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endorse the statements that these gentlemen have made to you in 
terms of mission-oriented research, as well as purely the scientific 
research. 
I think it is important that we recognize the difference and imple- 
ment both to the extent possible. 
Projects such as these may be initiated and carried out in large 
part by private enterprise in cooperation with appropriate governing 
bodies. These potential activities of private interests should be con- 
sidered in Government planning, and any private development or use 
should of course be compatible with the comprehensive ocean area 
plans of the CZA. 
The State and private enterprise must have an opportunity to par- 
ticipate also, and I suggest that here again is where the CZA may 
serve in an important capacity by giving the Federal Government the 
opportunity to provide advice and liaison to all interests. 
The great U.S. highway systems linking our urban areas, and the 
complex urban transportation systems themselves, all lead ultimately 
to the air and to the sea. We would take this opportunity to recom- 
mend that NOAA specifically be charged to coordinate with the De- 
partment of Transportation and with planning groups in HUD con- 
cerning the transportation aspects of land-sea or air-sea interface. 
However, significant programs in marine science education are also 
sponsored by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and 
by the Smtihsonian Institution. Specifically, special training by other 
departments (Commerce, Defense, Interior and Transportation) are 
also conducted. We therefore suggest that the marine science educa- 
tion and training functions of all of these non-NSF departments be 
reviewed and, where feasible, transferred to the jurisdiction of NOAA, 
or at the very least coordinated with NOAA’s determination of needs. 
Tt occurs to us that, generally, whenever an agency with ocean 
oriented activities is not included within NOAA, yet there is a need 
for its research and administrative functions, that NOAA should be 
required to contract with the appropriate agency, e.g., FWPCA, BOR, 
Bureau of Mines, branch of Oil and Gas, NSF, and so forth, con- 
cerning a pollution control operation. 
In this way one can insure that the potential of the agency with 
the special research talents and facilities is realized, and that close 
coordination is maintained between NOAA and agencies with allied 
or overlapping interests. 
This concept could result in a greater awareness of the special prob- 
lems in the marine area, and can lead to a review mechanism by which 
marine research programs may be coordinated between NOAA and 
the appropriate agency, and reduce the possibility of duplicating 
research effort. 
Considering the tremendous complications now inherent in the sit- 
ine of powerplants, particularly nuclear, but with problems of ther- 
mal effects, esthetic impact, and actual or potential air and water pol- 
lution common to all, I firmly recommend that the CZA be given the 
_ authority to participate in the selection of powerplant sites, and that 
in applicable cases no AEC license would be valid without CZA ap- 
proval. 
This would provide the best mechanism to insure that State and lo- 
cal interests are considered when nuclear plants are to be located, and 
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