6. Natural Resources is a further important step favored by the American Mining Congress. With the creation of such a department with cabinet level status empowered to deal with all forms of energy on a broad basis the administrative process should be much improved and the type of conflicting and self-defeating policies that we have had in the past should be minimized. Hopefully such a Department would also speed up the approval process and eliminate the costly, needless, and frustrating delays that new programs now encounter. To accomplish this may require new legislative authority for "one-stop" approvals for utility plant sitings, new refineries and pipeline projects, new coal or synthetic fuel projects. The energy crisis cannot be solved without modifications in the Clean A Act. I foresee changes being made because they must be made and because they should be made. Changes should be made because the amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1970 were passed in the mistaken belief that technology to treat sulfur oxide emissions would be available, and such is not the case. The original data base on which the health standards were adopted may well prove erroneous in the light of later knowledge and more careful scrutiny. The law is proving to be very hard to administer and legal, technical, and practical difficulties are becoming more apparent. The drastic traffic control plans proposed by EPA for 31 metropolitan areas have caught the attention of the public, and public support for strict adherence to an impossible timetable is beginning to wane. Of course, the public wants clean air and clean water but it also wants ample energy supplies and all that this means as a life style. Faced with an ugly choice, the public will not abandon its environmental objectives but it will be willing to postpone the time for their achievement.