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109911 1 (1979-07-18)

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          UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                 WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548

                                    FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                    EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M., EST
109911                              WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1979

                       STATEMENT OF
          WILBUR D. CAMPBELL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
        COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                        BEFORE THE
    SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS
         HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY    ascobI
                          AND THE
        SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMERCE
    HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HS,5fo4

                            ON
          /ODISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE
          LC.
MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE ARE HERE AT YOUR REQUEST TO DISCUSS OUR MAY 16, 1979,

 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ENTITLED CODISPOSAL OF GARBAGE

 AND SEWAGE SLUDGE--A PROMISING SOLUTION TO TWO PROBLEMS

 (CED-79-59).

      AS THE VOLUME OF GARBAGE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE BEING GENER-

 ATED INCREASES SHARPLY AND THE CURRENT DISPOSAL OPTIONS

 BECOME MORE RESTRICTED OR EVEN COMPLETELY ELIMINATED, IT

 BECOMES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT THAT AS A NATION WE BEGIN

 TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. WE BELIEVE THAT

 CODISPOSAL OF THESE TWO WASTES IS A POTENTIALLY VIABLE

 ALTERNATIVE WHICH IS BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND TECHNOLOGICALLY

 FEASIBLE.

      THE NATION'S GARBAGE IS GENERALLY DISPOSED OF IN LAND-

 FILLS, OPEN DUMPS, OR INCINERATORS WHILE THE MOST COMMON

 METHODS FOR DISPOSING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE ARE OCEAN DISPOSAL,

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