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Dr. Jounson. Thank you. 
Mr. Dincety. Our next witness is the gentleman from Colorado, the 
Honorable Donald G. Brotzman. We are happy to have you with us 
this morning. i 
STATEMENT OF HON. DONALD G. BROTZMAN, A REPRESENTATIVE 
IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO 
Mr. Brorzman. Mr. Chairman, I welcome the opportunity to appear 
before this distinguished committee and to speak in favor of legislation 
which would make illegal the dumping of the agents, byproducts and 
wastes of chemical, biological, and radiological warfare into the oceans. 
Following the disposal, by the Army, of nerve gas rockets earlier in 
the year, I introduced legislation which would establish criminal penal- 
ties for persons engaged in the sea disposal of chemical and biological 
weapons. My bill, H.R. 19014, because of the criminal sanctions, was 
referred to the Judiciary Committee, where it is now pending. 
Although H.R. 19014 is not before this distinguished committee, I 
do wish to urge your favorable consideration of the legislation now 
under review. I believe my bill, with its criminal sanctions, would com- 
plement the legislation you are considering, but more importantly I 
feel that good legislation needs to be passed yet in the 91st Congress 
if we are to save our oceans from becoming a delayed time bomb. 
President Nixon has recently asked Congress to enact tough, new 
legislation to prevent the pollution of the sea. I welcome his leadership 
in this effort, and I hope that his message will serve to encourage this 
committee in its work. : 
The people of the Second District of Colorado, who I have the 
privilege of representing in Congress, are intimately familiar with the 
difficulties involved in the disposal of surplus chemical] and biological 
warfare weapons. They, and I, strongly opposed the efforts to move 
toxic materials from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal for ocean burial 
off the coast of New Jersey last year. As a result, facilities at the arsenal 
are now being developed to detoxify and destroy the weapons on lo- 
cation and in a safe manner. 
Sea disposal may seem to be an attractive alternative at first glance. 
However, the reduced costs at the time of the disposal can in no way be 
matched against the possibility of killing the sea. We cannot allow this 
to happen. This is especially the case now that technology is rapidly 
becoming available to assure disposal inplace in a safe manner, for a 
reasonable cost, and without danger to the quality of our environment. 
In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, I call on the Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries Committee to report legislation to the floor of the House as 
expeditiously as possible. 
Mr. Drincetu. Thank you Congressman, for an excellent statement. 
Next I would like to call on our colleague from Florida, the Hon- 
orable J. Herbert Burke. 
STATEMENT OF HON. J. HERBERT BURKE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN 
CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
Mr. Burxe. Mr. Chairman, want to thank you and the members 
of this subcommittee for allowing me this opportunity to offer testi- 
