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Prepared Statement of James J. Gift 



Mr. Chairman and Subcommittee Members: 



I am James J. Gift, Vice President of Environmental Programs for 

 Ecological Analysts, Inc., a multidisciplinary environmental consulting 

 firm. My training is in environmental sciences with a focus on fresh- 

 water and marine ecology and toxicology. For the last three years, I 

 have been responsible for directing a comprehensive technical assessment 

 of ocean disposal of New York City's sewage sludge. 



My firm and SEAMOcean, Inc., have prepared three extensive assessments 

 of the technical information relating to the proposed redesignation of 

 the 12- and 60-Mile Sites and the designation of the 106-Mile Site for 

 disposal of sewage sludges. These comment documents were submitted to 

 EPA in March 1933. We are also in the process of finalizing a compre- 

 hensive Special Permit Application which includes a cross-media assess- 

 ment of New York City's land and ocean sludge management alternatives. 



I appreciate this opportunity to discuss, on behalf of the City of 

 New York, a number of technical issues that relate to the ocean 

 disposal of municipal sewage sludge in the New York Bight. 



