near real-time high resolution satellite data to Federal, State and 

 local resource managers and scientists. 



In summary, the Strategic Plan covers all of NOAA's major ac- 

 tivities. It is a living and evolving document which will chart our 

 course into the next century and which reflects President Clinton's 

 belief that there is no inherent conflict between economic growth, 

 public safety and a sound environment. We welcome your com- 

 ments and those of your constituents on how to improve the Plan. 

 That concludes my statement, and I will be pleased to answer 

 any questions you may have. 



Mr. Green. [Chairing.] Thank you, Ms. Josephson. 

 [The prepared statement of Ms. Josephson can be found at the 

 end of the hearing.] 

 Mr. Green. Congresswoman Eshoo. 



Ms. Eshoo. Yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome, and 

 thank you for your testimony and your work in this area. 



I have a couple of questions I would like to ask, and it relates 

 back to some of the things that I have said in previous hearings. I 

 am a Californian, and part of its magnificent coast is in my dis- 

 trict. I represented it as a locally elected person for a decade before 

 coming to the House of Representatives, so I understand firsthand 

 how CZMA Funds are applied. 



We know that there really is not very much in the pot relative to 

 management of our coasts in California, which boasts, I think, one 

 of the most magnificent coasts in the entire world. So my question 

 is related to NOAA's funding of CZMA and you may be addressing 

 the shortcoming of funds in local management. 



Given the possibility of NOAA restructuring its offices and its 

 programs, what consideration will be given to restoring the Office 

 of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, which, as I under- 

 stand it, was subsumed under the National Ocean Service by Presi- 

 dent Reagan, and perhaps bring it back to an administrator level? 

 In response to what I just outlined, do you have anything that you 

 can tell us about that? 



Ms. Josephson. During this first year we decided to focus on de- 

 veloping the overall approach for NOAA through the Strategic 

 Plan development. We are then looking at organizational issues. I 

 am sure you have had experience during your time as an elected 

 official in California that when you do a reorganization it tends to 

 absorb every bit of energy that you have. And so our initial conclu- 

 sion was to focus on the substance and then look at what we came 

 up with to see whether any organizational changes arise out of 

 that. 



Ms. Eshoo. Well, maybe you can tell me m this Plan that is 

 being developed how coastal management is spoken to as a priority 

 within NOAA. I guess that is the better way to ask it. 



Ms. Josephson. Right. Within the Plan, healthy coastal ecosys- 

 tems, which includes coastal zone management as well as habitat 

 protection and restoration and all other elements — coastal pro- 

 grams, coastal science efforts— are all brought together in one 

 planning element to improve the health of the coast. It is one of 

 the four environmental stewardship elements in the Plan and has 

 a major priority for us on the environmental stewardship side. 



