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E. Dumping Within the EEZ 



On 10 March 1983, President Reagan issued a proclamation 

 declaring the establishment of a 200 nautical mile Exclusive 

 Economic Zone for the United States. The establishment of an EEZ 

 for the United States raises numerous legal and policy issues 

 concerning implementation. Jurisdiction over dumping within the 

 EEZ is one of those issues which we understand is currently under 

 review. Although that issue is broader than our specific 

 concerns regarding radioactive wastes, the environmental 

 coalition believes that any U.S. position on EEZ dumping should 

 be addressed as part and parcel of a comprehensive analysis. 



The Ocean Dumping Act presently regulates any ocean dumping 

 of wastes that are transported from the United States, as well as 

 any dumping that originates from non-U. S. locations by persons 

 connected with the United States (e.g., U.S. registered 

 vessels) . The Act also regulates dumping by any other persons 

 within our territorial seas and contiguous zone. Therefore, the 

 only non-regulated dumping within our EEZ is that which could be 

 done seaward of the contiguous zone by persons not associated 

 with the United States. 



Pursuant to the London Dumping Convention, the Parties have 

 agreed to collectively define "the nature and extent of the right 

 and responsibility of a coastal state to apply the Convention in 

 a zone adjacent to its coast" (Art. XIII). This provision was 

 added to the Convention in 1972 because of the Parties' 

 expectation that the Third U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea 

 would address this issue in the context of a Law of the Sea 



