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Atomic Energy Commission throiiglioiit every step of the process and 

 it always has been, and this legislation would simply continue that 

 legal arrangement, but it does say that no permit can he granted by the 

 Atomic Energy Commission for the disposal of radioactive wastes 

 without the agreement of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

 It saj'S : 



In issuing any such permit, the Atomic Energy Commission shall comply with 

 standards set by the Administrator respecting limits on radiation exposures or 

 levels, or concentrations or quantities of radioactive material. 



It says : 



In issuing any such permit, the Atomic Energy Commission shall comply with 

 standards set by the Administrator * * *. 



Mr. DiNGELL. Go ahead, Mr. Everett. 



Mr. Everett. The previous sentence that concerned me, it says 

 "shall consult" and then you say, "in issuing any such permit, and so 

 on," but I am wondering where is the language that requires the En- 

 vironmental Protection Agency or directs them to set the standards. 



It says AEC shall abide by standards set by the Administrator. 

 "^^Hiere is the authority directing him to set the standards ? 



Mr. Train. The Environmental Protection Agency has that author- 

 ity in my opinion under existing law through Reorganization Plan 

 No. 3 of last year. 



INIr. DiNGELL. Is not this going to give us one set of standards ad- 

 ministered by two different agencies ? " 



Mr. Train. "Well, in one sense, I suppose ; yes. 



Mr. DiNGELL. Now, the Atomic Energy Commission usually does not 

 in its disposal of substances use the oceans, and it will be giving permits 

 to other persons who will in turn engage in practice of ocean dumping ; 

 am I correct, Mr. Train ? 



Mr. Train. I believe that would be the case, as a rule. 



It would be an Atomic Energy Commission contractor or something 

 of that sort. 



Mr. DiNGEix. I find myself hard put. I might be able to swallow the 

 idea that the Atomic Energy Commission could do its own dumping, 

 but I find myself hard put to see why the Atomic Energy Commission 

 should become the permitting agency. 



Mr. Train. Well, it is. 



Mr. DiNGELL. For dumping. 



Is not the reason the Environmental Protection Agency set up to 

 have one place for all environmental matters, where all of those 

 matters will be handled ? 



Was not that the basis on why Reorganization Plan No. 3 was issued ? 



Mr. Train. I do not see any great objection in principle either way 

 the Congress would prefer to handle it. 



Mr. DiNGELL. I really think we ought to keep it all in one place, to 

 having one set of standards administered by two different agencies, I 

 am rather curious as to why, and as I read the vrind, the Atomic 

 Energy Commission will be rather anxious to get rid of this stuff, 

 and that being so, they might tend to view the environmental protec- 

 tion standards rather differently than would the Environmental Pro- 

 tection Agency, and it occurs to me, where you allow the Atomic 



