SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BADEN 54 85 88 89 90 91 92 BOESCH 39 40 48 51 23 BURKHOLDER 20 29 31 32 33 34 36 38 39 44 45 46 49 50 53 54 87 90 91 92 CASTLE 13 36 37 38 39 46 49 66 75 76 77 79 80 85 86 87 88 CHRISTINE KENNEDY 4 CHRISTOPHER STEARNS 5 CLAYTON 10 12 33 DOVE 68 74 79 80 81 86 ELIZABETH MEGGINSON 4 GARCIA 17 30 32 35 37 42 48 52 53 GILCHREST 8 23 26 29 30 31 32 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 49 50 51 52 53 54 62 65 68 72 75 80 81 82 83 84 85 88 89 90 91 92 GRIFFIN 57 76 HARRY BURROUGHS 5 JOHN LAWRENCE 4 JOHN RAYFIELD 5 JONES 9 33 34 35 36 40 45 46 54 57 62 68 73 74 75 LLOYD A. JONES 4 MCDEVITT 62 73 78 82 83 84 RAMSDELL 42 43 44 SAXTON 7 8 10 13 15 16 20 SCAVIA 30 31 THORPE 84 85 TULOU 66 76 78 WRIGHT 27 41 42 50 53 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS STATEMENT OF HON. WAYNE T. GILCHREST, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MARYLAND PAGE 8 STATEMENT OF HON. WALTER B. JONES, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PAGE 9 STATEMENT OF HON. EVA M. CLAYTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF DELAWARE PAGE 13 STATEMENT OF TERRY D. GARCIA, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ACCOMPANIED BY DONALD SCAVIA, DIRECTOR, NOAA COASTAL OCEAN PROGRAM, AND JOHN STEVEN RAMSDELL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MARINE BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE 17 STATEMENT OF JOANN M. BURKHOLDER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY PAGE 20 STATEMENT OF DONALD BOESCH, PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND PAGE 23 STATEMENT OF L. DONELSON WRIGHT, DEAN AND DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUGENE M. BURRESON, DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND ADVISORY SERVICES, VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE PAGE 26 STATEMENT OF DANIEL BADEN, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, MARINE AND FRESHWATER BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE CENTER PAGE 54 STATEMENT OF JOHN GRIFFIN, SECRETARY, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PAGE 57 STATEMENT OF WAYNE McDEVITT, SECRETARY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES PAGE 62 STATEMENT OF CHRISTOPHE A. G. TULOU, SECRETARY, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PAGE 66 STATEMENT OF RICK DOVE, NEUSE RIVER KEEPER, NEUSE RIVER FOUNDATION PAGE 68 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING