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Additional Questions of Mr. D' Amours and Answered by Department of State 



Q. On page 4 of your testimony, you indicate that the 

 Department is working with other agencies in conjunction 

 with the two-year study, and that four subgroups have 

 been established. 



What agencies have been involved with the study? 



Have more than four subgroups been established? 



What specific topics and issues have been discussed 

 in each subgroup? 



Who are the participants in each subgroup? 

 A. As I indicated in my testimony, the State Department 

 has been participating in a series of policy level meetings 

 aimed at improving United States' participation in the 

 London Dumping Convention. Participation in the two-year 

 study is one of the questions addressed at these policy 

 level meetings. Of the four subgroups that have been 

 established, only one deals with the radioactive waste 

 study. That subgroup is chaired by the Office of Radiation 

 Programs, in the EPA. Other agencies represented include 

 NOAA, the Corps of Engineers and the Department of Energy. 

 The subgroup was responsible for compiling reference 

 material for transmittal to the IMO and IAEA for the 

 meeting of experts which took place at IAEA headquarters 

 in September 1983, for the purpose of compiling a biblio- 

 graphy on the effects of radioactive waste disposal at 

 sea. It was on the recommendation of the subgroup that 

 we urged the participants in the September meeting to 

 consider terms-of-reference for the intergovernmental 

 group of experts who will meet in 1984 and also to 



