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B-190124 1 (1977-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfih0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ConPVROLAAr GeusRAA. OF TM uVrwo WATs 0-146333 CED7-265 CED7-311 no 37 T!e Honorable John M. MuTphy Chairman, Committee on Mtrchant harine and Fisheries House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This is in response to your requests for our.views on- B.;r.47 andH.R. 3711, 95th Congress. The purpose of these bTErwhich are identical in r'any respects, is to estab- lish a to'mprehensive system of liability and compensation for oilspill damage and removal costs. On Mc, 12, 1976, pursuant to the request of the Honorable Leonor K. Sullivan, then Chairman of your Commit- tee, we furnished our comments on H.R. 12347, 94th Congress, which contained provisions similar to those contained in H.R. 47 and H.R. 3711. The pertinent portions of these prior comr.tents are repeated in this report. H.R. 47 and H.R. 3711 incorporate some of the changes suggested in our previous comments. We believe, however, *hat certain additional changes to these bills are needed. Creation of a single compensation fund one purpose of the trdoosed legislation is to creaie a single and all-inclusive compensation fund to pay for all re- moval costs and other daniages resulting from oil discharges. We hote that the estiblishment of a single compensation tdnd irwuld 'not be accomplihed if H.R. 1614, another bill introduc'ed'in the 95th C6iress, were enacted in its present ,form becdiuse it 6uld, amonqother thingis, create a separate Offshote Oil Production Compensation Fund thaL woulo duplicate or contradict provisions oZ H.R. 47 or H.R. 3711. This pro- blem cduld be remedied by deletina the provisions of H.R. 1614 relatinu to the establishment of a separate tund and, if appropriate, makina special provision in H.R. 47 or H.R. 3711 to cover the liability for oil spill damage caused by Outer Continental -Shelf operations. Lp I I

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