CONTENTS Page 1 Craig, Frank, attorney, coastal resources program, State of Louisiana 66 LeBlanc, David J., environmental coordinator, Texaco Producing Depart- Manning, Phil D., onshore operations superintendent, Amoco Production Morton, Tim, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior... Robinson, Brig. Gen. Hugh, Deputy Director of Civil Works, Office of the Rote, Dr. James W., Director, Office of Habitat Protection, National Stelly, C. L. (Jack), president, C. L. (Jack) Stelly & Associates, Inc. Stevenson, William H., Regional Director, National Marine Fisheries (V) Gordon, William, Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Manage- ment, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Serv- Gleiber, John, executive secretary, Society for Animal Protection.. Greenwalt, Lynn, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Hodges, John A., legal counsel, Tuna Research Foundation 290 Jensen, W. Pete, director, tidal fisheries, Department of Natural Re- 264 McGiffin, Heather, research associate, Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, Division of the Humane Society of the United States. Meyers, Marshall, counsel, Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council and Re- 179 Mulligan, John P., president, Tuna Research Foundation...... 290 Prepared statement... 300 Nordstrom, M. Kathryn, director of Government relations for seafood 290 Robinson, Robert, executive vice president, Pet Industry Joint Advisory 179 Eudey, Ardith A.: Affidavit 203 Gleiber, John: Article: "The horrible, unforgivable ordeal of those cute exotic birds". 206 207 Additional material supplied-Continued Page Heymann, Henry L.: Article from Roy Carson: "Cruel Cargo of Shame-Lab Monkeys Die 196 Comments from Dick Van Hoorn..... 197 Partial list of Gibbon importation to the United States from Singa- 197 Interior Department: Due care. 164 Plant Protection and Conservation Act of North Carolina Shellfish Institute of North America: Resolution of the board of directors, Sutter, Robert D.: The North Carolina Botanical Garden........ Communications submitted Berger, Michael E.: Letter of October 22, 1979, to Hon. John B. Breaux...... Eudey, Ardith A.: Letter of September 17, 1975, to Clark R. Bavin...... Kawakami, Tom: Memorandum of October 20, 1972, to Jim Pollock Natvaratat, Suthee: Letter of May 30, 1975, to Mrs. Joan M. Liska... Poole, Daniel A.: Letter of October 22, 1979, to Hon. John Breaux 305 334 343 242 202 199 245 306 198 308 202 203 307 142 200 243 242 246 Songkrohphan, Preecha: Letter of July 21, 1975, to Mrs. Joan M. Liska Sutter, Robert D.: Letter of March 14, 1980, to Hon. John B. Breaux with supplemental information attached.. 201 310 Tallman, Owen H.: Letter of March 11, 1980, to Congressman John 308 Winter, Phillip E., M.D.: Memorandum of February 27, 1973, to Rear 201 241 FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1979 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES New Orleans, La. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 8 a.m., Rivergate Convention Center, New Orleans, La., Hon. John B. Breaux presiding. Present: Representatives Breaux, Hughes, Wyatt, and Treen. Also present: Representatives Roberts, Boggs, and Livingston. Congressman BREAUX. I would like to acknowledge on behalf of the congressional committees, the hospitality of the city of New Orleans in allowing us to be here this morning to have these oversight hearings. One thing about New Orleans that I've found, and I think that most Members of Congress who are not from Louisiana, particularly not from the city of New Orleans, when they do come down here and visit, they find that the morning comes very quickly and very early, depending on how late the night before, but the hospitality of the city, the people we were visiting with yesterday, was absolutely tremendous, and we wish to thank everyone involved who helped to make this trip possible from a logistic standpoint. As chairman of the Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment Subcommittee of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, I am joined by my colleagues, both of whom are serving on the Fish and Wildlife Subcommittee along with Chairman Ray Roberts, of Texas, who is chairman of the Water Resources Subcommittee of the Public Works and Transportation Committee. I also serve on that subcommittee which has an interest in the issue before us. The purpose of today's hearing is to try to find a solution to the problem of delays in the processing of permits for oil and gas activities. There are two conflicting goals at work here: Meeting our country's demands for energy and preventing the needless destruction of fish and wildlife habitat at the same time. The process for resolving Federal agency objections to proposed oil and gas activities in wetlands appears to be suffering some sort of a breakdown. Over the past few months, I have been personally involved in trying to obtain Federal decisions on oil and gas permit applications in response to dozens of complaints from Louisiana companies. I have found that, under the present procedure, the decision is to be made by no less than the Secretary of the Army |