(4) Recommended assignment of lead agency responsibility to the 

 . Department of the Interior for coastal zone management and requested 



the Department of the Interior to develop plans for coastal zone 

 research ; 



(5) Took action on recommendations made by a Review Panel 

 composed of non-Federal experts which included an agency review of 

 major marine research programs, priorities for advanced ship research, 

 ports and harbors, food-from-the-sea programs, and an Office of Naval 

 Research review of submersible utilization ; 



(6) Requested and endorsed Sea Grant policy developed by the 

 National Science Foundation and its Office of Sea Grant Programs; 

 and 



(7) Recommended a strengthened and broadened role for the Na- 

 tional Oceanographic Data Center and its Advisory Board. 



The Five-Point Program for Fiscal Year 1971 



In October 1969, the President approved a priority marine science pro- 

 gram for fiscal year 1971 with emphasis on the following five areas: 



1. Coastal zone management. — A new p>olicy will encourage States to 

 improve their management of coastal areas and the Great Lakes, with a 

 grant program to aid States to plan and manage coastal activities. To this 

 end, the Department of the Interior, on behalf of the administration, sub- 

 mitted a legislative proposal to the Congress providing for the establishment 

 of a national policy for the development of coastal areas and authorization 

 of Federal grants, with matching State contributions, to encourage and 

 facilitate the establishment of State planning and regulatory mechanisms. 

 Such legislation should assist in insuring that rapid coastal development 

 does not destroy limited coastal land and water resources and that all 

 interests in the coastal regions would be assured consideration — for port 

 development, navigation, commercial fishing, mineral exploitation, recrea- 

 tion, conservation, industrial development, housing, and power generation. 



2. Coastal zone research. — Steps will be taken to identify requirements 

 for research and analysis related to coastal zone problems, to assess the 

 adequacy of existing Federal, State, and other institutions to provide required 

 research, and to determine how additional research can be used to improve 

 the management of coastal zones. 



3. Lake restoration. — To determine the feasibility of restoring the quality 

 of some of the Nation's seriously damaged waters, including the Great 

 Lakes, lesser lakes and many estuaries, by testing existing clean-up technology 

 on smaller bodies of water, and developing new methods to establish the 

 most practical and economical means, studies will be initiated. The Depart- 

 ment of the Interior is assigned the responsibility for the lake restoration 

 program, and work is already proceeding under the auspices of the Federal 

 Water Pollution Control Administration for research on some portions of 

 the problem. 



4. International Decade of Ocean Exploration. — Funding will be pro- 

 vided for U.S. programs which will be a part of the International Decade of 

 Ocean Exploration, and the United States will propose international 



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