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CONCURRENT WITH OUR EFFORTS AT REDUCING THE OCEAN DUMPING OF 
INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL WASTES, THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT BY 
SCIENTISTS AND POLICYMAKERS THAT WE COULD USE THE OCEAN AS AN 
APPROPRIATE SITE FOR DISPOSAL OF MOST DREDGED MATERIAL AND INCINERATION 
OF WASTES- THESE ACTIVITIES WERE CARRIED OUT WITH SUBSTANTIAL STUDIES 
AND ANALYSES BY EPA, NOAA, THE Coast GuarD, THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
AND THE Army Corps oF ENGINEERS- 
DURING THIS TEN YEAR PERIOD, STUDIES HAVE ALSO BEEN CONDUCTED 
REGARDING THE OCEAN DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES- THESE 
STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY MANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING EPA, NOAA, 
THE Woops HoLe OcEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE, AND THE SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF 
OCEANOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS CANADIAN AND EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS: SOME OF THE 
AREAS STUDIED HAVE INCLUDED THE PHILADELPHIA SLUDGE DUMPING SITE, THE 
106 MILE OCEAN WASTE DISPOSAL SITE, THE 12 MILE SITE IN THE New YorK 
BIGHT, THE GuLF oF LA NAPOULE FRANCE, VANCOUVER, CANADA, AND THE 
ENGLISH CHANNEL- EFFLUENTS FROM OCEAN OUTFALLS HAVE ALSO BEEN STUDIED- 
EPA AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CoASTAL WATERS RESEARCH PROJECT 
(SCCWRP) HAVE EXTENSIVELY INVESTIGATED THE DISCHARGE OF MUNICIPAL 
EFFLUENTS FROM OCEAN OUTFALLS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: 
WHERE WE ARE TODAY 
BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THESE STUDIES WHERE ARE WE TODAY, TEN 
YEARS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE MPRSA? 
