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“(1) the development of techniques to quantify 
and define, using scientific tests, the degradation of the 
marine environment; 
“(2) cooperative efforts with the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate the 
usefulness of such techniques to the permit criteria pro- 
gram specified in section 102(a) of the Marine Protec- 
tion, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1442); 
““(3) the assessment of the ability of ocean areas 
to assimilate materials without degrading the marine 
environment; and 
“(4) contmuing monitoring programs to assess the 
health of coastal ecosystems, including but not limited 
to monitoring of bottom oxygen concentrations; con- 
tamimant levels in biota, sediments, and the water 
column; diseases in fish and shellfish; and changes in 
types and abundance of indicator species.’’; and 
(2) by striking out “In March of each year,” in 
subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “‘Not later 
than March 1 of each year,’’. 
Sec. 503. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
23 and Atmospheric Administration, m cooperation with the Ad- 
24 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
25 submit to the Congress and the President, not later than De- 
