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a Strong science and technology base will help to ensure a continuing flow 

 of high-quality environmental R&D. 



Fundamentally, however, the federal government's environmental 

 R&D effort suficrs firom weak leadership. It is a lack of direction, focus, and 

 coordination that most limits the federal R&D enterprise. The United States 

 has the ability to remain at the forefront of environmental RM) and con- 

 sequently to meet the global environmental protection needs of the jjst 

 century, but significant improvements must be made in our present system. 



