© the development of an overall plan for the use of marine areas 
within and beyond the territorial sea; 
@ the coordination of permit and regulatory activities in the marine area; 
@ the planning, evaluation, and budgeting of the civil works function 
of the Corps of Engineers within the marine area; 
® the management of leasing programs for oil and gas, and for other 
minerals, on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf; 
e the coordination of permit and regulatory activities in weather modi- 
fication. 
Environmental Science, Engineering, and Technical Support Services: 
This function covers responsibility for carrying out scientific, engineering, 
and support services activities necessary to assure the timely availability 
of the scientific, technological, and environmental knowledge needed to 
support decisions on proposed development activity, and the support and 
dissemination of appropriate technical information and scientific services 
where the benefits accrue to the public at large. 
The marine functions in this category cannot realistically be separated 
from the nonmarine. They are directly based on observing and understand- 
ing natural phenomena which reflect the interaction of sea, air, and solid 
earth which underlies both, and the hydrologic cycle which renews our 
streams and lakes through the process we call weather. The specific 
functions we have in mind come exclusively from the Geological Survey 
and NOAA and we state them in the form in which they now exist. Taken 
together with several functions listed in the previous two categories they 
represent collectively all the functions of the Geological Survey and NOAA, 
whose amalgamation in their entirety constitutes one of our major re- 
organization objectives. Specifically: 
® the conduct of surveys, assessments, and investigations of the physical, 
chemical, and biological characteristics of the oceans and lakes; 
e the conduct of surveys, assessments, and investigations of the geo- 
logical and geophysical processes of the solid earth and its resources; 
@ the provision of the Nation’s weather monitoring and prediction 
Services ; 
© the conduct of weather modifications research; 
© the monitoring of stream flow and water quality, the determination of 
the distribution and character of subsurface water, and the assessment 
of the Nation’s water supply; 
© the operation of environmental and earth resources satellite monitoring 
systems, and the application of data therefrom; 
e the provision of warnings and development of knowledge of natural 
hazards (tornadoes, hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, tsunamis, 
volcanic eruptions, and landslides) for the preservation of life and 
protection of property; 
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