Typed letter signed dated 8 July 1976 from James M. Cannon, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, to Eastland, re: Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Attached: copy White House press release dated 2 July 1976, re: above topic.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/joecorr_g/1077/thumbnail.jp

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University of Mississippi eGrove Eastland Correspondence: Ford Administration James O. Eastland Executive Branch Correspondence 7-8-1976 James M. Cannon to Senator James O. Eastland, 8 July 1976 James M. Cannon Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/joecorr_g  Part of the American Politics Commons Recommended Citation Cannon, James M., "James M. Cannon to Senator James O. Eastland, 8 July 1976" (1976). Eastland Correspondence: Ford Administration. 78. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/joecorr_g/78 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the James O. Eastland Executive Branch Correspondence at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastland Correspondence: Ford Administration by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON July 8, 1976 Dear Senator Eastland: In your letter of June 10, 1976, to the President, you and some of your colleagues expressed your views on Section 404 of .the Federal Water Pollution Control Ac . " After reviewing all the facts related to this issue, the President directed the Secretary of the Army to delay for sixty days the implementation of Phase II of the guidelines. I am attaching a copy of the notice of the President's action for your information. The President appreciated your informing him of your views and concerns. Thank you again for your thought-ful and constructive comments. /~-'IIIiiiI...J' ce re 1 y , Jam Assista for M. Cannon " to the President omestic Affairs The Honorable James O. Eastland United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Enclosure • , , ,''!o U. ". "; ., ~ i ' no' ~ , . ., , - "", \ July 2, 1976 Office of tIle vVhitc I-Iollse Press Secretary ~-----------------------------------------------~------------NOTICE TO THE PRESS The President has directed the Secretary of the Army to defer for sixty days implementation of Phase II of the Corps of Engineers Section 404 prograITl regulating dr~dge and fill operatiollS in the waters of tl1e Nation. Phase II, which was scheduled to become effective JUly 1, would expand the Corps t permit activities to certain new areas. However, the Ifous e of R epre -sentatives has recently passed a bill that would deny tb.e Corps jurisdiction over these areas. In addition, thirty Senators have written to t he President requesting a delay in the irnpleITlentation of Phase II until the Senate has a chance to act on the House passed bill. \Ve are advised that the Sena.te Public Works Committee has scheduled hearings starting on July 27. T he President took this action: -- To give ,the 'Congress additional time to consider the Section 404-program, and -- To avoid the possibility that those being regulated under the program would be- subject to rules which changed three times over a relatively s hart period. T hat portion of the Corps regulations which requires that action be taken to alleviate serious pollution threats anywhere in the Nation t s ~vaters will remain in effecto . : (If you have any further questions, contact Alan Wade, OMB~ at 395-47470) # # # 

James M. Cannon to Senator James O. Eastland, 8 July 1976

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James M. Cannon to Senator James O. Eastland, 8 July 1976

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