Table 1. Historical Trends of Ocean Dumping, 1949-1968* 



Area 



1949-1953 



1954-1958 



1959-1963 



1964-ll968 



Total 



Avg./Yr. 



Total 



Avg./Yr. 



Total 



Avg./Yr. 



Total 



Avg./Yr. 



Atlantic 



Gulf$ 



Pacific 



8,000,000 



40,000 



487,000 



1,600,000 



8,000 



97,000 



16,000,000t 

 283,000 

 850,000 



3,200,000 



56,000 



170,000 



27,270,000 

 860,000 

 940,000 



5,454,000 

 172,000 

 188,000 



31,100,000 

 2,600,000 

 3,410,000 



6,200,000 

 520,000 

 682,000 



Total 



8,527,000 



1,705,000 



17,133,000 



3,426,000 



29,070,000 



5,814,000 



37,110,000 



7,422,000 



* Figiires do not include dredge spoils, radioactive wrastes, and 

 military explosives. 



y Estimated by fitting a linear trend line between data for preceding 

 period and data for succeeding period. 



4 Disposal operations in the Gulf of Mexico began in 1952. 



after Train, Cahn and MacDonald, 1970 



