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NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 



in which oceanographic aspects were involved are listed below by Public Health 

 Service Division : 



[Dollars in thousands] 



2. Intramural research. — A total of $1,183,000 was obligated for oceanographic 

 research. A description of research activity is indicated below by Public Health 

 Service Division. 



(a) Environmental engineering and food protection: A total of $700,000 was 

 obligated for intramural research by the Division of Environmental Engineering 

 and Food Protection. These funds were spent for the following activities: 

 Public Health Service shellfish sanitation research centers at Dauphin Island, 

 Ala. ; Kingston, R. I. ; and Purdy, Wash., conducted studies on the fate of patho- 

 genic organisms (including viruses) in estuarine waters and on the accumula- 

 tion of suspended, colloidal, dissolved and/or radioactive pollutants by shellfish, 

 with emphasis on pesticides and other toxic (to humans) materials and indus- 

 trial wastes. 



( ft ) Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control : A total of $483,000 was 

 obligated for intramural research by the Division of Water Supply and Pollution 

 Control. These funds were spent for the following : 



(1) Investigation of the characteristics of currents and tidal action and 

 how these movements afCect the distribution and fate of pollutants in near- 

 shore waters ; 



(2) The assessment of how pollution affects water uses, e.g., aquatic life 

 and recreation. 



B. Instrumentation 



A total of $45,000 for instrumentation was obligated by the Division of Radio- 

 logical Health for developing instruments for automatic measurements of water 

 quality and for automatic meters used in estuarine waters. 



C. Surveys and investigations 



A total of $680,000 was obligated for surveys by the Division of Water Supply 

 and Pollution Control and the Division of Radiological Health. Activities con- 

 ducted by these Divisions under surveys are described below. 



1. Division of Radiological Health. — A total of $30,000 was obligated for sur- 

 veys in fiscal year 1965 for the following activities: (1) Sampling and analysis 

 in harbors used by nuclear-powered vessels. These harbors were Cape Kennedy, 

 Pearl Harbor, and San Diego Bay. (2) Evaluation of bottom sediments and 

 suspended materials as indicators of radioactive contaminants in the vicinity of 

 nuclear facilities. Areas surveyed were in the Columbia and Savannah Rivers. 



2. Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control. — A total of $650,000 was 

 obligated for surveys and investigations of pollution in coastal and estuarine 

 areas. Activities conducted by the DWSPC in this category are indicated below. 



(a) Comprehensive studies : The Federal Water Pollution Control Act author- 

 izes preparation of comprehensive water pollution control programs for river 

 basins in the United States, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, State 

 and interstate water pollution control agencies, municipalities, and industries 

 involved. Comprehensive program development involving oceanographic activi- 

 ties were : Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Project ; Chesapeake Bay-Susque- 

 hanna River Basins Project ; and the Hudson-Champlain and Metropolitan 

 Coastal Comprehensive Water Pollution Control Project. The programs included 

 investigations of the effects of waste disposal on water quality in estuaries and 

 coastal areas, water movements, marine biology, water quality conditions, and 

 other aspects of the environment. 



( 6 ) Technical assistance : Technical assistance in the solution of a variety 

 of problems is available to Federal, State, and local interests under authority 



