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contribution of waste materials to the Nation's coastal 

 environment. Specific objectives would Include but not 

 necessarily be limited to the following: 



(a) To provide quantitative Information on the unit 

 and total mass emission rates for the common signif- 

 icant groups of pollutants from significant waste- 

 generating activity such as municipal. Industrial, 

 agricultural, natural, and other sburces so that: 



[1] Adequate data are available for forecasting 

 future waste contributions based opon the level 

 of future estimated waste-generating activity 

 (population. Industrial production, etc.); 

 [2] Accurate Input lata are available for use In 

 various modeling systems to provide estimates of 

 waste concentrations and their variation In space 

 and time; and 



[3] It Is possible to attempt to correlate or 

 develop functional relationships between waste 

 emission rates and waste effects which are prin- 

 cipally biological In character. 



(b) To assess performance on a gross basis of waste 

 treatment Installations. 



(c) To Insure that adequate Information Is available 

 to permit Improvements In waste treatment and disposal 

 system design and operation. 



