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THE SECRETARIAT, WHICH IS NOW LOCATED IN OSLO. THE 

 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC 

 AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ARE THE LEAD U.S. AGENCIES FOR 

 THIS PROGRAM. 



MR. CHAIRMAN, THERE ARE ALSO TWO OTHER RELEVANT BILATERAL 

 AGREEMENTS WITH RUSSIA WHICH ALSO BEAR ON THE-PROBLEM OF MARINE 

 POLLUTION. ONE IS THE 1972 US/USSR AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN 

 THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED 

 BY MY COLLEAGtre FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. THE 

 OTHER CONCERNS OIL POLLUTZOM. IT IS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 

 UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UMZON CONCERNING COOPERATION IN 

 COMBATTING POLLUTIOli IN THE BERING AMD CHUKCHI SEAS, WHICH WAS 

 DEVELOPED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE 1972 AGREEMENT, AND SIGNED 

 MAY 11, 1989. THE PURPOSE OF THE AGREEMENT IS TO ESTABLISH A 

 MECHANISM TO DEAL WITH THE RISKS TO THE MASIME ENVIRONMENT 

 POSED BY POTERTIAL OIL DBVELOPNENT IN THE BERING SEA BY BOTH 

 COUNTRIES, AND TAMXBS TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DEVELOPMENT 

 AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OIL PRODUCTION IN THE BEAUFORT 

 SEA. IT IS ALSO DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE POLLUTION RISKS 

 ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSPORT OF OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. 



