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cockamamie idea driven more by profit than by rational 

 environmental policy". At present, I have no reason to 

 change my views. 



Removing our wastes from sight is not the same as 

 responsible management of those wastes, nor does it replace 

 efforts to develop practical cost-effective ways to reduce the 

 stream of waste we produce. Our efforts should be focused 

 on pollution reduction so that we don't end up being forced to 

 choose between a host of more unacceptable and less 

 unacceptable alternatives. Despite my strong opposition to the 

 dumping of land-based or nearshore-based waste in the ocean, 

 I am interested in hearing what today's witnesses have to say. 



JS:jrm 



