11. 



The next meeting of the Steering Committee was held in New 

 Orleans on November 9, 1955. By that time the proceedings were 

 complete with one exception. (See Appendix B, page 27). The con- 

 sensus of the Committee was arrived at on the main points to be 

 embodied in the report, and general premises on which it was to be 

 based. 



Some members of the Committee made independent inquiries 

 on such topics as (a) the distribution, location, and annual incre- 

 ments to mine workings in salt deposits, (b) economics and tech- 

 nology of power transmission, (c) engineering procedures in oil field 

 injection, (d) hydrology of deep aquifers, and (e) effect of carbonate 

 wallrock on simulated waste solution. It was found generally that a 

 great deal more specific information is available than was presented 

 at the Conference but that the additional data do not simplify the prob- 

 lems nor point to possible solutions that had not been mentioned 

 heretofore. The utilization of cavities in salt deposits for storage 

 and disposal of wastes aroused considerable interest at the Conference 

 so the location of the main salt mines and distribution of the principal 

 salt deposits were documented by Mr. Heroy along with his study of 

 the production and availability of mine workings in salt. 



In this period the name "Steering Committee" became inappro- 

 priate, so the Division of Earth Sciences referred to the group at the 

 Committee on Waste Disposal. Members of the Committee visited 

 the AEC installations at Oak Ridge and Brookhaven, as follows: 



Oak Ridge - Feb. 15-16, 1956: W. E. Benson, W. B. Heroy, M. K. 

 Hubbert, R. J. Russell, C. V. Theis, and W . R. 

 Thurston, Secretary. 



Brookhaven - March 29, 1956: R. J. Russell and W. R. Thurston, 

 Secretary; April 19, 1956: J. N. Adkins, W . E . 

 Benson, W . B. Heroy, andM. K. Hubbert. 



