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 are fraught with problems for the ocean and the resources it supports. 



As proposed by the January 1995 Report done for the Navy, deep ocean dumping would 

 involve wastes that cannot legally be disposed in the ocean or even transported over it for 

 purposes of disposal. The Report's number one recommended proposal would go against long- 

 standing public opposition to waste dumping in the ocean. It would involve long-distance 

 transportation over storm-prone seas to a site where literally trillions of pounds of waste would 

 be tossed into the ocean to sink through over three miles of water and despoil an area of the 

 ocean floor the size of almost 100 football fields. 



This proposal is unworkable. It is also unnecessary. Other more environmentally 

 sensitive disposal, reuse, recycling and prevention options exist. 



Any deep ocean dumping proposals would, by their nature, divert scarce Federal funds 

 from supporting the development of technologies that would deal head-on with pollutants in 

 waste, not just bundle them up and dump them at sea. 



On behalf of the fishing, water recreation and conservation interests I represent today, 

 I strongly urge the subcommittees to prevent deq) ocean dumping activities from occurring. 



Thank you for the opportunity to testify. 



