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really says, and understand how serious the Commandant and I — 

 the Coast Guard— is about enforcement of MARPOL V, all the an- 

 nexes. 



We have taken the initiative to IMO. We are pushing there to 

 get the rest of the world to be as responsible as we, the United 

 States, want to be. The use of the wheel is just the tip of the ice- 

 berg there. We have put out about 30,000 of those in three lan- 

 guages. So, we didn't do well in expediting the Regal Princess case. 

 We are fixing the process, and I don't expect such a delay to 

 happen again, sir. 



Mr. Tauzin. That is fair enough. Mr. Schrader, Mr. Wayland, in 

 fact, you are going to have to jump in here too, Admiral Henn, you 

 find some garbage on the shore. It has got a name on it. What hap- 

 pens? Does anybody go to that cruise line and say, "Your garbage 

 is on the shore. How did it get there?" Is there any action taken? Is 

 there civil penalties, criminal prosecution? What happens? Ms. 

 Schrader, when you find the garbage on the shore, when your 

 cleanup crews report to you, what happens? 



Ms. Schrader. It is not only the cruise lines from which we are 

 finding trash with a return address on it, it is all industries — the 

 offshore oil industry, commercial vessels as well. What we do is 

 send a letter that basically brings the problem to the attention of 

 the company and asks for their active participation in solving this 

 problem. 

 Mr. Tauzin. Does the Coast Guard get a copy of the letter? 

 Ms. Schrader. They do not get copies of the letter that go out to 

 companies regarding beach debris. If we receive a letter from some- 

 one that is an actual report of having witnessed dumping from a 



cruise vessel or any vessel 



Mr. Tauzin. They have got to have a witness to do anything. If 

 you write that letter, do you send a copy to the EPA? 

 Ms. Schrader. Of the beach debris? 

 Mr. Tauzin. Yes. 

 Ms. Schrader. No, we don't. 



Mr. Tauzin. Does EPA or Coast Guard — does either one of you 

 have an interest in their findings as they come in? 



Mr. Wayland. I think as I mentioned, we are funding CMC for 

 this purpose so clearly we do have a major interest. Part of our in- 

 terest in trying to understand statistically the nature and origins 

 of the debris is so we can focus on the places where we think we 

 can stem the most serious aspect of the problem. 



Mr. Tauzin. And all that is important, but I am interested in the 

 individual whether it is an oil industry boat or facility or a corpo- 

 rate operation or a cruise line, or aren't you interested in knowing 

 that they found some debris with their name embossed on it? And 

 wouldn't it be useful for you to contact them even if you can't pros- 

 ecute or complete an investigation? Do either one of you have any 

 interest in that information, and would you do anything with it if 

 you got it? 



Admiral Henn. Absolutely, sir. The Coast Guard does, and I be- 

 lieve EPA does also. At this time, we are not going out on the 

 beaches picking up marine debris. If we get a report from someone, 

 we will take action on it. Clearly, right now one of the things we 

 would do is notify the companies of what had been found. If we can 



