SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 



NACOA FINDS the impact of budget cutbacks on oceanic and atmos- 

 pheric programs distorts national priorities in these areas largely because 

 of organizational fragmentation and the lack of a strong, management 

 focus at a sufficiently high level in government. NACOA therefore REC- 

 OMMENDS that: 



To obtain the best use of our oceanic and atmospheric resources, 

 responsibility for their management should be given a central 

 focus, and their management, along with that for other natural 

 resources, should be reorganized into a single Federal agency at 

 the departmental level. 



NACOA FINDS that in balancing environmental costs against need 

 for energy, the oceans must play an increasingly significant role during 

 the difficult transition from national reliance on domestic terrestrial fuel 

 to substantial use of energy from offshore oil and gas, from foreign oil 

 and gas, and from nonconventional sources. NACOA therefore REC- 

 OMMENDS that: 



Intensified exploration and drilling effort be undertaken offshore; 

 that single-purpose single-point mooring deep-water oil terminals 

 for landing foreign oil imports are generally preferable to multiple- 

 use superports; and that such terminals should be operational in 

 the Gulf by 1976 and off the East Coast by 1978. NACOA further 

 RECOMMENDS that the offshore and coastal development for 

 powerplant siting be seriously considered where the extraordinary 

 capacity of the ocean for waste-heat absorption can be safely used. 



NACOA FINDS that the penalty for delay in funding the Coastal Zone 

 Management Legislation enacted last fall has been lack of action in some 

 states and uncoordinated action in others. NACOA therefore RECOM- 

 MENDS that: 



The National Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-583) 

 be funded to the full amount authorized by law and its implemen- 

 tation in all aspects vigorously pursued. 



NACOA FINDS that it is now time to take advantage of the successes 



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