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STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE DON YOUNG 

 (R-AK) AT THE JOINT OVERSIGHT HEARING ON 

 OCEAN DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS: 

 DECEMBER 6, 1995. 



I am pleased that the Subcommittees are holding this joint 

 hearing today. As the Member who represents the Arctic 

 Ocean shoreline of the United States, I am, of course, very 

 concerned about how that ocean is used. I look forward to 

 the witnesses' assessments of the environmental fate of the 

 material that has already been dumped into the Arctic Ocean, 

 and what can be done to prevent additional contamination of 

 the Arctic. 



I also look forward to hearing from the panel dealing 

 with deep ocean disposal of dredged material. Improved 



