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 against a concrete disposal container. Furthermore, there is the 

 possibility that a disposal container might be retrieved by some of the 

 heavier equipment, thereby exposing the fishermen to a possible 

 hazard. Mr. Howard Eckles of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

 prepared a summary of regions in which fishing activity is known to 

 take place along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. A portion of that infor- 

 mation is given in Appendix VII. 



2. The distribution of submarine cables . Cable areas often are 

 dragged in attempts to retrieve broken or otherwise disabled cables in 

 order that repairs may be made. The deposition of containers of 

 radioactive wastes in cable areas is undesirable because of the possi- 

 bility that the containers might be retrieved by cable operations, as 

 well as possible rupture of the cable during disposal of the containers. 

 Appendix VIII, prepared by B. C. Heezen, shows the location of 

 cables along the Atlantic coast of the United States. 



