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1 6 ENVIRONMENTAL RESEAKCH AND DEVELOPMENT 



technologies, and the development of economic, legal, and social analyses 

 to aid in the development of environmental and risk-related policies. The 

 insutute should be administered by a direaor who reports to the Director 

 of the White House Office of Environmental Quality (OEQ), or, alterna- 

 tively, to the Secretary of a Department of the Environment. 



We recommend that the lEA be provided with funds to undertake 

 analysis within the institute itself and to support the work of individuals 

 and institutions outside of the federal government through grants and con- 

 tracts. At least half the institute's funding should be devoted to acrramural 

 studies conducted within nongovernmental organizations and academic in- 

 stitutions. Depending on its size and mission, an lEA could be located in 

 the Executive Office, or in the Environmental Protection Agency or a pro- 

 posed Department of the Environment. Alternatively, it could funaion as 

 a quasigovemmental institution operated by a nongovernmental organiza- 

 tion but reponing to the OEQ in the Executive Office. 



■ The President, with the guidance and support of Congress, should under- 

 take an Environmental Research and Monitoring Initiative, a long-term effort 

 to bnng ail federal environmental R&D programs into a common policy 

 framework. The Initiative should be guided by the Director of the Office 

 of Environmental Quality and the Direnor of the Office of Science and Tech- 

 nology Policy and should involve the key administrators of federal R&D pro- 

 grams, as well a5 the Office of Management and Budget. The group should 

 work to devise coherent shon- and long-term R&D plans for each agenc>- 

 and department, including explicit goals and milestones."^ Such an initia- 

 tive could be a component of a broader National Environmental Strategy, 

 which we understand the National Commission on the Environment will 

 recommend in their upcoming repon. ' 



■ The Office of Science and Technology Policy should coordinate a broader 

 array of environmental R8cD activities. The Office of Science and Technology 

 Policy (OSTP) within the Executive Office of the President is the science 

 advisory unit of the White House, and is home to the Federal Coordinating 

 Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET). The Council 

 has proved to be an effective mechanism for coordinating the management 

 of ccnain federal R&D programs. We recommend that OSTP use FCCSET 

 to aid in the development of coherent federal environmental R&D programs 

 and to address problems that cut across departments and agencies. Close 

 interaction between OSTP as it coordinates R&D programs, the Office of 

 Environmental Quality as it develops environmental policy and identifies 

 research needs, and the Office of Management and Budget as it devises budget 

 priorities, is essential if the federal government is to achieve an integrated, 

 forward-looking environmental proteaion program. 



