon. Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Governor of New York.

862

Letter dated March 16, 1971, to Chairman Muskie cosigned by Senator
William B. Saxbe and Senator Robert Taft, Jr., re S. 601-

862

Testimony supporting S. 601 supplied by L. Bennett Coy, general manager, Miami (Ohio) Conservancy District__.

863

Letter dated June 2, 1971, to Senator Eagleton from Cyril V. Smith, Jr.,
Covington and Burling, re Fogarty testimony.

869

870

Corcoran, Thomas G.: Letter dated May 6, 1971, to Senator Eagleton
responding to questions asked by Senator Eagleton subsequent to hear-
ing..

The Economic Consequences of the Exclusion of Bank Competition
from the Underwriting of Revenue Bonds, study prepared by
Reuben A. Kessel and presented to Senate Banking and Currency
Committee, August 30, 1967_.
Interest Cost Effects of Commercial Bank Underwriting of Municipal
Revenue Bonds, from Federal Reserve Bulletin, August 1967----
Commercial Bank Entry Into Revenue Bond Underwriting: An
Appraisal of the Public Benefits of S. 1306, report of the Comptroller
of the Currency, August 11, 1967.

APPENDIX-MARCH 24

Manufacturing Chemists Association: Letter dated April 30, 1971, to
Chairman Muskie from W. J. Driver, president, Manufacturing Chemists
Association.

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885

901

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Investment Bankers Association: Correspondence between Senator
Eagleton and John F. Fogardy.

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Supreme Court Decision: Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp., et al.;
decided March 23, 1971_.
American Petroleum Institute:

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1094

Report on Air and Water Conservation Expenditures of the Petroleum
Industry in the United States, 1966-70----

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Clapper, Louis S.:

Statement presented at hearing of Subcommittee on the Environment, Senate Commerce Committee, February 19, 1971, re Refuse Act of 1899_..

Committee for Study of Revenue Bond Financing:

Letter dated February 13, 1970, to Senator Bayh from William A.
Geoghegan, counsel, Committee for Study of Revenue Bond
Financing.. -

Enclosure: "Loophole in Housing and Urban Development Act,"
extracted from Congressional Record, Friday, October 11,
1968..

Statement on Proxmire amendment_-_

Eagleton, Hon. Thomas F.:

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"Our Vanishing Water Supply", by Senator Jennings Randolph, from Pathway, March 1971--

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Hart, Hon. Philip A.:

"Mine Wastes Peril Superior, Last of Clean Lakes", by Saul Friedman: Article from Detroit Free Press, March 14, 1971

Letter dated March 1, 1971, to Hon. Russell E. Train, chairman,
on environmental quality, re Refuse Act hearings, held February
18 and 19 by Subcommittee on the Environment, Senate Commerce
Committee..

Letter dated February 26, 1971, to Hon. William D. Ruckelshaus from
Representative Henry S. Reuss, chairman, Conservation and
Natural Resources Subcommittee, House Committee on Govern-
ment Operations---

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1024

1026

Letter dated February 26, 1971, to Hon. Russell E. Train, from Representative Reuss re Senate Environment Subcommittee hearings of February 18 and 19...

1028

Investment Bankers Association of America:

Letter dated April 15, 1971, to Chairman Muskie from John Petersen with enclosure____

809

Department of Treasury memorandum: "Response to major
criticisms of EFA in IBA testimony of May 28, 1970".
Comments of IBA on Treasury memo...

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812

Attachment: "Technical and Administrative Problems With the
Environmental Financing Authority".--

822

Appendix A. Table-Statutory interest rate ceilings on State and
local taxes..

836

Appendix B. Remarks by Murray Weidenbaum before the
Municipal Finance Forum, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oc-
tober 6, 1970___.

837

Table: Selected interest rates for municipal securities and U.S.
Government agency issues....

841

Selective remarks by Henry Wallich regarding Federal credit
programs.

842

Remarks by former Secretary of the Treasury David Kennedy
at midyear review of state of economy hearings, Joint Eco-
nomic Committee, July 21, 1970...

843

Supplemental statement in opposition to amendment No. 8 to S. 523 Table: Municipal water and sewer bond sales by type of instrument, 1967-70__

MacDonald, Reynold C.:

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851

Examples of attempts of various firms to secure Corps of Engineers permits.

1065

Legal memorandum relating to certain aspects of S. 523, S. 1014, prepared by Collier, Shannon, Rill, and Edwards, attorneys at law, Washington, D.C..

1071

Views relative to independent organization for environmental standards setting..........

1081

Questions and answers: Senator Boggs/Mr. MacDonald_
Questions and answers: Senator Tunney/Mr. MacDonald..

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1087

Pankowski, Ted:

Letter dated December 21, 1970, to President Nixon from J. W.
Penfold, conservation director, Izaak Walton League, re Refuse
Act of 1899_.

Randolph, Hon. Jennings:

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Excerpt from Congressional Record, April 1, 1971, on S.J. Res 80--- 1055 Sercu, Charles L.:

Questions and answers

Walker, Hon. Charls E.:

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Excerpt from Report of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, "Federal Approaches To Aid State and Local Capital Financing," September 1970

760

Letter dated February 3, 1970, to Senator Baker giving views on State and municipal revenue bond underwriting by commercial banks....

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777

Determination of EFA's lending rate.

Table 1. Average market yields on Treasury corporate and
municipal bonds..

Table 2. Taxable and tax-exempt bond yield relationships_.
Table 3. Monthly variations in yields on medium grade municipals
and relationship between Standard & Poor's and Moody's
averages..

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Table 4. Municipal bond total issuances and percentages by
rating, 1965-69.

779

Table 4a. Municipal bonds general obligation issuances by rating,
1965-69

780

Table 4b. Municipal bonds revenue bond issuances and per-
centages by rating, 1965-69.

780

Eligibility for EFA loans..

781

Table: List of State constitutional and statutory limitations in
1967-

784

Extent of EPA involvement in determining project eligibility. Zwick, David R., supplemental comments..

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