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Mr. D' Amours. Thank you, Mr. Curtis. 



I was pleased to hear your remark on what actually happened in 

 London last February. You reassured me that yes, I was there. 



In your testimony, you indicate, and you just did, that Federal 

 officials appear to view the moratorium as an opportunity for slow- 

 ing action or inaction on the research front, and you have men- 

 tioned some specific things that were or weren't being done. 



Could you suggest ways in which you believe we should be pro- 

 ceeding in order to implement our research needs that are not now 

 being done? 



Mr. Curtis. I can very briefly suggest some overview strategies 

 and could suggest more specific ones in writing. 



Mr. D'Amours. I recognize the difficulty and complexity of that 

 question, and we will certainly keep the record open for you to 

 submit the answer in writing, if you would prefer to do that. 



Mr. Curtis. I will just say as an overview statement, we have ad- 

 dressed the adequacies of research and monitoring bj' the Federal 

 Government in a critique of a GAO report in the summer of 1982, 

 and in the context of our June 1983 comments to the Navy on their 

 Draft EIS. It is our view that further targeted research and moni- 

 toring is needed of past dumpsites off our Pacific, gulf, and Atlantic 

 coasts. 



EPA's testimony indicated that an inventory process is continu- 

 ing. To my surprise, they have now upped the number of barrels 

 that have been dumped from what had been previously thought to 

 be around 90,000, to 120,000 barrels, from our dumping program 

 between 1946 and 1970. 



I think we need to look at some further targeted monitoring field 

 surveys in places like the Farallon Islands, near the Santa Barbara 

 area, in Massachusetts Bay, as well as in the Baltimore Canyon 

 area off of the Atlantic coast. 



I will submit a further response in writing that will be more spe- 

 cific about some of the types of strategies. 



Mr. D'Amours. Thank you. I appreciate that. 



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