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Soviet Union, and I'm anxious to work with you in this regard. I 

 do beUeve that NOAA can best fulfill its responsibility in this re- 

 spect by continuing to work with the Interagency Arctic Research 

 Policy Committee in their deliberations to define an appropriate 

 strategy to respond to the reported contamination of the Arctic by 

 radionuclides and other toxic substances. 



Mr. Chairman, this completes my prepared statement. I'll be 

 glad to answer any questions in the future. 



Senator Murkowski. Thank you very much. Dr. Ostenso. 



We're going to hold the questions until the last statement has 

 been made. 



Let me introduce Admiral Richard Guimond, Deputy Assistant 

 Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency, and Assistant Surgeon General of the 

 U.S. Public Health Service. I believe your uniform is one of an Ad- 

 miral in the Public Health Service, is that correct? 



Admiral GuiMOND. That's correct. 



Senator MURKOWSKI. So you certainly wear many, many hats. 

 Please proceed. Admiral. 



Admiral GuiMOND. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. In the 

 interest of time, I'll summarize my remarks and perhaps you can 

 include my entire statement for the record. 



Senator Murkowski. It will be entered into the record as if read. 



[The prepared statement of Admiral Guimond follows:] 



