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fense has been shrinking by shipping highly dangerous CBW’s across 
our nation and dumping in our oceans. We have been spared total 
tragedy, but I fear that without the provisions of de-militarization 
and catalog, our good forture will be short-lived. 
As a form of check and balance on the military, these bills also call 
for at least 120 days notice before such CBW’s are to be moved or 
destroyed. During this time, comments and recommendations will be 
requested from the Department of Interior, HEW, State, and the 
Council on Environmental Quality, along with any other concerned 
agency or department. 
An “impact statement” is required as to the effects of the dumping 
on the ecology and wildlife. So that this is not to be confused with the 
initial or draft statement, the “impact statement” deals with the pro- 
posed dumping or disposal. Chemical or biological weapons are flatly 
prohibited from being disposed of in navigable waterways, the oceans 
within our territorial seas and beyond into international waterways. 
The “impact statement” will reflect on any substance which the mili- 
tary wishes to dump. 
If the “impact statement” shows any adverse effects on the wildlife 
or environment, then the Secretary is instructed by this bill to hold 
the proposed dumping or disposal plan in abeyance until the adverse 
effect is corrected. 
The third bill which I have introduced with Mr. Dingell, H.R. 
19359, has even greater implications, for it not only goes to the problem 
of military discardables which might do harm to the environment and 
the life web, but also goes to every form of water polluter in the Nation 
today—from the military to the municipality and industry. 
Very basically and briefly, the Secretary of Interior designates cer- 
tain areas of the navigable waters where, based on past and present 
conditions and activity, certain things cannot be discharged. For in- 
stance. he might designate the Dead Sea off the coast of New York and 
New Jersey as such a place and thus forbid the discharge of such items 
as sewage, sludge, spoil, landfill, heated effluents, or any other waste 
which he deems would be harmful to the environment and life web. 
He can protect an entire area from all discharges, or can ban specific 
discharges as he sees fit based on scientific evidence. 
In addition. he is instructed to make a full and complete study of 
substances and waterways. After a vear he is to designate areas where 
~ no dumping or limited disposal will be permitted. He is also instructed 
to establish standards for those substances within 180 days after the 
passage of the bill. 
What this means is that after a year, the Secretary will have estab- 
lished areas which are now dying or being killed as off limits to harm- 
ful dumping. He will have formulated standards for our most deadly 
and noxious substances and posted them even before this. 
There remains only one point—and this is the key to the program. 
If we are to have clean water, if we are to restore our environment and 
the marine and onshore life which is dependent on our water systems, 
then we must draw up a calendar. mark a date upon that calendar 
and sav. “We will have no more filth and garbage and pollutants after 
that date.” 
