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November 20, 1980 



STATEMENT OF CLIFTON E. CURTIS 



ON BEHALF OF 

 CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY, 

 CENTER FOR ENVIR0NMJ;NTAL EDUCATION, 

 COMMITTEE TO BRIDGE THE GAP, 



COSTEAU SOCIETY, 

 CRITICAL MASS ENERGY PROJECT, 

 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FOUNDATION, 

 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, 

 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CENTER, 

 FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, 

 GREENPEACE, U.S.A., 

 HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC., 

 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE SAFETY, 

 NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, 

 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, 

 NUCLEAR INFORMATION RESOURCE SERVICE, 

 OCEAN EDUCATION PROJECT, 

 OCEANIC SOCIETY, 

 SCENIC SHORELINE PRESERVATION CONFERENCE, INC., 

 SIERRA CLUB, 

 UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS, 

 UNITED METHODIST LAW OF THE SEA PROJECT, 

 AND 

 THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY 

 BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE 

 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES 

 CONCERNING NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE OCEANS 



I am Clifton E. Curtis of the Center for Law and Social Policy, 

 a public interest law firm located in Washington, D.C.V I appre- 

 ciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of 22 

 environmental/public interest groups — the Center for Development 

 Policy, Center for Environmental Education, Committee to Bridge the 

 Gap, Costeau Society, Critical Mass Energy Project, the Environmental 

 Action Foundation, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Environmental 

 Policy Center, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, U.S.A., the Hudson 

 River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. , the National Campaign for Radioactive 



_^/ Robin Charlow, a law student in the Center's clinical program, 

 helped prepare this testimony. 



