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We never did that, but it was in the furor over that report that 

 people thought we were dumping in those close-in areas, in those quan- 

 tities, that we in effect stopped all ocean dumping for all practical 

 purposes, except for these few little amounts that are now being 

 cleaned up, so I think we would like to supplement the record in the 

 light of that report, because I do not think we today can give you a 

 number that would say up to here it is all right, and beyond that it is 

 not, but that report would help to put this in perspective. 



Mr. Rogers. I think we should have that, and I think we should have 

 a summary on where the heavy dumpings have been. 



(The information follows :) 



Dumping Sites op Radioactive Wastes 



The major areas used for dumping of radioactive vpastes in the ocean were at 

 the following location's : 



ATLANTIC OCEAN 



1. 30°38'N, 72°06'W approximately 150 miles southe^ast of Sandy Hook. 



2. 37°50'N, 70°35'W approximately 230 miles southeast of Sandy Hook. 



3. 36°56'N. 74°23'W approximately 105 miles eaist of Cape Henry, Virginia. 



4. 42°25.5'N, 70°35'W approximately 12 to 15 miles from the coast in Massa- 

 chusetts Bay. 



PACIFIC OCEAN 



1. Within an ar^a bounded by points designated as 

 37°38'N, 123°18'W ; 37°38'N, 123°30'W ; 

 37°43'N, 123''24'W ; and 37°43'N, 123°30' W 



approximately 48 miles west of the Golden Gate. 



2. 33°39'N, 119°28'W approximately 53 miles west of Point Vicente, California. 

 Note : All sites listed above are beyond the continental shelf where the depth 



exceeds 1000 fathoms except No. 4 for the Atlantic Ocean which was a toxic 

 chemical dumping area designated by the Corps of Engineers. The last disposal 

 at this site was in August 1959. 



Mr. Rogers. Do you monitor w*here jou dump this material ? 

 Mr. Price. We did where we were authorizing the dumping. 

 There was a periodic monitoring of these dumping areas. 

 Mr. Rogers. How often ? 

 ]Mr. Price. We would have to check the record. 

 Mr. Rogers. But there is no more monitoring ? 

 Mr. Ramey. There is very little dmnping. 



Mr. Rogers. It is already down there. We are not monitoring what 

 may be happening then ? 



Mr. Ramey. I thinlc it is not being monitored now. 

 Mr. Rogers. I think we ought to know that for the record. 

 Mr. Price. We would be glad to clear the record. 

 (The information follows :) 



Monitoring of Radioactive Dumping Sites 



In October, 1957, a survey of the Atlantic Ocean disposal area located approx- 

 imately 150 miles southeast of Sandy Hook was conducted by the Chesapeake 

 Bay Institute in cooperation with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The 

 survey consisted of taking a series of samples of ocean bottom in and near the 

 disposal site. Radiological analyses of these samples indicated no radioactivity 

 detectable above background levels. A similar survey by the Scripps Institute 

 of Oceanography of Pacific Ocean disposal areas located off the Farallon Islands 

 and in the Santa Cruz Basin indicated comparable results. 



In June, 1959, a site in Massachusetts Bay was surveyed by the U.S. Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey. Core samples, sediment samples, and water samples were 



