S. 1212 — A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, to require a study of the environmental impact of mineral exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Requires a study of the environmental impact of mineral exploration, with emphasis on petroleum, in the Atlantic Ocean to be conducted by the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

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1973-03-14
Introduced in Senate
1973-03-14
Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, to require a study of the environmental impact of mineral exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

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