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is the forum that we feel is best able to address it, and we will sup- 

 port the outcome of the LDC review. 



Mr. D' Amours. I don't want to keep whipping the horse. He has 

 expired, and so has my time. It appears that there are no further 

 questions from the members of the subcommittee. 



Mr. Tauzin. I have one, just one serious one. 



Did the Soviet Union participate in the London convention? 



Ms. Hughes. Yes, it did. 



Mr. Tauzin. And you are not aware of any country dumping 

 right now. Did the Soviet Union refrain from any ocean dumping 

 of hazardous nuclear waste? 



Ms. Hughes. The Soviet position on both the Kiribati-Nauru pro- 

 posal and the Spanish resolution was identical to the U.S. position, 

 and I believe the Soviet rationale for its position was pretty much 

 identical to the U.S. rationale. 



Mr. Tauzin. They are not for a moratorium either. We learned 

 yesterday that Mr. Stockman estimated it would cost $16,000 per 

 fish if we protected our fish from acid rain. Have you made any 

 statements, have you received any estimates from Mr. Stockman 

 on how much it would cost to protect ocean fish from radioactive 

 waste? 



Ms. Hughes. No, I haven't. 



Mr. Tauzin. I am anxious to get that figure. Thank you, Mr. 

 Chairman. 



Mr. D' Amours. I want to thank the panel for their attention and 

 attendance this morning, and thank you all. I hope that the United 

 States somehow might reconsider its position in the South Pacific, 

 but I have no great expectations there. 



Thank you. 



[Recess.] 



Mr. D' Amours. The meeting will come to order again. 



We are now about to receive testimony from Mr. Clifton Curtis 

 on behalf of the Clean Water Action Project, the Critical Mass 

 Energy Project, and I won't name them all, several other environ- 

 mentally concerned groups. 



Before we begin, since I understand there are members who do 

 want to submit questions for the record. I want to ask unanimous 

 consent that any members of the subcommittee having questions 

 may submit them to the witnesses for the record. 



Mr. Curtis, we anticipate your testimony. I would appreciate it if 

 you would also limit yourself to a summary of that testimony as 

 the other witnesses did, and with that, you may proceed. We wel- 

 come you. 



STATEMENT OF CLIFTON CURTIS, CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL 

 POLICY, REPRESENTING A COALITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

 INTERESTS 



Mr. Curtis. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



I appreciate the opportunity to testify today on behalf of the 17 

 environmental and other citizen organizations listed in my written 

 testimony that has been submitted for your hearing record. 



