that must be fostered at an accelerated pace. I welcome the views 

 of NACOA on this issue, as we develop our plans for this effort. 



The Committee's concern for the public policy issues is deeply 

 appreciated. Weather modification carries with it the potential for 

 social gain, but not without the threat of concommitant social 

 losses. It is clear that careful technological assessments of the 

 consequences of the application of weather modification are 

 required before decisions for widespread use are made. There is no 

 question that we do not know enough at the present about many 

 of the public policy issues involved, and they require continuing 

 study. Studies are already being sponsored by the National Science 

 Foundation and NOAA. 



The realization that weather modification has critical interna- 

 tional implications is strongly emphasized by NACOA. The Ad- 

 ministration is conscious of these implications and welcomes 

 NACOA's views on these matters. It is the policy of this Adminis- 

 tration to foster international collaboration in this field to the 

 maximum extent possible. We are moving to follow up the recom- 

 mendations of the United Nations Conference on the Human 

 Environment held in Stockholm this year for the monitoring and 

 study of inadvertent weather modification in cooperation with 

 other nations. We are working closely with all nations of the world 

 on the World Weather Program and its research phase, the Global 

 Atmospheric Research Program. We are continuing our exchanges 

 of scientists with the Soviet Union and other countries in many 

 phases of weather modification, and are extending assistance to 

 developing countries in those instances where weather modification 

 appears to be a useful tool in ameliorating weather-related problems. 



COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT 



The issue of coastal zone management arises from the rapidly 

 increasing demands for use of the coastal zone, many of which are 

 highly conflicting. For example, industrial and commercial usage 

 of shorelands may be incompatible with recreational demands or 

 the demands of fishery and wildlife conservation. This kind of 

 incompatibility and the need to provide for all of our national 

 needs generate the pressing need for management decision at all 

 levels of government on the uses of our shorelands. 



