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SELECTED POLLUTANTS HAVE BEEN STUDIED- STUDIES OF NUTRIENTS, FUEL OIL, 
POLLUTED SEDIMENT AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED: 
C- MINI-ASSESSMENT AND LONG-TERM GRANTS PROGRAM 
MINI-ASSESSMENTS ARE SHORT-TERM STUDIES OF SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROBLEMS TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND IDENTIFY 
RESEARCH WHICH NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED- [HIS INFORMATION IS USED BY THE 
RESEARCH COMMITTEES IN THE PROGRAM PLANNING PROCESS- CURRENTLY A MINI- 
ASSESSMENT OF OCEAN DUMPING IS BEING CONDUCTED- 
A GRANTS PROGRAM PROVIDING FOR STRONG PEER REVIEW HAS BEEN 
ESTABLISHED- EACH YEAR SOME GRANTS RELATED TO MARINE ACTIVITIES ARE 
AWARDED- JHE NUMBER VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR- 
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE SOME RESEARCH ACTIVITIES NOT 
REFLECTED HERE WHICH HAVE A MARINE COMPONENT, E-G-, WATER QUALITY 
CRITERIA AND STANDARDS, OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND CLEAN-UP, PESTICIDES 
AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES EXPOSURE AND EFFECTS ASSESSMENTS- [HE CHESAPEAKE 
BAY PROGRAM AND THE GREAT LAKES PROGRAM ARE ALSO NOT INCLUDED, AS THEY 
ARE BEING PHASED OUT IN FY 82- RESEARCH ON MARINE WETLANDS WAS 
COMPLETED IN FY 8]. 
