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Desirability of a Moratori-om on Final Designation of the 

 106-Mile Site 



We would not support a moratorium on designation of the 

 106-Mile Site, because designation of the 106-Mile Site is 

 not the issue. The real issue is whether sewage sludge and 

 industrial wastes should be permitted to be jointly ocean- 

 dumped at any ocean disposal site. 



We, therefore, favor' a more direct approach to this 

 issue: namely, an amendment which expressly limits site 

 designation authority under the Act to the designation of 

 single-purpose (i.e., single waste-type) and non-interactive 

 dumpsites. Specifically, while dredged materials derived 

 from multiple channels could all be dumped at the same 

 dredged material dumpsite, and similar industrial wastes 

 (e.g., acids) derived from multiple manufacturing processes 

 could be dumped at the same industrial waste site , industrial 

 wastes and sludges, or dredged material and anything else, 

 could not be dumped together at the same site. 



Of course, separate dumpsites for different waste types 

 must be spaced sufficiently far apart to avoid interaction 

 of contaminants from one site with those of other sites. 



Desirability of Prior Congressional Notice of Final Site 

 Designations 



In principle, the idea of active congressional involvement 



in the process of ocean dumpsite designation makes eminent 



good sense. Since designation of a new diomping site frequently 



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