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Conservation efforts have reduced fuel consumption, and you've 

 heard about the recycHng of waste and the environmental officers. 



From my point of view, I can say this. That when we go into the 

 field, we operate just as Mrs. Morella does now. We've got a bucket 

 for the glass and a bucket for the plastic and a bucket for this and 

 a bucket for that and a bucket for the human waste of various 

 kinds, and it'll all come out. 



Now does this cause us a problem? Initially certainly it causes 

 a problem until you get into the swing of things And once you get 

 into the swing of things, it works out fairly well. 



And pretty soon the effort becomes not just to recycle the stuff 

 we've taken in, but as you visit old sites that were occupied years 

 ago, the effort to clean them up, and when fl3dng in helicopters, if 

 you notice a fuel drum that was left 25 years ago, to mark it so 

 the helicopter pilots can pick it up at a later date. 



And I can honestly say that I think that the scientific community 

 has bought into the Environmental Protocol and into the imple- 

 mentation of a Protocol in a hundred percent effort. 



Now, in terms of the policy implications of the Protocol, I would 

 point out to you that the Polar Research Board, at the request of 

 the Department of State, did a very detailed study, established an 

 ad hoc committee to do this, and under one of the chapters in their 

 report, and that chapter was entitled "Implementation of the Envi- 

 ronmental Protocol," one of the subsections in that report is called 

 "Environmentally Responsible and Science Legislation." 



And further subsections under that section are headed by the 

 words "clarity," "flexibility," "simplicity," and "practicability." 



And those certainly refer to this legislation. And I would hope 

 that they also refer to the regulations which are drafted to imple- 

 ment this legislation. 



I sent copies of the bill, or copies have been distributed to the 

 scientific community and to date I have heard only positive re- 

 sponses, and they are all impressed by the clarity, simplicity, and 

 practicability of this piece of legislation. 



Because we are the ones, we're at the bottom line. We are the 

 ones that have to live with it, and I think that everybody is exceed- 

 ingly pleased with the bill as it stands. 



I'm just here today to urge you and your colleagues to act on this 

 bill, to get it passed, and if there's anything that we can do to help 

 push it through the Senate, just give us the word, and we'll do our 

 best. 



Thank you. 



[The prepared statement of Dr. Rutford follows:] 



