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 Prepared Statement of Edward I. Koch 



Chairman D 'Amours, Chairman Breaux, Members of the 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and 

 Wildlife Conservation, I am happy to appear here again to bring 

 you up to date on what New York City has been doing on the subject 

 of ocean disposal of wastes since I last spoke to you on March 23, 

 1982, and to address legislative options which are currently under 

 discussion by some Members of the Committee. With me today is 

 Joseph T. McGough, Jr., Commissioner of the City's Department of 

 Environmental Protection. Also with me is Dr. James Gift of 

 Ecological Analysts, Incorporated. Dr. Gift directed the three 

 volume study on the 12-mile, 60-mile, and 106-mile sites which we 

 have provided to the Environmental Protection Agency to assist them 

 in making site designation determinations. This study gathers the 

 best scientific evidence available on the three sites. We think 

 it strengthens and supports the City's position on ocean disposal 

 of sewage sludge. We also think it demonstrates our good faith 

 effort to move the ocean disposal program along and our willingness 

 to bear our fair share of the costs of developing the necessary 

 information for rational decision making. Following my statement. 

 Dr. Gift will very briefly summarize the conclusions of the study. 



New York City has followed with interest and support the 

 efforts of this Committee on behalf of H.R. 1761. We supported 

 its predecessor in the last Congress, H.R. 6113, as it was passed 

 in the House of Representatives. We likewise support H.R. 1761, 



