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Memorandum of the chairman 1 



I. Coastal zone management and Outer Continental Shelf activities 3 



1. General oversight of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 



1972 3 



A. Extension of section 305 and 308 grant authority 4 



B. Need for Interstate coordination grant assistance program. 4 



C. Coastal research assistance 4 



D. National Interest and Federal Consistency 5 



2. NOPS interest in improving leasing policies for Federal off- 



shore oil and gas resources 6 



A. NOPS offshore development/coastal zone legislation 6 



B. Examination of the impact of offshore oil and gas devel- 

 opment on the coastal zone; case studies 6 



C. Examination of current attitudes about offshore oil and 



gas development 7 



3. Consideration of nonpetroleum, ocean-related energy sources 



to complement the oil and gas resources of the Outer Conti- 

 nental Shelf 8 



4. Consideration of the issues of access to beaches and islands 



and their recreational use 8 



5. Examination of certain provisions of the Marine Protection, 



Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 9 



6. Oversight of deepwater port activities ,_ 10 



7. Committee interest in land use policy and planning legislation, 10 

 II. Fisheries 13 



1. Reconsideration of emergency marine fisheries protection 



legislation 13 



2. Examination of marine fisheries and marine fishing industries- 13 



3. Review of the national fisheries plan 14 



4. Hearings to consider a national program in aquaculture 14 



III. Reorganization of Federal ocean-related activities 15 



IV. Special studies 17 



1. Foreign ocean programs 17 



2. Relationship of national ocean policy to national economic 



security and international ocean affairs 17 



3. Evaluation of the national sea grant program and Interna- 



tional Decade of Ocean Exploration 18 



4. Examination of deep seabed hard minerals development fol- 



lowing the 1975 Law of the Sea Conference 19 



5. Examination of the issues involved in Federal atmospheric 



science and weather programs 19 



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