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AWO Annual (continued from page 24) bill more amenable to the Senate.

As a result, AWO testified before that Committee and the House

Public Works and Transportation

Committee stating that the pending legislation, H.R. 1632, cannot be supported because the bill fails to fully preempt state laws and re- quirements in the event of an oil spill; encourages the filing of specu- lative claims for economic damages by encouraging anyone with a re- mote connection to a spill to file a claim; allows payment of natural resource damages beyond those legi- timately incurred for replacement or restoration; and, allows the calcu- lation of assessment of damages based on a computer model rather than on actual replacement or resto- ration costs.

Despite House efforts to force a conference between the two cham- bers by including H.R. 1632 in the omnibus budget reconciliation measure, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee re- fused to consider oil-spill legislation during 1987. The House Merchant

Marine and Fisheries Committee leadership will renew efforts to en- act a bill during 1988. AWO will continue its efforts to strengthen

H.R. 1632's preemption and to re- duce the scope of damages compens- able under the bill.

In 1987, members of the Senate

Environment and Public Works

Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee began consideration of sweeping amend- ments to the Clean Air Act, gener- ated in large measure by the need to extend the December 31, 1987, deadlines contained in the current

Act. Under these deadlines, munici- palities which fail to comply with standards for ozone and carbon monoxide levels face a variety of punitive sanctions. The House bill is still under development, with a markup scheduled for the week of

February 8, 1988. The Senate pro- posal, S. 1864, would mandate new and onerous requirements for most industries in order to achieve fur- ther reductions in air quality, re- gardless of the feasibility, effective- ness and economics of the new re- quirements. While few of these re- quirements specifically reference the marine industry, certain generic provisions in the bill would require significant changes in operating practices.

AWO is currently conducting a thorough analysis of both the Sen- ate bill and the various House pro- posals, and will be actively partici- pating with industry coalitions es- tablished to improve the legisla- tion. •

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