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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. 



Statement of Habold L. Perry, Wildlife Representative, the Humane Society 



OF THE United States 



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee : My name is Harold L. Perry. 

 I am a wildlife representative for The Humane Society of the United States. 

 with headquarters in Washington, D.C. I am stationed in Phoenix, Arizona, where 

 I have worked on wildlife problems for the past twenty years. 



The Humane Society strongly endorses the provisions of H.R. 5060 to amend 

 the Fish and Wildlife Act of 19.56 to provide a criminal penalty for shooting at 

 certain birds, fish, and other animails from aircraft We are totally and vehe- 

 mently opposed to shooting any species of wildlife from any type of aircraft. Such 

 activity is the worst form of distortion of the true meaning of the word "sport." 

 More than one species is being depleted in this absurd and inhumane method of 

 hunting. Some of them are threatened with total extinction. 



We take exception to one provision of the bill, namely (b)(1), exempting 

 employees or agents of federal or state governments. My personal observation in 

 Arizona has proved to me that coyotes and their dens can be spotted and easily 

 shot from aircraft. I see no need to leave an open door for government represen- 

 tatives to use this unfair method of killing. 



We also urge that this Subcommittee consider extending H.R. 5060 to cover 

 snowmobiles. This is another cruel and unsportsmanlike method of hunting that 

 has grown enormously in popularity in recent years. The hunted animal has no 

 chance as it is run down by the snowmobile and killed. Laws controlling this 

 activity have been passed by some states but federal legislation is badly needed to 

 stop snowmobile hunting on public lands and to declare it is against the policy of 

 the United States Government to hunt animals in this manner. 



Snowmobiles can be included in H.R. 5060 with minor changes in wording. 

 The Humane Society urges that you do so. 



Statement of Andrews M. Lang, President, Waste Management and (Com- 

 paction Systems, Inc., Chestnut Hill, Mass. 



I would like to draw the Committee's attention to the experience which Japan 

 has had with ocean dumping. They have, in fact, been disposing of solid wastes 

 for some time both in shallow water situations and in deep water — i.e. Tokyo 

 Bay which is several thousand feet deep. 



In all cases, the Japanese have treated their solid wastes prior to disposal in 

 water. The treatment has been through the process known as Intensive Com- 

 paction — which is similar to baling but at much higher compression levels and 

 with special equipment so that the compacted wastes are consistently heavier- 

 than-water. Also, the compacted wastes are wrapped with wire mesh and dipped 

 in asphalt in order to maximize stability and minimize sanitation problems. 

 The equipment used comes from the Tezuka Kosan Company of Tokyo. 



There have been no significant negative results from this Japanese exercise 

 in ocean dumping. I would, therefore, urge that the pending legislation i)ermit 

 ocean diposal of solid wastes so long as the wastes are given a pre-disposal 

 treatment sufficient to guard against any adverse effects to the marine ecology. 



I would also urge that the Committee, the Congress and the appropriate 

 government agencies carry out more intensive investigation of the Japanese 

 activities in the field so as to permit this greater application in the U.S.A. 



Statement of the American Petroleum Institute 



The American Petroleum Institute would like to comment on currently pending 

 federal legislation concerning the disposal of wastes in the oceans. The Institute 

 is in agreement with the general thrust of the various measures now being con- 

 sidered — namely, to bring an end to uncontrolled use of the oceans as a dumping 

 ground for the wastes of our civilization. 



