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Long, Bill, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Environ-
mental and Population Affairs, U.S. Department of State.....

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Statement of-Continued

Pritchard, Hon. Joel, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Washington......

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302

Rowe, Dr. William D., Deputy Assistant Administrator for Radiation
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency

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Sonenshein, Rear Adm. N., USN (Ret.), on behalf of Global Marine Development, Inc

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Webster, Dr. Ferris, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Prepared statement.. Additional material supplied

EPA:

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Article of August 24, 1977: "EPA To Study Radioactivity Releases in
Pacific Deepsea Dumpsite"

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Article of October 14, 1977: "EPA To Use Manned Submersible To
Study Pacific Deepsea Radioactive Waste Dumpsite"

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Environmental surveys of two deepsea radioactive waste disposal sites
using submersibles

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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Press release of

State Department: Ratification of convention by Japan

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Table V.-DOE nuclear energy research funding.

Low-level radioactive waste management program.
Response to questions of subcommittee

July 22, 1977-"OECD Reinforces International Surveillance of Sea
Dumping of Radioactive Waste".

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Woods Hole Notes: Article of October 1976-“Alvin Participates in Retrieval of Radioactive Waste Container".

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MARINE SANCTUARIES

Hearing held-July 24, 1978

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Statement of—

Bailey, George, vice chairman, board of directors, Comprehensive Planning
Organization.

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Prepared statement.....

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Bleicher, Sam, Director, Office of Ocean Management, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Boyle, Stephen, President, Get Oil Out organization
Cassell, John K., senior geologist, Chevron U.S.A., Inc

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Prepared statement..

Corwin, Dr. Ruthann, professor of environmental planning and ecology, University of California, Los Angeles, coprincipal of Resources Co

Lagomarsino, Hon. Robert J., a Representative in Congress for the State of
California

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Heffernan, Patrick, Natural Resource Management policy specialist, principal of resources, official representative of Santa Barbara County

430, 484

Prepared statement..

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Van Deerlin, Congressman Lionel, to public workshop on national marine sanctuaries program, Bahia Hotel, San Diego, April 18, 1978.

Additional material supplied

446

Bailey, George:

Form notice of meeting on May 30, 1978, on establishment of a marine
sanctuary......

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Resolution No. 78-81: "Nomination of Certain Offshore Waters of San
Diego and Orange Counties"

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Resolution No. 221102..

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Additional material supplied-Continued

Resolution supporting the marine sanctuary nomination for a coastal
area offshore of San Diego and Orange Counties

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San Diego Coast Regional Commission, minutes of Friday, June 16,
1978

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Boyle, Stephen:

Article from Los Angeles Times of June 26, 1978: "Oil Platforms Pose
Hazard, Shippers Say; Proposal for Two Drilling Rigs at Entrance of
L.A. Harbor Assailed"

Article from Zoo-Logic: "Funds Are Needed for the Oiled Birds"

Communications submitted

Fowler, George: Letter of June 30, 1978, to Richard J. Huff

Thomas, R. E.: Letter of June 9, 1978, to Paul Graham
Watkins, Dal L.: Letter of June 8, 1978, to Richard Huff.

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OCEAN DUMPING

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1977

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT
MARINE AND FISHERIES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRA-
PHY, AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittees met, pursuant to notice, at 2:05 p.m., room 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. John B. Breaux, presiding.

Mr. BREAUX. The subcommittees will please come to order.

Today, the Subcommittees on Oceanography, and Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee convene hearings on H.R. 5851, a bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.

If enacted, this bill would statutorily establish a deadline of December 31, 1981, after which all interim permit holders would have to stop ocean dumping. This deadline would apply to all persons dumping materials, such as sewage sludge and industrial wastes which do not comply with EPA's ocean dumping criteria. I might add that this policy is already articulated in EPA's ocean dumping rules and regulations issued on January 11 of this year. In addition, H.R. 5851 would impose a mandatory penalty fee on all interim permit holders. The fee would amount to not less than the difference between the cost of ocean dumping and the cost of an acceptable land-based alternative. The proceeds from these fines would go into the U.S. Treasury. The bill gives EPA the option of waiving all or part of the penalty fee if, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, the interim permit holder will expend the equivalent amount of money waived on the research, development, demonstration, or implementation of land-based alternatives. The intent of this fee is twofold. First, it would remove any financial incentive to ocean dump. Second, it would encourage interim permit holders to expend money on the development and implementation of acceptable land-based alternatives.

H.R. 5851 contains a number of other amendments to the Ocean Dumping Act. Applicants for ocean dumping permits would be required to pay a processing fee in an amount commensurate with the administrative costs of processing the permit. The Corps of Engineers which administers the dredged material disposal program would be required to inform EPA of any interagency agreements they make with regard to the act. Lastly, responsibility over land-based alternative research programs would be transferred from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to

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