Amendment No. 8 deals with the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities. This is one of the more substantial amendments to what is, in effect, a new Bill. The amendment looks good when one reads it. However, how will it work in practice? It gives the Environmental Protection Agency considerable powers to direct a local authority to carry out certain functions, reports and so forth and to act in a particular way. In general, that is a solid and good proposal. I support giving the EPA such powers. However, what will the effect be on local authorities?