JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEES ON

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

AND

RESOURCE PROTECTION

OF THE

! COMMITTEE ON

ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

MARCH 28 AND 29, 1979

PART 1

SERIAL NO. 96-H9

Printed for the use of the Committee on

Environment and Public Works

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UNIVERSITY C: CALIFORNIA

ES!EY

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

LLOYD M. BENTSEN, Texas

PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island

JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa

ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming

GARY HART, Colorado

LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota

DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN, New York

John W. Yago, Jr., Staff Director

BAILEY GUARD, Minority Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine, Chairman

LLOYD M. BENTSEN, Texas

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island

JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa

ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RESOURCE PROTECTION

JOHN C. CULVER, Iowa, Chairman

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee

MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska

JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island

GARY HART, Colorado

LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota

CONTENTS

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OPENING STATEMENTS

Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd, U.S. Senator from the State of Texas

Burdick, Hon. Quentin N., U.S. Senator from the State of North Dakota

Chafee, Hon. John H., U.S. Senator from the State of Rhode Island

Culver, Hon. John C., U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa

Moynihan, Hon. Daniel Patrick, U.S. Senator from the State of New York

Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., U.S. Senator from the State of Maine

Randolph, Hon. Jennings, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia

Stafford, Hon. Robert T., U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont....

anaco-odo

LIST OF WITNESSES

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MARCH 28, 1979

Allen, David T., M.D., director, Community Health Services Administration,
Tennessee Department of Public Health, Nashville, Tenn....

Prepared statment.
Bender, Michael E., director, Environmental Sciences, Virginia Institute of
Marine Sciences...

Prepared statement

Clark, James

Hillis, Ann and James Clark, Love Canal Homeowners Association, Niagara

Falls, N.Y....

Kaler, Frank, Jamesburg, N.J..

Morgan, W. Cranston, president, W. F. Morgan & Sons, Inc., Weems, Va

Prepared statement

Jorling, Thomas C., Assistant Administrator for Water and Hazardous Materi.

als, Environmental Protection Agency

Prepared statement.

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MARCH 29, 1979

Beasley, W. Howard, vice chairman of the board, Velsicol Chemical Corp.,

Chicago, I

Prepared statement

Davis, Bruce D., executive vice president, Industrial Chemicals Group, Hooker

Chemical Co., Niagara Falls, N.Y

Prepared statement ..

Javits, Hon. Jacob, U.S. Senator from the State of New York

Prepared statement

LaFalce, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State of New

York

Prepared statement

Rovers, Frank A., on behalf of Conestoga-Rovers and Associates, Ontario,

Canada ..

Prepared statement

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Statements:

American Petroleum Institute

Ecumenical Task Force to Address the Love Canal Disaster