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%i U.S. Geological Siiniey Yctrhook. Ihical Ytariyyi. p. 14. 



s t Commincc on Mcrchani Mirinc and Fuhcria, Subcommiiicc on Oceanography and Great 

 Lakn. H.R. Kept. 101-91 (Suius of NOAA in ihc Dcpartmcni of Commerce) loisi Cong., uid 

 S«s. ai \i-\\ (May 8. 1990). 



s I Deparunrni of Commerce. "NOAA Ship 10 Survey Persian Gulf Oil Spills." Press Release 

 NIL 91-1 (January 8. 1991.). 



S4 Deparuneni of Commerce. "More Damaging Gases Reaching Ozone Than Originally 

 Thought." Press Release NIL 91-71 (July 50. 1991). 



S s . Roben G. Fleagle. "The Case for a New NOAA Chaner," Bulletin of the American Mete- 

 OTological Society £8:1417. 1411. 1987. In fact, in 198) the Office of Management and Budget 

 required that NOAA no longer identify its research as "basic." 



^6. Testimony of Manin H. Belsky in Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Sub- 

 committee on Oceanography and Great Lakes. H.R. Rept. 101-91 (Status of NOAA in the De- 

 panment of Commerce) loist Cong., ind Sess. at lo-i) (May 8. 1990). 



^7. Rnbcn G. Fleagle. "The U.S. Government Response to Global Change: Analysis and 

 Appraisa..' Global Change 10:57-81. 1991. 



58. According to the 1991 Appropriations Committee hearings, much of NOAA's environ- 

 mental data "is at serious risk due to deteriorating storage media." NOAA estimates that approi- 

 imatcly half of its on-hand data is presently unusable. Also, the National Weather Service h^ 

 requested approximately %%\ million for modernization, including an increase for Next Genera- 

 tion Radar (NEXRAD). Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS). and purchase of a class 

 IV supercomputer. See Committee on Appropriauoiu. Subcommittee on the Department of Com- 

 merce. Justice, and Sure, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies, Hearings before a Subcommittee 

 of the Committee on Appropriations (Pan I), loind Cong., ist sess. (1991). 



59. Fleagle, op. ciL. note f^ above. 



60. Nauonal Commission on the Enviroiunent. op. cit., note j above. 



61. Dr. Peter Raven. Direaor of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and others have described 

 the need for nauonal biological inventories. 



61. Congressional Research Service. "Federal R&D in Environmental Technologies." coordi- 

 nated by John D. Motcff. July 17. 1992- 



65. Male H. Ross and Robert H. SckoIow. "Fulfilling the Promise of Envirorunental Technology." 

 Issues in Science and Technology 7(5):6i-66. 1991. 



64. Robert W. Fri. "Organizing Federal Programs to Support the Development of Environ- 

 mental Technologies." testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, 

 July u, 1991. 



6;. Harvey Brooks, "Innovauon and Compeutiveoess," a symposium lecture in memory of 

 J. Herbert Holloman, April 9, 1991. 



66. The Office of Nauonal Environmental Technologies Act of 1991 (H.R. 5959) was intro- 

 duced by Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy on September 16. 1991. 



67. MS. General Accounung Office. Earth Observing System: NASA's EOSDIS Development 

 Approach Is Risky. GAO/IMTEC-92-24. Washington. DC. February 1991. 



68. Kenneth Olden. Nauonal Insutute of Environmental Health Sciences. "Environmental 

 Research and Educauon: Needs and Opportuniues," prepared for the University Colloquium on 

 Envirorunental Research and Education, Raleigh. North Carolina. Scptcmbci 14-16. 1991. 



69. Public Health Service. Department of Health and Human Services. Evaluating the En- 

 vironmental Health Work Force, publicauon HRP 0907160, January 1988. 



70. Nauonal Research Council, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Science in 

 the National Parks, National Academy Press. Washington. DC. 1991. 



71. Ibid. 

 71. Ibid 



7V Nauonal Research Council. Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. Hazardous 

 Materials on the Public Lands. National Academy Press. Washington. DC. 1991. 



74. Ibid 



75. National Research Council. Investing in Research: A Proposal to Strengthen the Agri- 

 cultural Food, and Environmental System, National Academy Press. Washington. DC. 19S9. 



