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          UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                             FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                             EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M., DST,
                             JULY 2, 1980

                       STATEMENT OF
                 HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR
        COMvIUNITY AND ECONOMyIIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                        BEFORE THE                     e7 ,
       SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS  1-
                          OF THE
    HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

                            ON

        tALTERNATIVES FOR THE DISPOSAL ,ND CLEANUP
                    OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

1,1R. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE WLLCOME YOUR INVITtiTION TO BE HERE TODAY TO DISCU6S

OUR ONGOING REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)  4

PRUGRAIUS FOR THE DISPOSAL AND CLEANUP OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.

A SECOND REVIEW DEALING WITH THE TESTING NECESSARY TO

ESTibLISH LIABILITY FOR HAZARDS AT DISPOSAL SITES IS CURRENTLY

UNDERWAY AND WE EXPECT TO BRIEF YOU ON THIS REVIEW IN

SEPTEMi3ER 1980.

     WE WILL DISCUSS HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL BY (1) LAND,

(2) INJECTION INTO DEEP WELLS, AND (3) HIGH TEMPERATURE

BURNING. ALTHOUGH OUR DISCUSSION TODAY IS DIRECTED TO

THESE THREE METHODS, OTHER ALTERNATIVES SHORT OF DISPOSAL

ARE AVAILABLE TO HANDLE THE HAZARDOUS WASTE PROBLEM. WE

WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF REGIONALIZATION

AS A WAY TO ESTABLISH DISPOSAL FACILITIES; THE NEED FOR


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