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<br />5 <br /> <br />Opening Statement - Mr. Stein <br /> <br /> <br />cerned, and to give the State, localities and industries <br /> <br /> <br />an opportunity to take any indicated remedial action under <br /> <br /> <br />State and local law. <br /> <br /> <br />The conference technique is rather an old one. <br /> <br /> <br />It is used by many States informally in the normal conduct <br /> <br /> <br />of their business in the field of water pollution control. <br /> <br /> <br />The concept of the conference was proposed by the United <br /> <br /> <br />States Supreme Court as long ago as 1921 in the famous <br /> <br /> <br />~ase of New York against New Jersey involving interstate <br /> <br /> <br />pollution. I would like to quote briefly from the Court's <br /> <br /> <br />opinion: <br /> <br />"We cannot withhold the suggestion, <br /> <br /> <br />inspired by the consideration of this case, <br /> <br /> <br />that the grave problem of sewage disposal <br /> <br /> <br />presented by the large and growing popula- <br /> <br /> <br />tion living on .the shores of New York Bay <br /> <br /> <br />is one more readily to be most wisely solved <br /> <br /> <br />by cooperative study and by conference and <br /> <br /> <br />mutual concession on the part of representa- <br /> <br /> <br />tives of the States so vitally interested <br /> <br /> <br />in it than by proceedings in any court how- <br /> <br /> <br />ever constituted." <br /> <br /> <br />We strongly support the conference technique <br /> <br /> <br />and we measure our success by the situations which are <br /> <br /> <br />solved at the conference table rather than in court. <br />