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CED-79-119 1 (1979-08-28)

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


COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMIENT DIVISION                                   AUGUST 28,1979
   B-166506

   The Honorable Douglas M. Costle
   Administrator, Environmental
      Protection Agency

   Dear Mr. Costle:

         Subject: Some Comunities Ma Not Be Able to Meet the
                   December 31, 1981 &Ocean Dumping Phaseout
                   Deadline for Municipal Sewage Sludge7
                   (CED-79-I19)                       -.

         Enclosed is a copy of our testimony presented on
   June 27, 1979, before the Subcomrittee on Oceanography, House
   Comittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, on the status of
   efforts to phase out ocean dumping of municipal sewage sludge.

         Our review showed that while the Marine Protection,
    .Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 and the 1977 amendment
    to the act have made positive contributions toward controlling
    and ultimately eliminating ocean dumping of municipal sewage
    sludge, no net reduction in the volume of sludge dumping has
    been achieved to date. On the contrary, the volume of sludge
    dumped by 1981 is projected to more than double. Some major
    dumpers probably will not meet the December 31, 1981, deadline.
    Further, some alternatives to ocean dumping pose environmental
    problems and face strong public opposition.

         Scne flexibility will be needed for those dumpers who
    will not meet the deadline. To provide this flexibility we
    reccmnend that you:

         -Seek authority from the Congress to grant waivers of
           the deadline on a case-by-case basis to dumpers who
           demonstrate sincere phase out efforts.

         -Waive the industrial cost recovery requirements on a
           case-by-case basis, since their enforcement would
           further impede progress toward phasing out ocean
           dumping.


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