SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



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1 ticipants in such programs of such areas of the submerged 



2 lands of the Outer Continental Shelf as may be ajjpropriate, 



3 which will not cover any part of the Outer Coiitiuentnl 



4 Shelf needed for national defense or interfere with or en- 



5 danger any operations under any lease maintained or granted 



6 pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. 



^ "(e) For the purposes of section 3(a) (10) and this 



8 section — 



9 "(1) The term 'marine sciences' means oceano- 



10 ,i(rapliic and scientific endeavors and disciplines, engi- 



11 neering, and technology in and with relation to the 

 marine environment, including, l)ut not limited to the 

 fields oriented toward the development, conservation, or 



14 economic utilization of the physical, chemical, geological, 



15 and biological resources of the marine environment; the 



16 fields of marine commerce and marine engineering; the 



17 fields relating to exploration or research in, the recov- 



18 ery of natural resources from, and the transmission of 



19 energy in, the marine environment; and the fields with 



20 respect to the study of the economic, legal, medical, or 



21 sociological problems arising out of the management, use, 



22 development, recovery, and control of the natural re- 



23 sources of the marine environment. 



24 "(2) The term 'marine environment' means the 



25 ocenns: the Continental Shelf of the TTnited States: the 



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