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 AUQUST 15, 1992 



Introduction 



Good morning, Kr. Chai-nuui and distinguished mesLbers of tho 

 Conmitt**. . I am Rear Adialral Richard J. Guimond, Daputy 

 Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Solid Wasta and 

 Emsrgeney Responsa. I aa an Assistant surgeon General in the 

 Uhited States Public Health serrice. I aa also the fomer 

 Director of EPA's Office of Radiation prograas. Consequently, I 

 am faniliar vith both radiation and. hazardotis substance issues. 



Thanic you for the opportunity to discuss EPA's efforts to 

 address the radioactl've and other threats to the Arctic resulting 

 from past Soviet activities. In your letter of invitation, you 

 requested that I address the potential environmental smd human 

 health ispacts on both Alaska and the Arctic of the past nuclear 

 and the ongoing industrial activities of the former Soviet ntilon. 

 You also requested that I pay particular attention to the effects 

 of radionuclides, heavy metals, persistant organic pollutants and 

 air pollution on this fragile environment. I am pleased to be 

 able to ad dr es s these issues today. 



My testimony this morning will focus on three issues: %rhat 

 EPA knows about pollution in the Arctic, what we have done in the 



