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Administrator of ESSA. A second relates to 

 planning the U.S. participation in the World 

 Weather Watch, which also is an ESSA 

 function. 



Cooi'dinution of Federal coastal activities, 

 now liandlcd through a committee of the Na- 

 tional Council on Marine Resources and En- 

 gineering Development, would be a responsi- 

 bility of the head of NOAA. He also would 

 coordinate the use of watei"s outside the 

 States' jurisdictions. Such activities would 

 complement those of Stat« Coastal Zone 

 Authorities. 



Coordination in matters of this sort re- 

 quires a strong base of technical expertise and 

 extensive staff supfwrt. The pi'oblems to be 

 resolved, by and large, relate to bureau-level 

 interests. To the extent that more vital agency 

 interests are involved, procedures can be pro- 

 vided to identify selected issues and bring 

 them to higher levels for attention. The pre- 

 rogati\e of heads of agencies to seek the 

 President's counsel and support would be pre- 

 served intact. 



The Commission recommends that the 

 President vest the head of the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency with re- 

 sponsibility for coordinating the planning 

 and execution of Federal civil marine and 

 atmospheric programs closely related to 

 its central functions. 



Continuing coordination will be needed 

 also between the civil and military aspects of 

 the Nation's total marine activity. In selected 

 fields, formal provision for coordination of 

 civil-military activities along the lines of 

 those applicable in meteorology also may be 

 appropriate. 



National Advisory Committee for the 

 Oceans 



A truly national effort in the oceans re- 

 quires organizational arrangements for ob- 



taining information and advice from the 

 broad marine community. Participation by 

 principal elements of the community should 

 be part of the process for formulating major 

 programs and evaluating progress in achiev- 

 ing national objectives in the oceans and at- 

 mosphere. All overall assessment of the state 

 of the Nation's marine and atmospheric ef- 

 fort should be furnished biennially to the 

 President and the Congress and should be 

 made public. 



The Commission recommends the estab- 

 lishment of a committee, which might be 

 designated the National Advisory Com- 

 mittee for the Oceaps (NACO) : 



• To advise the head of NOAA in carry- 

 ing out his functions and coordinating 

 responsibilities 



• To report to the President and the Con- 

 gress on the progress of government 

 and private programs in achieving the 

 objectives of the national ocean pro- 

 gram. 



The Committee should be composed of in- 

 dividuals drawn from outside the Federal 

 Government and should be broadly rep- 

 resentative of the Nation's marine and 

 atmospheric interests. The members of 

 NACO, approximating 15 in number, 

 should be appointed by the President with 

 the advice and consent of the Senate. 



The Chairman should be designated by the 

 President. Members would serve for fixed 

 overlapping terms and be drawn from States, 

 industry, science, and other appropriate 

 areas. 



Each of the principal agencies concerned 

 with marine and atmospheric matters should 

 designate a senior policy official to participate 

 as observer in the work of the Committee. 

 This designation would permit the Committee 



