HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL

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

CONTENTS

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....

LIST OF WITNESSES

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........

Clark, James

Prepared statement

64

11

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

Falls, N.Y..

8

Kaler, Frank, Jamesburg, N.J.

26

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

31

Prepared statement

58

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

als, Environmental Protection Agency

42

Prepared statement

81

MARCH 29, 1979

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

259

Prepared statement

317

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

Chemical Co., Niagara Falls, N.Y

248

Prepared statement

288

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

243

Prepared statement

283

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

York

271

Prepared statement

322

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

Canada