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Equally troubling was the incomplete or lack of knowledge that the Coast Guard officials 

 displayed about the MARPOL agreement I spoke to several officers in the Miami office 

 and found that they did not appear to understand where the Coast Guard jurisdiction 

 began. 



In January of 1992, in an effort to exert some pressure on the Coast Guard to move the 

 case along, we granted an interview to the St Louis Post Dispatch. In April, with little 

 progress reported, we again went public granting an interview to Conde Naste Magazine. 

 The story appeared in the June 1992 issue. 



Our continued calls to the Marine Safety Office, arid the published articles, appeared to 

 do little to accelerate the investigation. With a great amount of reluctance, my wife and I 

 agreed to provide NBC news with the videotape scenes from our cruise and grant them 

 an on screen interview. It was our feeling that the threat of public pressure and the 

 embarrassment of having to explain the 8 month delay in processing our complaint 

 through the national media, would pressure the Coast Guard to action, and in fact it did. 



In July of 1992, within a few weeks of when the Coast Guard teamed of NBCs interest in 

 the story, the case was processed through the Coast Guards legal office to the U.S. 

 Attorneys office for prosecution. 



In September of 1992, we provided written testimony to Senator Frank Lautenberg's 

 subcommittee on Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection. 



