95 



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It is our conclusion that significant improvements' in 

 the environmental quality of the New York Bight Apex are, 

 indeed, feasible, given the will to move in that direction. 



Merits of 12-Mile Site Versus Deepwater Site 



The table below lists what I would consider the most 

 pertinent arguments for and against relocating sludge dumping 

 from the 12-Mile Site to a Deep Ocean Site (based upon my 

 testimony at the EPA Public Hearing at Toms River, New Jersey, 

 May 31-June 1, 1977) : 



