SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BEETON 24 38 41 42 52 62 BENNIS 22 29 35 36 40 41 48 49 56 BOEHLERT 14 73 74 75 76 87 88 BORSKI 17 CARLTON 87 88 CLEMENT 15 40 41 42 43 77 78 79 COBLE 12 15 17 18 20 21 24 28 29 31 34 35 36 37 38 39 COX 91 104 105 106 DAVIS 28 29 42 52 60 EHLERS 53 76 GAUDIOSI 34 36 37 43 56 57 58 59 H.R. 3217, THE NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES ACT OF 1 HALL 97 106 HORN 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 LATOURETTE 18 43 47 50 53 55 59 60 61 62 67 72 76 79 84 85 86 91 93 97 100 104 106 OBERSTAR 40 44 55 57 58 59 80 81 82 83 84 85 POSHARD 53 RENDALL 63 73 74 78 79 81 83 85 ROPER 31 43 59 61 RYAN 86 94 105 SKELTON 100 SWANSON 68 72 75 77 78 82 83 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS TESTIMONY FOR CAPTAIN RICHARD E. BENNIS, CHIEF, OFFICE OF RESPONSE, U.S. COAST GUARD, ACCOMPANIED BY COMMANDER RICHARD GAUDIOSI, CHIEF, PLANS AND PREPAREDNESS DIVISION; ALFRED M. BEETON, ACTING CHIEF SCIENTIST, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; DAVID G. DAVIS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WETLANDS, OCEANS, AND WATERSHEDS, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; AND DR. WILLIAM E. ROPER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM, DIRECTORATE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PAGE 22 TESTIMONY OF JAY RENDALL, COORDINATOR, EXOTIC SPECIES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND VICE-CHAIR, GREAT LAKES PANEL ON AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES; AND ANN SWANSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHESAPEAKE BAY COMMISSION PAGE 63 TESTIMONY OF DR. JAMES T. CARLTON, MARITIME STUDIES PROGRAM, WILLIAMS COLLEGE, MYSTIC SEAPORT, MYSTIC, CT; JOSEPH J. COX, VICE PRESIDENT, U.S. CHAMBER OF SHIPPING; GEORGE J. RYAN, PRESIDENT, LAKE CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION, CLEVELAND, OH; STEPHEN HALL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES, SACRAMENTO, CA; AND RAY SKELTON, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, SEAWAY PORT, AUTHORITY OF DULUTH, DULUTH, MN , ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN GREAT LAKES PORTS, AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHORITIES PAGE 86 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING