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Mr. PinpzoLa. Considerable credit is due to EPA. The idea origi- 
nated with them. All I did was implement it and keep it moving 
through proper development over 10 years. They intend to do as 
much as they can once it is fully demonstrated and put on view in 
Philadelphia, and that plant is currently about to be run for a pro- 
longed period of time; and hopefully for many years. 
Mr. Evans. How long is it away from being a true demonstration 
project? 
Mr. PINDzOLA. Just a few months. It’s been held up by massive 
construction of another nature at their water treatment plant. This 
plant is only a $3 million plant among other projects which total 
almost $1 billion. So it’s floating in a sea of other construction. 
Mr. Evans. That’s a $3 million plant for recycling 20 tons? 
Mr. PiInpzoLA. Twenty tons a day, correct. 
Mr. EvaANns. So if you had 260 tons as New York City does, it’s 13 
times that, but a few million is certainly a small price to pay to 
develop an alternative to dumping what could be truly harmful, ir- 
reparably harmful to millions of citizens. 
I congratulate you and thank you gentlemen. 
Mrs. SCHNEIDER. I too would like to associate myself with the re- 
marks of my colleague from Delaware. 
Granted we have had the opportunity to have a private briefing 
on this, and I regret that because the hour is late more of my col- 
leagues have not had the benefit of hearing your testimony. Also 
we haven’t fed the staff their lunch, so I hope that they will be 
able to bear with us. I am most anxious to see, Dr. Pindzola, that 
you have the opportunity to present your testimony again either 
before this body or before the Science and Technology Committee, 
because it seems to me to be very fruitless for the United States 
and the Federal Government to support projects that genuinely do 
provide us with an ecomomic and human health solution to some 
of our pollution problems without pursuing them more aggressive- 
ly. 
I have no further questions of you, but I would like to state that 
if you have any roadblocks that you are encountering insofar as at- 
tempting to promote ECOROCK, I would certainly appreciate it if 
you would keep this committee well informed of your progress. I 
think all of us are very enthusiastic about eliminating the prob- 
lems that are a result of ocean dumping. 
I thank all three of you gentlemen for your time and patience in 
what has been a very long hearing. We will take the information 
you have provided to us and run with it. 
Thank you very much. 
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 
Mr. ForsyTHE. Thank you, and I thank the panel. Though there 
are questions from the chairman of the committee and others, in 
view of the fact that the time is what it is we will adjourn the 
hearing until the call of the Chair. 
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