NATIONAL OCEAN'OGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 343 



provided by the Federal Water PoUucion Control Act. Technical ai-:si.stauce is 

 being provided at the request of the Corps of Engineers to evaluate the possible 

 effects on water quality that would result from the diversion of a portion of the 

 Cooper River from the harbor at Charleston, S.C., to prevent excessive silting. 



(c) Enforcement: Studies of pollution were made in two marine areas in 

 connection with Federal enforcement activities. These enforcement activities 

 were (1) the Washington ytate Enforcement Project and (2) the Raritan Bay 

 Project. Oceanographic activities in the Washington State Project consisted 

 of studies on pollution of the navigable waters of Puget Sound, the Strait of 

 Juan de Fuca, and all estuarine waters and waters tributary thereto in the 

 State of Washington. Studies were conducted to determine the dispersion, 

 travel, and persistence of pollutants, the biological and chemical quality of the 

 marine environment and its living organisms, and sources of waste waters dis- 

 charged into the study area. In the Raritan Bay Project, among other things, 

 water quality data of the bay were collected, industrial wastes characterized, 

 dye releases studied and analyzed, and a report on shellfish as an economic 

 resource prepared. 



Mr. Lennon. This is a memorandum handed up to us from Mr. 

 Caldwell of the Army Engineers and I think it relates to some of 

 the questions that were propounded by you, Mr. Ashley, so, Captain, 

 you hand it over to him and if you see anything in there you want to 

 ask questions about. 



Mr. Rogers. Mr. Chairman, while he is reading that, maj^ I say I 

 appreciate the testimony of Dr. Morse, I think that he has been most 

 frank with the committee in giving his personal views, I do think the 

 ICO has been doing a good job under the handicaps they have set up 

 for them, I think the information they have given the committee 

 today has been most helpful and I appreciate it. 



]\Ir. Lennon. Thank you. I do want to repeat, Doctor, that you give 

 us suggested language for modification of H.E. 2218, and also speak 

 to Dr. Hornig with respect to the suggestions, as we call them, because 

 if we are going to encourage the private enterprise system who are en- 

 gaged in oceanography and our people at the university and college 

 level then it ought to be in an advisory committee because right now, 

 under the reorganization act and under the Executive power of the 

 President to establish in his Office, everything is government. 



Is that a fair statement ? 



Dr. Morse. Everything is what, sir ? 



Mr. Lejstnon. Government. 



Dr. Morse. Well, except for the President's Science Advisory Com- 

 mittee, which reports — which is not part of the Federal Council. 



Mr. AsHLET. I am advised that the U.S. Lake Survey District of 

 the Corps of Engineers has approximately the same mission in the 

 Great Lakes as the Coast and Geodetic Survey has in the ocean and 

 that a lake survey has been established in cooperation with the other 

 Federal agencies operating in the Great Lakes and that the Great 

 Lakes data center has been or is being established. 



What does that have reference to, Doctor ? Are you familiar with 

 that? 



Dr. Krause. Well, certainly 



Mr. Lennon. Will the gentleman yield at this point ? 



I wonder if you will address your question to the gentleman who 

 passed up that memorandum. 



Mr. AsHLET. Fine, good. 



Mr. Lennon. We do not want to hurry you, sir, but that is already 

 the first bell. Come around and identify yourselves and answer the 

 gentleman's question. 



