WHOI  WHOI People    Hearing on Discharges Incidental to the
Normal Operation of a Commercial Vessel  Christopher Reddy,
Associate Scientist Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution   Good morning Chairperson
Johnson, Ranking Member Boozman and members of the
Subcommittee.  Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you
today on discharges incidental to the normal operation of a
commercial vessel.  My name is Chris Reddy, and I am a scientist
at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, MA. 
As an organic chemist, my research focuses on marine pollution.
I have published more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific journal
articles and several book chapters on this and related
subjects.  I am currently studying the aftermaths of five oil
spills that have occurred from 1969 to eight months ago as well
as petroleum contamination in some of the busiest harbors in the
United States.  For today’s hearing, you have asked me to give
an overview of oil inputs to the ocea