sites, and review of rate-selling and tax write-off rules to en- 

 courage gas and oil pipelines to run further offshore. 



Other Recommendations 



Some of the additional recommendations made by the 

 Commission were: 



— restoration feasibility test for the Great Lakes 



— development of a pilot buoy network using advanced 

 techniques 



— stronger enforcement of pollution abatement measures 

 and a wide-ranging attack on pollution 



— creation of a single comprehensive National Environ- 

 mental Monitoring and Prediction System (NEMPS) by 

 integrating several existing systems 



— more research in the area of aquaculture 



— "timely" exchange of scientific and technical information 

 among the government, industry and the scientific com- 

 munity 



— involvement of private industry in planning and conduct- 

 ing national projects 



— simplify and clarify policies and laws affecting business 

 and publicize them 



— provide flexibility to develop hard minerals on the outer 

 continental shelf without competitive bidding through 

 the Interior Department 



— arrange with NASA for satellite oceanographic sensor 

 development and operation 



— amendment of the Sea Grant Act of 1966 to permit grants 

 for the construction and maintenance of vessels and 

 other facilities 



— improving fisheries estimates and cooperation with other 

 nations 



— removal of restrictions on use of foreign-built fishing 

 vessels 



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