A bill: State approval of certain ocean facilities.

Summary

Prohibits any Federal department or agency from constructing, or licensing or approving in any way the construction of, any facility of any kind beyond the territorial sea off the coast of the United States until: (1) such department or agency has filed with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a complete report with respect to the proposed facility; (2) the Administrator has forwarded such report to the Governor of each adjacent coastal State which might be adversely affected by pollution from such facility; and (3) each such Governor has filed an approval of such proposal with the Administrator. States that any Governor who does not, within ninety days after receiving a report pursuant to this Act, file an approval or disapproval of the proposal in such report shall be considered for the purpose of this Act to have approved such proposal.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 31 January 1973

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