300 



National Advisory Committee for the Oceans 

 (NACO) : 

 Commission recommendations : 

 Administrative malie-up, 245, 246 

 Establislinient and functions. 19. 245, 246 

 Government/industry/iiniversity participation, 39, 



40 

 Teclinology transfer role, 165 

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

 (NASA) : 

 Commission recommendation : cooperation witli 



NOAA on satellite oceanography, 187, 188 

 Cooperation with ESSA in national weather 



satellite program, 187 

 Cooperation with Navy in spacecraft oceano- 

 graphy, 187 

 Earth resources program, sensor development, 187 

 Marine program funding problems comparison, 251 

 Marine research funding, 24 

 Participation in NOAA organization, 232, 235 

 Satellites, oceanographic applications, 210 

 Spacecraft use in environmental monitoring, 187 

 National Association of State Boating Law Adminis- 

 trators, 217 

 National Bureau of Standards, reference standards 

 and test procedures for marine instruments, 222 

 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) , 

 transfer of funding responsibility to NOAA, 243 

 National Council on Marine Resources and Engi- 

 neering Development (see also Committee on 

 Multiple U.se of the Coastal Zone ; Interagency 

 Committee on Ocean Exploration and Environ- 

 mental Services). 

 Commission recommendations : continuance, 18, 



247 

 Coordination of Federal coastal activities, 56, 245 

 Establishment, 247, 262 

 International cooperation authority, 265 

 Marine activities planning and coordination, 229 

 Marine data needs study, 232 

 National Data Buoy System Program initiation, 



166 

 Present Federal funding level estimation, 253 

 Relationship with the Commission, 281 

 Responsibilities, 17, 247, 262, 263 

 National Data Buoy Sy.stem Program, 191 

 National economy and marine program, effect, 170, 



171 

 National Environmental Jlonitoring and Predic- 

 tion System (NEMPS) (.see also Marine en- 

 vironmental monitoring and prediction serv- 

 ices). 



Commission recommendations: 

 Development on a global basis, 201 

 Establishment and activities, 16, 184, 185, 231 

 Organization and management, 185, 186 

 Systems analysis, IfH 



Cost estimate, 207 



Data collection devices, 191-194 



Formation, 241 



Immediate improvements possibility, 188-190 



Initial data requirements for forecasts of given 

 lengths, chart, 192 



System operations, 184 



Systems analysis, 194 

 National Institutes of Health (NIH), 120, 121 

 National Multi-Agency Oil and Hazardous Ma- 



terial.s Contingency Plan of September 1968, 75 

 National Oceanic and Atmo.spheric Agency 

 (NOAA) : 



Capabilities, 234-236 



Commission recommendations : 

 Establishment, 230 

 Independent status, 233 

 Responsibilities, 245 



Considerations dealing with proposed agency 

 transfers, 236-244 



Objectives and responsibilities, 4, 18, 246, 247 



Operational planning and coordination of Fed- 

 eral marine activities, 244, 245 



Organization and function, 230-234 



Proposed budget, 258 



Proposed make-up, chart, 233 

 National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) : 



Commission recommendations : 

 Administration and financing, 220 

 Federal support, 221 

 Functions, 220 



Functions, funding, and organization, 219, 220 



Oceanographic data indexes establishment, 219 



Participation in NOAA organization, 232, 235 

 National Park Service, shoreline management, 70 

 National Petroleum Council, Committee on Petro- 

 leum Resources Under the Ocean Floor : 



Continental shelf redefinition. 144, 146 



Evaluation of continental shelf redefinition, 

 144-146 

 National Projects (see also Continental Shelf Lab- 

 oratories Project ; Deep Exploration Submers- 

 ible Systems Project ; Deep Sea Stations Proj- 

 ect ; Great Lakes Restoration Feasibility 

 Project; Large Stable Ocean Platform Project 

 Mobile I'ndersea Support Laboratory Project 

 Pilot ("(intinental Shelf Nuclear Plant Project 

 Seamount Station Project ; Test Facilities and 

 Ocean Ranges Project ) . 



