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U.S. Arctic coast (« in the B6rln<7 Sea, 1 in tha Chukchi Sea, and 

 2 in the Beaufort Sea) . Contaminant levels are measured in both 

 biota and sedinente from 3 stations at each site. 



The National Status & Trends (NS&T) Program also includes an 

 element that monitors levels of artificial radionuclides in U.S. 

 coastal environments. in 1990 NS&T conducted a survey of the 

 levels of artificial radionuclides (^*'Am, "♦Z'Opu, "Sp^^ "'Cs, 

 "°Ag, '"sr, *'Zn, '""Co, '*Co) in biota at 36 sites around the U.S. 

 to compare with levels from the 1970s. None of these sites were 

 in the Arctic. 



OTHER CONSIDERATlONfl 



NOAA has also been involved with the Department of State on the 

 del iberat tone that led to the Arctic Environmental Protection 

 Strategy (ASPS) , and with the associated Arctic Monitoring and 

 Assessment Program (AMAP) where NOAA is Co-Chair with the 

 Environmental Protection Agency for the United States' 

 involvement. I believe that an appropriate assessment by the 

 United States of the contamination of the Arctic by the Former 

 Soviet Union is quite fitting with the United States' 

 responsibilities under AMAP and the associated AEP9. 



