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portation and $27.5 million for ESSA's effort in the multigoal activi- 

 ties detailed under item 10, pa^e 107 of the report. 



Mr. Rogers. You requested only $86 million and the Congress is 

 giving you more than $180 million ? Was that last year ? 



Dr. White. I'm sorry, sir. ESSA's portion of the $36 million relates 

 to our 1968 appropriation request of $182 million covering all of our 

 activities, only part of which deal with the marine environment. The 

 House has reduced our request to $163 million which, in turn, reduced 

 our marine environment program from $27.5 to $22.1 million. Our 

 appeal for restoration of $9.3 million of which $4.1 million is related 

 to marine environment activities has been reported out favorably by 

 the Senate. 



Mr. Rogers. The other would be weather ? 



Dr. White. Weather, seismology, a variety of things. 



Mr, Rogers. Will you give us a breakdown for the record ? 



Dr. White. We can do that, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. Mr. Keith, do you have any questions? 



Mr. Keith. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Dr. Wliite, in addition to yourself, several other witnesses have dis- 

 cussed the efforts of various agencies in mapping and charting various 

 segments of the oceans. Although a great deal of this work is done on 

 a cooperative basis, I am concerned about the lack of overall coordi- 

 nation of our efforts in mapping and charting ocean areas. Without 

 such coordination, it seems to me that we might end up with great 

 duplication on the one hand, and yet some vital areas might be left 

 completely untouched. I hope you can assure us that such coordination 

 is now taking place and can tell us how this coordination is being 

 accomplished. If not, I would appreciate your comments on the advis- 

 ability of such coordination and the means best suited to achieve it. 



Dr. White. There are only tv/o U.S. agencies with the statutory 

 authority for conducting nautical chart surveys in U.S. coastal and 

 deep ocean areas : the Coast and Geodetic Survey of ESSA, and the 

 U.S. Navy. The Coast and Geodetic Survey conducts surveys in coastal 

 areas of the United States, its territories and its possessions, to provide 

 adequate nautical charts of these areas. The U.S. Navy conducts sur- 

 veys in areas outside of the Coast and Geodetic Survey's statutory 

 responsibility to provide adequate nautical charts for its own ocean- 

 wide operations. Coverage in overlap areas is accomplished through 

 mutual exchange of survey data. The Navy uses Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey survey data whenever possible in compiling special-purpose 

 charts in U.S. coastal waters. This exchange of data is handled in- 

 formally and the procedure appears to be quite effective. The Corps 

 of Engineers, U.S. Army, nov/ produces a set of nautical charts for 

 the gulf coast intra-coastal waterway. These charts were compiled 

 from Coast and Geodetic Survey survey data and from Corps of 

 Engineers channel dredging data. In any event, the Corps of Engi- 

 neers plans to discontinue this series when the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey has completed coverage of the same area with its small-craft 

 chart series. 



The U.S. Navy and the Coast and Geodetic Survey have the statu- 

 tory authority to conduct bathymetric and geophysical mapping sur- 

 veys, with no specific geographic limitation. The Coast and Geodetic 



