Marine Science Affairs 



Figure Viil-1 — ^Present Coverage and Proposed Future Sites for OMEGA 

 Navigation System 



PRESENT COVERAGE 

 ^ EXISTING STATION 

 ^ TEMPORARY STATION 



SOURCE, DEPARTMENT Of NAVY 



ute to civilian as well as military shipping. The first demonstration and test of 

 satellite capability in conjunction with the Navy OMEGA system to locate 

 and position a ship with relatively good accuracy was carried out during 

 the past year. 



Research and Action To Reduce Pollution 



Following the Torrey Canyon oil spill off the southwest coast of England 

 in 1967, the President directed the Departments of Transportation and 

 the Interior to prepare recommendations for a national program to deal 

 with the hazards of oil spills from oceangoing transportation, including 

 policies, procedures, and programs to prevent disasters from hazardous 

 cargoes and to mitigate the damage ensuing if a disaster occurs. As shown 

 in Figure VII 1-2 a similar spillage involving the Ocean Eagle in San 

 Juan harbor in March 1968 emphasized the importance of these recom- 

 mendations, which had just been released, and pointed out the role of multi- 

 agency contingency plans to insure the prompt and efficient mobilization 

 of national resources in the event of such disasters. 



On the recommendation of the Marine Sciences Council, the President 

 asked the Secretary of the Interior immediately to assume primary responsi- 

 bility for completing at the earliest possible date multi-agency contingency 



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