WASTE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

AND

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
AIR AND WATER POLLUTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

THE NEED TO ESTABLISH AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY, WITH PARTICULAR
EMPHASIS ON WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WHICH
MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; AND FEDERAL
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES IN AIR POLLU-
TION CONTROL, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, AND SOLID
WASTE DISPOSAL

95-825

MAY 22, JUNE 3, JULY 9 AND 10, 1968

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1968

RICHARD B. ROTCE. Chief Clerk and Staf Director

M. BARRY METER. CountCİ

BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority

***** F. VAS VLADEICKES, LEON G. BILLINGS. J. B HUYEPT, JR.,
am KICHARD D. Gatsby, Professional Staf Members

Dr. Harold Gershinowitz, Chairman, Environmental Studies Board of the

National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering - - -

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1968

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Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, accompanied by Joseph A. Lieberman,

Assistant Director for Nuclear Safety, Division of Reactor Development

and Technology, Atomic Energy Commission -

Prof. R. Buckminster Fuller, Southern Illinois University

Dr. William H. Johnston, Director of Research, Scientific Research In-

struments Corp--

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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1968

Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology,

Executive Office of the President_

Rolf Eliassen, professor of environmental engineering, Stanford Univer-

sity..

Russell E. Train, president, Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C..

John C. Gridley, chairman, Board of County Supervisors of Chemung

County, N.Y., representing the National Association of Counties.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1968

Dr. John T. Middleton, Commissioner, National Air Pollution Control

Administration, accompanied by Dr. Steigerwald, Chief, Office of Pro-

gram Planning and Evaluation.

Richard D. Vaughan, Chief, Solid Wastes Program, National Center for

Urban and Industrial Health, Environmental Control Administration..

Dr. Leon W. Weinberger, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration_

Col. Alvin F. Meyer, Jr., U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense Environ-

mental Pollution Control Committee..

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

Bennett, Ivan L., Office of Science and Technology, Executive Office of

the President__

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Eliassen, Rolf, Stanford University.

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Fuller, R. Buckminster, Southern Illinois University.

Gershinowitz, Harold, National Academy of Engineering-

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Gridley, John C., representing the National Association of Counties_

Johnston, William H., Scientific Research Instruments Corp...

Lieberman, Joseph A., Atomic Energy Commission_.

Middleton, John T., Commissioner, National Air Pollution Control

Administration_

Seaborg, Glenn T., Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.
Train, Russell E., Conservation Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Vaughan, Richard D., Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Weinberger, Leon W., Federal Water Pollution Control Administration___

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