tion of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended. Pertinent further amendments to 

 this Convention were adopted by a Conference of Contracting Governments 

 in 1969, and the President has transmitted these Amendments to the Senate for 

 its advice and consent. 



Mr. Pelly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Pelly. 



Mr. Karth. 



Mr. Karth. Mr. Chairman, I know time is fleeting. I merely would 

 like to make a request, if I may. Pursuing what our distinguished col- 

 league from Florida started, if he is correct about the Air Force 

 dumping, I would like to have you, Mr. Chairman, submit for the 

 record the name or names of those who are responsible for having 

 given the order to dump and the name or names of those responsible 

 for filing y;ith you or the EPA an application to dump. Would you do 

 that for the record ? 



Mr. Train. Certainly. I will endeavor to get the information — ^that 

 should be my correct answer. 



Mr. Karth. I am sure you can. 



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We have been informed that the Air Force has transmitted to you a factual 

 statement describing the circumstances involved in Norton Air Force Base's han- 

 dling of liquid wastes. To our present knowledge, the treatment given the Norton 

 wastes is consistent with applicable water quality standards. We have asked 

 the Environmental Protection Agency to review the present Norton handling 

 practices for such wastes and to assess the adequacy of the applicable treatment 

 standards. At your request, we have also asked the Air Force to identify those 

 officials who are responsible for the Norton practices and to send you their names 

 in a separate, subsequent letter. 



Mr. Keith. Would the gentleman yield ? 



Mr. Karth. Yes. 



Mr. Keith. I hope you would add the corrective action that is neces- 

 sary to overcome this condition and to make certain it does not occur 

 again. 



Mr. Karth. If you would, Mr. Chairman, the results of your in- 

 vestigation and your recommended action. 



Mr. Rogers. Would the gentleman yield? 



And also the point I mentioned about the Navy doing nothing 

 about the dumping at the St. Johns, I think we need some informa- 

 tion on what action is taken there, what investigations, what action 

 has been taken against the officer who gave the dumping order. I in- 

 tend to pursue it but I think it might be helpful if you could request 

 it also. 



Mr. Train. Which exact case was this ? 



Mr. Rogers. Where they dumped the acid in the St. Johns River. 

 The command was given from the Naval District Office, not the little 

 Lieutenant who actually translated the order but the order was given 

 from up the line. We need to know who did that, and some action 

 should be taken against those people. 



Mr. Train. I will to the best of my ability get together these an- 

 swers for you. As you may know, there w-ill be a witness here from 

 the Navy, I believe, later this week. 



Mr. Rogers. Maybe you can ask if he has the answer when he comes. 



Mr. Train. I certainly will mention this to him. 



Mr. Lennon. We are talking about the Mayberry incident, in which 

 the contractor for the Navy dumped, with the permission of the Navy, 



