SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 
NACOA, FINDING that our knowledge of climate and our under- 
standing of what causes it to change are unequal to the importance of its 
impact on world food supply and its possible burdening by man’s activities, 
RECOMMENDS that: 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 
the Department of Agriculture, using available evidence on climatic 
variation, estimate the probability of crop failures three to five years 
ahead as a basis upon which contingency plans could be prepared 
by an appropriate agency. 
Current efforts to understand and separate natural from induced 
climatic change be enlarged by increased funding and by having 
the National Science Foundation and NOAA, acting jointly, organize 
the oceanographic aspects related to climate. 
Environmental impact statements for power plant siting include an 
assessment of the local climatic effects of concentrating power 
plants at particular sites as opposed to dispersing them. 
NACOA, FINDING that the exact form of the agency which integrates 
marine and atmospheric affairs as well as other related scientific and 
service functions is less important than to act quickly, RECOMMENDS 
that: 
The major functions having to do with marine and atmospheric 
resources, regulation, and related environmental research and 
services be amalgamated into a newly structured administration 
within a single Department or Agency.* 
* The functions we have in mind are those of NOAA, the Geological Survey, 
marine and coastal zone portions of the civil planning, policy, and funding 
activities of the Corps of Engineers, the mineral leasing program on the Outer 
Continental Shelf of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, 
marine-related functions of Interior’s Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife, the 
U.S. Coast Guard, and three new functions involving the development of a 
national marine affairs plan, coordinating its execution, and weather modification 
permit and regulatory activities. 
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