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          UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                    FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                    EXPECTED AT 9:00 A.M. ON
                                    TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979

                       STATEMENT OF
                 HENRY ESCHWEGF, DIRECTOR
        COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
          UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                       BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESOURCE PROTECTION
     SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS /

                            ON

              THE(ENDANGEPED SPECIES PROGRAM



MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE TODAY AT YOUR INVITATION TO DISCUSS THE

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. OUR COMMENTS ARE BASED ON ISSUES

PRESENTED IN OUR DRAFT REPORT ENTITLED MAJOR CHANGES

NEEDED TO MAKE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM WORKABLE.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT WERE PROVIDED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

INTERIOR ON MARCH 12, 1979, FOP REVIEW AND WRITTEN COMMENT.

HIS RESPONSE IS DUE BY APRIL 11, AND WE SHOULD ISSUE THE

FINAL REPORT IN MAY. MY STATEMENT HERE TODAY WILL HIGH-

LIGHT THOSE ISSUES IN OUR DRAFT REPORT REQUIRING CONGRES-

SIONAL ACTION.

LEGISLATIVE STATUS OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM

     A COMPLEX, EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, DELIBERATED

AND ACTED ON BY THE 95TH CONGRESS, INVOLVED HOW THE BENE-

FITS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD



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