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that is going to be dumped in the territorial waters of the United States, 

 to first get a permit from the Environmental Protection Agency. 



That permit has in it a condition precedent tho.t each applicant must 

 show exactly how the wastes are going to be loaded, where it is going 

 to be loaded, how it is going to be transi:)orted, and most of all, where 

 it is going to be disposed of, and by what method. 



This permit will give the U.S. district court jurisdiction, and it can 

 give it a supervisory ability which we do not have now in the present 

 law, and which we sorely need. 



It will require that the U.S. Coast Guard be given at least 4 hours 

 notice before any ship is leaving any port in the United States, and, 

 secondly, broad powers are given to the Environmental Protection 

 Agency on a regulation of the entire bill. 



I have suggested in this bill that very heavy penalties be inflicted, 

 because we are dealing with something highly dangerous to our en- 

 vironment. 



I have recommended a first offense penalty of $50,000, a second 

 offense penalty of a hundred thousand dollars, or confiscation of the 

 vessel or both, and the liability should be joint and several with every- 

 body involved. 



The other measures that have been introduced basically have only 

 few deviations from what I have proposed. 



Some bills would like to set a cutoff time. So that we understand 

 each other, it is my view that the ocean is not the proper place to dump 

 anything ; any kind of waste, whether it be toxic or otherwise. I would 

 like to see this ended as quickly as possible, but I think it is wrong 

 to put a time limit in any legislation, Mr. Chairman. You know, and 

 I know, if you give any industry 5 years, or 2 years to do something, 

 that is how long they will take to do it. 



I would rather see the Environmental Protection Agency have the 

 authority, because of experience with the various people and indus- 

 tries, as to when dumping must end. 



Now, here is a good example. Of the three cities that have dumped 

 only 10 miles from where I live, off the coast of Cape May, N.J., one 

 of those cities, only 3 months ago developed a new method — new to 

 them. — on how they can use this waste for a fertilizer, and this is what 

 they are doing today. 



I can see that the city of Pliiladelphia, because of its tremendous 

 problem, and its great volume, perhaps cannot stop disposing of the 

 sludge immediately. 



This might be too much of a hardship, and I can understand that. 

 But as for the city of Bridgeton, which has already reached a point 

 through its own exploration where it does not have to dump any of 

 its waste, the cutoff time has already arrived as far as the city of 

 Bridgeton is concerned, and they should not be permitted at any time 

 to dum]3 sludge into the Atlantic Ocean. 



When the day arrives that the other two cities have reached that 

 yjoint, whether it be next month or next year, that is when their permits 

 should expire. 



There are many other things that I could elaborate upon ; however, 

 I know you have many other witnesses, and I have touched on those 

 tilings I think are the most important, and, again, gentlemen, this is 

 a very dangerous situation. 



