have the Director of Central Intelligence, Robert Gates, to provide 

 us with an assessment of both the nuclear activities of the former 

 Soviet Union and the role that the CIA can and should play in the 

 environmental arena. Not only in this area, but in the realm of 

 global change and other environmented concerns. The CIA of the 

 post-cold war era is forging new ground in the area of environ- 

 mental intelligence under the leadership of Mr. Gates. And we're 

 pleased that he has chosen this occasion here in Alaska to outline 

 some of these new initiatives. 



Because many, including myself, have suggested that the sci- 

 entific and environmental monitoring in the Artie should be under- 

 taken in collaboration with Russian scientists, we have asked Dr. 

 Donald O'Dowd, the former president of this University and Chair- 

 man of the Arctic Research Commission, to provide us with some 

 thoughts about the opportunities and problems involved in sci- 

 entific cooperation with our Russian neighbor. The Commission re- 

 cently returned fi*om a series of meetings with their counterparts 

 in the Russian Academy of Sciences, so Dr. O'Dowd is uniquely 

 qualified to address this question. 



The nation's top official for oceanic and atmospheric research, Dr. 

 Ned Ostenso, will outline the program that NOAA can bring to 

 bear on these problems. One of the Environmental Protection Agen- 

 cj^s top radiation and mixed waste experts. Admiral Richard 

 Guimond, will provide the EPA's perspective on these problems. 

 We'll also hear fi*om a number of scientists and health experts, in- 

 cluding some who have come from Russia, from Denmark, Norway 

 and elsewhere, to provide information based on their experience, 

 their research and their monitoring. We have representatives from 

 the environmental community, one to specifically address issues in- 

 volving the dumping of nuclear materials in the ocean, another to 

 present information gathered about a broader range of pollutants 

 and the mechanisms and that transport them around the Arctic. 

 We've invited representatives of the North Slope Borough, the Inuit 

 Circumpolar Conference and other representatives of the Native 

 community to provide their thoughts. And at the end of the day we 

 will hear from a panel representing an alUance between the Uni- 

 versity of Alaska and a national laboratory to set forth some con- 

 crete ideas about the course of action that should be undertaken 

 to address some of these problems. 



A number of other agencies, governments and organizations, in- 

 cluding Russia, Finland, Iceland, the U.S. Department of Energy, 

 the Arctic Marine Resource Commission, the International Union of 

 Circumpolar Health, the American Society of Circumpolar Health, 

 the Alaska Health Project, and many others have also submitted 

 written testimony. I invite people in the audience to submit written 

 testimony, if they^re inclined to do so. The hearing record will be 

 kept open for two weeks for the acceptance of additional public tes- 

 timony. 



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