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EMD-82-B2 1 (1981-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcpw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 3 WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-202 929 NOVEMBER 5, 1981 The Honorable Walter B. Jones Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries House of Representatives 116823 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Comments on H.R. 1720, a bill to establish a task force to study past radioactive waste ocean dumpsites Your letter of April 3, 1981, requested our views and recommendations on H.R. 1720, a bill to establish a task force to study the environmental and health impacts of past radioactive waste ocean dumping practices. This letter contains our overall views and recommendations. Comments on specific portions of the proposed bill are included as enclosure I. The bill proposes establishing a seven agency task force to (1) identify ocean dumpsites and the nature of radioactive wastes dumped into the ocean prior to 1970 including the type of containment used and the date and method of dumping, (2) make a preliminary assessment of the adverse environmental and public health effects, and (3) develop a comprehensive plan for moni- toring such wastes and to project and assess the short- and long-term adverse environmental and health impacts of the waste. As directed by your office, we delayed commenting on H.R. 1720 until the completion of our recent evaluation of issues surrounding past ocean dumping of radioactive wastes. The evaluation, which was requested by Senator William V. Roth, Jr., addressed most of the same issues covered in the proposed bill. Specifically it addressed the --adequacy of Federal efforts to identify the extent and locations of radioactive wastes dumped by the U.S. Government and private industry; --effectiveness of Federal efforts to assure that the nuclear materials which have been dumped into the 11 1

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