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Guard is, of course, the Department's principal operating agent in 

 these fields. (See chart 7.) 



Chaet 7 



Department of Teansportation 

 Safety at Sea 



Delineation and Prediction of Ice Masses 

 Support of other Agency Scientific and Technological Programs 



U.S. Coast Guard. 



The Atomic Energy Commission has a dual role : One, meeting the 

 problems posed by radioactivity and the use of radioactivity in the 

 marine environment, the safety requirements that go with that, and 

 the particular problems that have to do with questions of disposal 

 of radioactive materials. It also has a responsibility for the use and 

 development of nuclear technology where it can be applied to gen- 

 eral marine uses, including its use as a power source. (See chart 8.) 



Chart 8 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Effects of Radioactivity — Marine Environment 

 Development of Oceanographic Nuclear Technology 



The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has responsi- 

 bility for keeping track of marine organism matters insofar as 

 they affect health and pollution. You will note this is the second time 

 the subject of pollution appears; the first was in conjunction with the 

 Department of Interior. This is not in any sense a duplication. I think 

 the division of responsibility is simply that Health, Education, and 

 Welfare is responsible for the scientific aspects and characteristics of 

 the organisms and the health considerations posed by the pollutants, 

 while the Department of Interior is responsible for the overall prob- 

 lem of keeping track of pollution and the oceanographic phenomena 

 that bear upon pollution. 



In a real sense the portions of the Interior Department which are 

 responsible for pollution look to Health, Education, and Welfare for 

 fundamental knowledge about the organisms and the health effects 

 that they must bear in mind. 



As part of its overall mission in education Health, Education, and 

 Welfare also has a responsibility for general education and for fellow- 

 ships and grants in education which, of course, include some areas 

 that bear upon education in marine sciences. (See chart 9.) 



Chart 9 



Health, Education, and Welfare 

 Marine Organisms 

 Health 

 Pollution 

 Oceanographic Education 

 Fellowships 

 Grants 



Public Health Service, 

 Office of Education. 



