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 Prepared Statement of Michael N. Castle 



One of the institutional features of U.S. Congress is an 

 abnormal fascination with talk. 



For the past eleven years, members of Congress have been 

 talking about ocean dumping. For the past eleven years, Delawareans 

 have been saying to the Congress, to agents of the Environmental 

 Protection Agency, federal oceanographers , and to anyone who might 

 listen we do not want sludge from distant municipalities, or for 

 that matter from any source whatsoever, disposed of or dispersed in 

 the ocean off our coastline. 



Fifteen days ago, in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, the E.P.A. held 

 a public hearing on the issue that rests before us today. At the 

 hearing, the entire Delaware Congressional delegation. Senator Roth, 

 Senator Biden, and Representative Carper expressed unequivocal 

 opposition to designation of the so-called 106 mile site, as did 

 Delaware's Governor, Pierre S. du Pont, and Delaware's Attorney 

 General, Charles oberly. 



Governor du Pont's views could be considered expert testimony; 

 while serving as Delaware's lone member of U.S. Congress in 1972, he 

 was a member of the committee which wrote the Marine Protection, 

 Research, and Sanctuaries Act. 



