512 
industrial wastes. Fundamental information on 
dispersion and diffusion phenomena, and on bio- 
logical and chemical interactions with the marine 
environment is Seriously lacking. A principal 
portion of the increased expenditures in FY 1964 
will go toward Staffing a marine water -quality 
standards research laboratory. The Service will 
also support a significant increase in grants to 
academic andother non-profit institutions to per- 
form research and for training marine scientists. 
The Public Health Service will initiate a 
direct research effort on the fate of radioactivity 
in the marine environment. The cost of staffing 
new shellfish research centers at Kingston, 
Rhode Island, and Dauphin Island, Alabama, will 
account for a major part of the increase in 
PHS's research program. Principal elements of 
this research will include work on the chemical 
and microbiological characteristics of shellfish 
growing areas, on the survival of microorgan- 
isms — especially viruses in estuarine environ- 
ments — and on biologically active systems such 
as paralytic shellfish poisoning. 
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION 
The Atomic Energy Commission's program 
in oceanography will attain a planned optimal 
level of operation in FY 1964. This research 
program will provide information required to 
predict and explain the diffusion and concentra- 
tion resulting from the deposit of radioactive 
materials in the ocean, to determine residence 
time in estuaries and coastal waters of long 
lived radioisotopes from nuclear vessels, pro- 
duction and research reactors, and to determine 
the distribution by and biological effects on ma- 
rine organisms of radioactivy in the ocean. 
The trend in the FY 1964 program is to 
emphasize the food webs, biological inven- 
tories, and ecological relationships. In addi- 
tion, studies will be initiated on those radioac- 
tive materials associated with auxiliary nuclear 
power sources and nuclear propulsion sys- 
tems being used or proposed for use in aero- 
space systems and which may be introduced 
into the oceans. 
TABLE 1 
FY 1964 BUDGET FOR RESEARCH 
(Thousands) 
Increase over 
Agency FY 1964 FY 1963 
Department of Defense 
Department of the Navy $25,395 $ 5,836 
Department of the Army 1,074 449 
Department of Commerce 
Weather Bureau 173 0 
Coast and Geodetic Survey 1,012 530 
Maritime Administration 50 0 
Department of Interior 
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 11,902 2,155 
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 292 54 
Geological Survey 520 26 
Bureau of Mines 224 174 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
Public Health Service 4,170 2,612 
Office of Education 50 0 
National Science Foundation 11,860 3,780 
Atomic Energy Commission 5,312 -106 
Smithsonian Institution 531 100 
TOTAL $62,565 $15,610 
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