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November 2, 1983 



TESTIMONY OF CLIFTON E. CURTIS 



ON BEHALF OF 



CLEAN WATER ACTION PROJECT, 



CRITICAL MASS ENERGY PROJECT, 



THE FARALLON FOUNDATION, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, 



GREENPEACE, U.S.A., HUDSON RIVER SLOOP CLEARWATER, INC., 



NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, 



U.S. NUCLEAR FREE PACIFIC NETWORK, 



NUCLEAR INFORMATION RESOURCE SERVICE 



OCEANIC SOCIETY, PALMETTO ALLIANCE, 



SCENIC SHORELINE PRESERVATION CONFERENCE, SIERRA CLUB, 



SOUTHWEST RESEARCH AND INFORMATION CENTER, 



UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS, 



UNITED METHODIST CHURCH JOINT LAW OF THE SEA PROJECT 



AND THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY 



BEFORE 



THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY OF 



THE HOUSE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES COMMITTEE 



CONCERNING 



OCEAN DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES 



I am Clifton Curtis, an attorney with the Center for Law and 

 Social Policy, a public interest law firm in Washington, D.C. I 

 appreciate very much the opportunity to present testimony today 

 on behalf of the following seventeen environmental and other 

 citizen organizations: Clean Water Action Project, Critical Mass 

 Energy Project, The Farallon Foundation, Friends of the Earth, 

 Greenpeace, U.S.A., Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc., Natural 

 Resources Defense Council, U.S. Nuclear-Free Pacific Network, 

 Nuclear Information Resource Service, Oceanic Society, Palmetto 

 Alliance, Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference, Inc., Sierra 

 Club, Southwest Research and Information Center, Union of 

 Concerned Scientists, United Methodist Church Joint Law of the 

 Sea Project, and Wilderness Society — hereafter referred to as 



