is estimated to be $1 million in fiscal year 1967 ; $4 million is proposed 

 in fiscal year 1968. 



4. Data Systems Study. — Collection, storage, and dissemination of 

 vast quantities of oceanographic data require improvement. A major 

 study will be undertaken of data requirements and modern data- 

 handling systems. 



The Council staff, working with the many Federal agencies and non- 

 Federal producers and consumers of marine data, will guide the study. 

 It will be started in fiscal year 1967 with Council funding of $75,000, 

 then completed in fiscal year 1968 at a cost of $625,000 provided by the 

 participating agencies. 



5. Estuary Study. — Problems of estuarine pollution are increasing, 

 with serious effects on fish, shellfish, health, recreation, and beauty. 

 An interagency study will be initiated leading to a long-range program 

 of research, first utilizing the Chesapeake Bay as a model. 



A Corps of Engineers hydraulic model of the Chesapeake Bay is 

 already authorized and will serve as a focal point for a multiagency, 

 multidisciplinary approach closely correlated with pollution studies 

 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and other 

 units of the Department of the Interior; the Department of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare ; the Smithsonian Institution ; and other agen- 

 cies of the Federal and State Governments. 



6. Surveys of Mineral Resources. — Planning, surveys, and survey 

 methodology, all related to the mineral resources of the Continental 

 Shelf, will be accelerated to identify potential new mineral sources and 

 to develop a pilot plan to meet long-term needs as land sources become 

 more expensive. Expenditures in fiscal year 1968 will be increased by 

 $600,000. The Department of the Interior, working with the Depart- 

 ments of Commerce and Navy, and other agencies, through the Council, 

 will be responsible for the project. 



7. Ocean Observation and Prediction. — ^Planning has begun to 

 strengthen ocean-based observation networks that lag behind land- 

 based systems and yet are critically needed to : 



— study the effects of the marine environment on weather and es- 

 pecially to study how to predict droughts ; 

 — improve prediction of near-shore weather and severe storms to 



protect life and property of shore communities and industries ; 

 — predict the state of the oceans to protect life and property and 



support resource exploitation. 

 The Environmental Science Services Administration's portion of 

 these program will require about a $2.5 million increase in fiscal year 

 1968 ; Navy will continue its ongoing program ; the Coast Guard and 

 other agencies will contribute to the programs. 



8. Deep Ocean Technology. — The loss of the Thresher and the recent 

 loss of an unarmed H-bomb off Spain emphasize the national impor- 



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