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Senator Muskie’s speech to the Senate on the conference report, October 4, 1972

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Veto of the Federal Water Pollution Control act amendments of 1972

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Passage of Federal Water Pollution Bill This Session DoubtedThe New York Times, may 7, 1972. By e.W. Kentworthy

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Passage of Federal Water Pollution Bill This Session DoubtedBy E. W. KENWORTHYSpecial to The New York TimesNew York Times (1923-Current file); May 7, 1972; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2008)pg. 16

transcriptionPassage of Federal Water Pollution Bill This Session DoubtedBy e. W. KeNWortHy Special to the New york timesNew York Times (1923-Current file); May 7, 1972

Differences in the House and Senate water pollution control bills are so fundamental that passage of legislation this session is in doubt.

the fate of the legislation will be determined by a conference committee that will begin next week to go over the House and Senate measures.

…the differences in money in the two bills are believed to be subject to compromise. more difficult to adjust are basic differences in pollution control and many provisions in the House bill that the Senate conferees and environmental organizations regard as loopholes for industry.

Fearful that there may be no legislation, officials of the environmental Protection agency have been meeting the last two weeks with representatives of environmental groups, urging them to use their influence to get a compromise.

John r. Quarles, the agency’s (environmental Protection agency) general counsel, and Gary Baise, its legislative liaison, have been insisting that the “similarities” in the two bills “are far more important” than the differences and assert that it would be “a tragedy” if the bill were lost because of a failure to agree “on details.”