588 
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8/ 
ing theme. One of the principal speakers, Robert Dyer, EPA's 
Senior Oceanographer with the Office of Radiation Programs, 
reviewed EPA's ocean dumping surveys that were done under his 
direction during the 1970's. In his concluding comments, Mr. Dyer 
noted that: 
[f]rom our initial surveys at the U.S. ocean dump- 
sites we can conclude that the technology exists 
or can be improved to properly evaluate the on-site 
results of deep-sea nuclear waste disposal operations. 
The formerly-used U.S. ocean dumpsites for nuclear 
waste can provide key study areas for determining 
both packaging performance and radionuclide transport 
processes. 79 / 
At the November 1980 hearings before the House Oceanographic 
Subcommittee, the EPA witness advised the committee that "[b]oth 
NOAA and EPA are committed to developing a monitoring stra- 
80/ 
tegy" in relation to ocean dumping of radioactive wastes. 
While that strategy has not yet been published formally, EPA's 
1981 draft version, titled "Program Plan for Monitoring Radio- 
activity in the Oceans" states that: 
[m]ore detailed information from the old dumpsites 
is required to improve site selection criteria, to 
evaluate techniques for waste containment, to 
develop improved dumpsite monitoring capabilities, 
and to better understand radiation transport pro- 
cesses in the deep ocean. 81/ 
718/ Nuclear Waste Management: The Ocean Alternative, edited by 
Thomas Jackson, Pergamon Press (1981). The symposium was sponsored 
by the Oceanic Society in cooperation with the Center for Law and 
Social Policy and Georgetown University. 
79/ agGle “Ee C53} 5 
80/ November 1980 Hearings, supra note 6, at 352; see also Estes 
rk Workshop, supra note 65. 
Monitoring Radioactivity in the Oceans (July 207, 1962 
81/ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Draft Program Plan for 
) BE Vo 
