in Planning for Offshore Ports (POP), conducted the New England 

 Coastal Area Planning Program (NECAP) in 1970, and sponsored a Study 

 of Critical Environmental Problems (SCEP) in 1970, which identified 

 marine pollution as one of the critical problems. It cooperates 

 with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in joint MIT/WHOI programs 

 in oceanography and ocean engineering. Its Ralph M. Parsons Labora- 

 tory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics (RMPLWRH) is devoted to 

 teaching and research, especially in engineering. 



The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), founded in 1930, 

 has worldwide recognition. It participates in many programs and is 

 currently housing the POLYMODE Office and the University National 

 Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS). UNOLS, established in 1972, 

 superseded the Council of Oceanographic Laboratories Directors (COLD). 

 The concept of UNOLS was developed by the Stratton Commission, which 

 urged that university and other research laboratories coordinate their 

 research efforts and access to ships, submersibles, and other research 

 facilities. The New England Cooperative Coastal Research Facility 

 (NECCRF) is located with UNOLS. 



WHOI performed the Internal Wave Experiment (IWEX) off Bermuda 

 in 1973 and supports the Acoustic Model Evaluation Committee (AMEC). 



437. MICHIGAN 



Michigan's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) includes the 

 coastal areas of Michigan in its concerns. The University of Michi- 

 gan (MICHU) includes a Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science 

 and a Great Lakes Research Division (GLRD). It operates the Great 

 Lakes and Marine Waters Center (GLMWC) and is a Sea Grant Institution 

 (MICHUSG). 



The Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) was estab- 

 lished in 1973 by special act of the Michigan legislature as a non- 

 profit research corporation, succeeding to the activities of the 

 former Willow Run Laboratories of the University of Michigan. Much 

 of ERIM' s activities are centered around remote sensing of the envi- 

 ronment. It has a Center for Remote Sensing Information and Analysis 

 (CRISIA), which performs research in environmental monitoring and 

 Earth resources surveys and sponsors the International Symposiums on 

 Remote Sensing of the Environment. 



Its Infrared Information Analysis Center (IRIA) is concerned with 

 the identification and surveillance of pollutants. IRIA sponsors 

 the National Infrared Information Symposiums (IRIS). Recently ERIM 

 acquired the personnel and faculties of the Earth Resources Data 

 Center (ERDC) formerly a part of the Bendix Corporation. 



438. MINNESOTA 



The State's Pollution Control Agency (PCA) and its Department 

 of Natural Resources (DNR) are concerned with research and conserva- 

 tion of the State's coastal area. 



The Universfty of Minnesota (UMN) is a Sea Grant Program partici- 

 pant and instituted the Minnesota Marine Advisory Service (MMAS) in 

 1975. The University also supports the Lake Superior Basin Studies 

 Center (LSBSC) established in 1973. 



439. MISSISSIPPI 



State agencies concerned with marine research include the 

 Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission (MAWPCC), the 

 Mississippi Game and Fish Commission (MGFC), and the Mississippi 

 Marine Conservation Commission (MMCC). 



In 1947 the State established the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 

 (GCRL), which is affiliated with a number of universities and colleges 



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