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(2) public dissemination of information on the condition of the 

 environment; and 



(3) the establishment of grades of environment — sanctuaries, mod- 

 erately protected areas and interim lower quality sites — the adminis- 

 trator could effectively protect the ocean system at present. 



On the basis of my New York Bight experience, I feel that involved 

 Government units are devoting almost no effort to solving the problems 

 of ocean dumping. 



The very small studies to define the problem were good. Now that 

 the problem is defined it is time to start on the more difficult and risky 

 work of decreasing the degradation caused by this dumping. 



I hope this bill will provide an interim mechanism for controlling 

 existing dumping practices as well as an ultimate means for regulating 

 future dumping practices. 



Tliat is the end of my prepared statement. I will provide my resume 

 for the record later. 



Mr. DiNGELL. Without objection, that will appear at this point in 

 the record. 



We will be happy to hear any other comments you have. 



(Information to be furnished follows:) 



resume of biographical information 

 Richard T. Barber 



Dr. Richard T. Barber is Director of tlie Oceanographic Program at Duke Uni- 

 versity Marine Laboratory and Associate Professor of Zoology and Botany of 

 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. He was bom in Bridgeton, New Jer- 

 sey and received his undergraduate education at Brown University. Utah State 

 University (B.S., 1962). and did his graduate studies at Stanford University 

 (Ph.D., 1967). 



After completion of the Ph.D. degree at Stanford University, he was a Postdoc- 

 toral Fel'ow in Biological Oceanography at the Woods Ho^e Oceanographic Insti- 

 tution, Woods Hole. Massachusetts. During tenure of the fellowship he served 

 as Chief Scientist for three months on a Stanford University Oceanographic 

 Expedition to the Galapagos Islands. In 1968 he joined the staff of Woods 

 Hole Oceanographic Institution as Assistant Scientist in the Department of 

 Biology. In 1970 he assume his present position at Duke University. 



He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Water 

 Quality. Panel on Marine Aquatic Life and Wildlife ; the National Science Foun- 

 dation Panel on Research Needs for the Council on Environmental Qualities 

 Report on Ocean Dumping ; and the National Advisory Board of the R/V 

 HELIX. 



Dr. Barber's work on the inhibition of plankton growth in the New York 

 Bight dumping area was selected by the National Science Foundation for 

 inclusion in the 1970 Annual Report of the President to the Congress on Marine 

 Resources and Engineering Development. Other research interests inc'ude 

 studies on the growth and decay of organic matter in the sea and the effect of 

 metals on the growth of plankton. Specific work has examined the speed with 

 which organic matter decays and is recycled in the ocean and the effect of 

 organic matter on metal uptake by plankton. He is the author of ten publica- 

 tions on these subjects. 



Dr. Barber. ]\Iy statement that no effort is made in solving the cur- 

 rent problems of ocean dumping is based on the fact that when you 

 are out over the New York Bight dumps you don't see anyone else 

 out there doing research. 



It is not being done. 



The amount of effort and the dollars spent on work in this area is 

 vanishingly small and some of the work that I am familiar with is 



