Environmental Implications of a Massive Oil Spill and

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    MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRNAN,  JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
                   ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE       (PRODUCTION AND
                      LOGISTICS)
                   ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE       (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
                   ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE       (LEGISLATIVE
                      AFFAIRS)

    SUBJECT:  Environmental Implications of a Massive Oil Spill and
              Fire in the Persian Gulf


        The attached report contains information for your use in
    responding to requests for information on the potential
    environmental impacts of massive oil spills and fires in the
    Persian Gulf.  The report was prepared by the National Oceanic
    and Atmospheric Administration  (NOAA), in response to a request
    from the National Response Team  (NRT), with input from several
    NRT member agencies, including the Department of Defense.

        Secretary of Commerce Robert A. Mosbacher has reviewed the
    report, and it has been provided to the Honorable John H. Sununu,
    Chief of Staff to the President.   The NRT Co-Chairs, Mr. James L.
    Makris of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Captain W.
    F. Holt of~the U.S. Coast Guard, have requested that NRT members
    make the report available immediately to their agency head,
    Public Information Office,  Congressional .liais~Qn-. Office, and
    program offices, which I am hereby doing.       w& haVe also provided
    a copy to the DoD Crisis Coordination Center.


                        Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
                                   (Environment)

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