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sea. Subsequent to the hearing, the license was granted on March 18, 1959. 

 Walker Trucking Company never disposed of any radioactive waste at sea. On 

 April 9, 1964, Walker Trucking Company withdrew its request for authority to 

 dispose of radioactive waste at sea ; a license amendment issued November 27, 

 1964, deleted sea disposal. 



2. A hearing was held on January 22 and 23, 1959, in Houston, Texas, on an 

 application filed by Industrial Waste Disposal Corporation, Houston, Texas, 

 which requested authorization to dispose of radioactive waste in the Gulf of 

 Mexico. The Initial Decision by the Hearing Examiner on May 29, 1959, granted 

 the license. After review by the Commission, the matter was remanded to the 

 Hearing Examiner to take testimony concerning the integrity of low-level waste 

 containers after their disposal in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 20, 1962, the Com- 

 mission denied the application for disposal of radioactive waste in the Gulf of 

 Mexico because of objections by the Government of Mexico. 



The following licensees have disposed of radioactive waste off the coast of 

 California : 



1. Chevron Research Company, Richmond, California. 



2. Coastwise Marine Disposal Corp., Long Beach, California. 



3. Isotopes Specialties Company, Burbank, California. 



4. U.S. Naval Radiation Development Laboratory, San Francisco. 



5. Nuclear Engineering Company, Walnut Creek, California. 



6. Ocean Transport Company, Richmond, California. 



Mr. DiNGELL. Gentlemen, the committee wishes to thank you for 

 your statement, and for your being here on short notice. 



We are very grateful to you. You have been very helpful. We have 

 had a very vigorous and enlightened discussion. 



We will take our next witness this afternoon at 1 'A5, and the staff 

 will notify the members of the committee as to the hour. 



The committee stands in recess. 



(Whereupon, the subcommittee recessed at 12 :30 o'clock p.m.) 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



Mr. DiNGELL. The subcommittee will come to order. 



This is a continuation of the hearings begun yesterday on the sub- 

 ject of dumping of waste materials of different kinds in the ocean. 



Our first witnesses this afternoon are witnesses on behalf of the In- 

 terior Department, Mr. Harrison Loesch, Assistant Secretary for Pub- 

 lic Lands Management. 



Mr. Loesch, we are happy to welcome you to the committee. The 

 Chair notes that you have with you an old friend of the present occu- 

 pant of the Chair, Mr. Linduska. If you will identify yourself and 

 Mr. Linduska for the purposes of the record, we will be most happy to 

 listen to any statement you choose to give. 



STATEMENT OF HON. HARRISON LOESCH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY 

 FOR PUBLIC LANDS, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 

 ACCOMPANIED BY DR. JOSEPH P. LINDUSKA, SPECIAL DIRECTOR, 

 BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDiLIFE, DEPARTMENT 

 OF THE INTERIOR 



Mr. Loesch. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate 

 very much being before the conunittee. 



I am Harrison Loesch, and I have with me Dr. Joseph P. Linduska, 

 Associate Director, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. 



I am sure, Mr. Chairman, that Dr. Linduska will be able to give me 

 Che expertise here which I personally lack. 



