DEEP SEABED HARD MINERALS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS ON H.R. 9, H.R. 7732 BILLS TO PROVIDE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR WITH AUTHORITY TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE HARD MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DEEP SEABED, PENDING ADOPTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME THEREFOR MARCH 1, 28, 29, APRIL 3, 1973 H.R. 12233 A BILL TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF HARD MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE DEEP SEABED, PENDING ADOPTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME RELATING THERETO FEBRUARY 26, 27, 28, 1974 Serial No. 93-27 Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 31-659 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1974 8 COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES LEONOR K. (Mrs. John B.) SULLIVAN, Missouri, Chairman FRANK M. CLARK, Pennsylvania FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts JAMES R. GROVER, JR., New York GEORGE A. GOODLING, Pennsylvania PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California ROBERT H. STEELE, Connecticut PIERRE S. (PETE) DU PONT, Delaware TRENT LOTT, Mississippi ROBERT E. BAUMAN, Maryland 3 355 407 453 Ary, T. S., vice president, Union Carbide Exploration Corp., appear- ing on behalf of the American Mining Congress - Boettcher, Robert, consultant from the Subcommittee on International 366 Brower, Charles N., Acting Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State. Burgess, C. H., vice president, exploration, Kennecott Copper Corp., appearing on behalf of the American Mining Congress--- Center of Concern Toward Global Justice in the Exploitation of the Corbett, J. Elliott, director, Department of Church/Government Dubs, Marne A., chairman, Committee on Undersea Mineral Re- Dugger, John A., Deputy Director, Law of the Sea, Task Force, Elliott, Pierce, Assistant Solicitor, International Law, Department of Finlay, Luke W., on behalf of American Petroleum Institute__ 187 66, 409 15 Goldie, L. F. E., professor of law, director, international legal studies 99 Hood, Edwin M., president and board chairman, Shipbuilders Council Houseman, C. Thomas, vice president, the Chase Manhattan Bank.. Jarvis, Destry, National Parks and Conservation Association--. Kilmarx, Dr. Robert A., director of business and defense research, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown Uni- 144 Statement of-Continued Levering, Samuel R., secretary, Save Our Seas-The U.S. Committee for the Oceans Page 175, 471 Logue, Dr. John J., World Order Research Institute, Villanova Meeker, Leonard C., representing the Environmental Policy Center, Moore, Dr. John Norton, Counselor on International Law, U.S. Pollock, Howard W., Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Savit, Carl H., vice chairman, National Ocean Industries Association, 151 487 15, 371 15, 371 15 195 445 Wilson, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of 407 World Association of World Federalists.. 151 Worthington, Howard, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade, Department of the Treasury 371 Additional material submitted by Ary, T. S.: Developing Deficits in U.S. Primary Mineral Demands......--- 269 292 Statement of American Mining Congress, with Respect to Work- 285 Brower, Charles N.: Prepared statement__. Downing, Hon. Thomas N.: 24 304 Article from the Washington Post of April 3, 1973: U.S. Presses 322 Article from the Wall Street Journal of December 17, 1973: Law 364 Article from the Congressional Record of December 20, 1973: 365 Goldie, L.F.E.: International impact statements and the conservation 117 Kennecott Copper Corp.: News Release-Ocean Mining R. & D. Program Announced_._. Kilmarx, Dr. Robert A.: Prepared statement_ Moore, John Norton: Prepared statement.. Petersen, Nancy P., and John R. Justus: Deep-Sea Hard Minerals: Cruise report R/V Conrad 15–10, July 1972–Baseline Observa- 213 200 232 198, 484 243 Report of Our Monitoring of Continuous Line Bucket Dredge 443 443 458 61 333 36 Additional material submitted by-Continued Sharood, Richard N.: Article from the New York Times of January 9, 1974: Subter- Page 396 Article from the Science Magazine Raw Materials: U.S. 397 Article from the Washington Post of February 8, 1974: State 400 State Department: Answers to questions of Mr. Heyward.. 388 Raw materials other than oil as economic weapons against the 391 Communications submitted for the record Barkenbus, Jack N., letter of March 18, 1974, to Subcommittee on 503 Brandel, Roland E., letter of March 15, 1974, to Hon. Thomas N. 500 Dubs, M. A.: Letter of April 6, 1974, to Representative Thomas N. Downing 431 512 Finlay, Luke W., letter of April 9, 1973, to Hon. Thomas N. Downing.. 323 Letter of March 12, 1974, to Hon. Thomas N. Downing- 410 Letter of April 23, 1973, to Hon. Thomas H. Downing with a 330 Hargis, William J., Jr., letter of March 19, 1973, to Hon. Thomas N. 149 Houseman, C. T., letter of March 29, 1973, to Hon. Thomas N. 318 Moody, O. William, Jr., letter of March 26, 1973, to Hon. Thomas N. 320 Overton, J. Allen, Jr., letter of April 12, 1972, to Robert M. White... 311 327 |