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TESTIMONY OF 



RICHARD P. KOTELLY 



DEPUTY DIRECTOR, WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION 



REGION I, U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 



BEFORE THE 



SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 



COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 



U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 



OCTOBER 18, 1993 



Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you for the opportunity 

 to testify this morning. My name is Richard P. Kotelly. I am 

 the Deputy Director of the Water Management Division of EPA 

 Region I. I have held that position for seventeen years. I have 

 been employed by EPA since 1970. 



I have been involved in the Boston Harbor project since it 

 began. That project, including the Massachusetts Water Resources 

 Authority outfall under discussion at this hearing^ has been 

 subjected to intensive and painstaking environmental review. In 

 fact, I know of no other project which has received this much 

 attention from environmental agencies at the state and federal 

 levels. 



EPA's environmental reviews have demonstrated that the 

 continued discharges of MWRA effluent into the shallow waters of 

 Boston Harbor cause unacceptable environmental impacts on our 

 coastal waters. There is a compelling environmental need to end 

 these discharges as soon as possible. The new MWRA outfall is, 

 therefore, an important part of the Boston Harbor project. Its 

 operation will improve water quality throughout the Harbor, 

 especially along the shores of Quincy, Winthrop, Hull, and 



