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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 

 International Arctic Seas Assessment Program 

 (I ASAP) ; 



Gore -Chernomyrdin Commission (GCC) ; 



(2) informal agreements, such as, memoranda of 

 understanding and records ofl discussion. 



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 Under the AEPS, EPA is participatling in two key working 



groups, (1) Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAMi 



and (2) the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) . 



PAME is developing a list of priority tasks to address Arctic 

 contamination problems. Under AMAP, EPA is leading the U.S. 

 effort and working with Norway to assess radiation sources and 

 associated radiological consequences in the Arctic environment 

 from all sources of radioactivity. 1 



The IAEA's International Arctic Seas Assessment Program 

 (lASAP) is assessing the environmental impact of the past dumping 

 activities of the former Soviet Union! in the Arctic marginal seas 

 near Northwest Russia. Under this program, EPA is chairing the 

 group of experts evaluating the performance of the barrier 

 materials/packaging used to isolate the radioactive waste 

 sources dumped in the Arctic marine environment. lASAP is also 



