SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 5 AND NOVEMBER 18, 1993 [No. 70] Printed for the use of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 75-093 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1993 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania* SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois DICK ZIMMER, New Jersey ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland TOM LEWIS, Florida CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland KEN CALVERT, California NICK SMITH, Michigan ROD GRAMS, Minnesota JOHN LINDER, Georgia PETER BLUTE, Massachusetts ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland DANA ROHRABACHER, California EDWARD ROYCE, California COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., California, Chairman MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas DAVE MCCURDY, Oklahoma JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio PETE GEREN, Texas JIM BACCHUS, Florida TIM ROEMER, Indiana ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR., Alabama DICK SWETT, New Hampshire HERB KLEIN, New Jersey ERIC FINGERHUT, Ohio PAUL MCHALE, Pennsylvania JANE HARMAN, California DON JOHNSON, Georgia SAM COPPERSMITH, Arizona ANNA G. ESHOO, California JAY INSLEE, Washington EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ROBERT E. PALMER, Chief of Staff DAVID D. CLEMENT, Republican Chief of Staff SUBCOMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND AVIATION TIM VALENTINE, North Carolina, Chairman DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas TIM ROEMER, Indiana DICK SWETT, New Hampshire HERB KLEIN, New Jersey PAUL MCHALE, Pennsylvania DAVID MINGE, Minnesota NATHAN DEAL, Georgia XAVIER BECERRA, California ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey JIM BACCHUS, Florida PETER W. BARCA, Wisconsin *Ranking Republican Member. 91-130495 (II) KF27 19934 CONTENTS WITNESSES Nick Bavaro, founder and CEO, Global Green, Inc., Norcross, GA; How- ard Klee, Jr., director, regulatory affairs, Amoco, Yorktown, VA; Wil- liam H. McMullen III, manager of regulatory affairs, Novo Nordisk Biochem, Inc., Franklinton, NC; Joe Cascio, chairman, U.S. Technical vice president, Council of Great Lakes Industries, Rochester, NY; and W.C. (Pete) Howard, vice president, environmental affairs, Georgia Pa- David T. Buzzelli, vice president for environment, health and safety, Dow Corp., and cochair, President's Commission on Sustainable Devel- opment, Midland, MI; Indira Nair, professor, Carnegie-Mellon Univer- sity, and chairperson of the OTA Advisory Panel, Green Products by Design, Pittsburgh, PA; and Daniel Imhoff, director of communications, Testimony of David H. Marks, James Mason Crafts Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, director, MIT Programs for Environmental En- gineering Education and Research, MIT Letter from Prof. David H. Marks, program in environmental engineering education and research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] to the Honorable Tim Valentine, chairman, TEA Subcommittee Miscellaneous items from Daniel Imhoff, director of communications, Esprit |