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harvested for sale. (The New York Conservation Department has embarked 
on an expanded program of sampling surf clams located within the 3-mile 
limit of State jurisdiction.) 
7. The Federal Government should provide immediately more liberal 
research, demonstration, and construction loan and grant programs 
to encourage rapid solution of pollution problems in the Bight. This 
could be part of a comprehensive program to make the New York Bight an 
area for developing and testing pollution abatement techniques and 
concepts. 
8. Organize a program for the systematic measurement and catalog- 
ing of physical, biological, geological, and geophysical properties at 
existing or potential marine disposal sites. Subsequent to the com- 
pletion of the initial descriptive phase, a real-time monitoring pro- 
gram should be inaugurated to assist various concerned agencies in 
proper pollution control practices. The selection of an optimum 
ocean disposal procedure for the New York Bight or other locations 
involves the detailed consideration and analysis of various alterna- 
tive methods. A major factor essential to the analytical mechanism 
if it is to adequately assess the alternatives, is the availability 
of basic descriptive data on the marine environment. Such informa- 
tion is required to answer fundamental questions concerning circu- 
latory and diffusion characteristics of the water mass and their 
interdependence on physical processes. 
9. Plan and initiate accelerated programs to substitute alterna- 
tive recycling and disposal practices offering the optimum mix of 
ecological, public health, and aesthetic acceptability. Alternatives 
to present ocean disposal practices in the New York Bight have never 
been given a comprehensive study and review. A small group of out- 
standing specialists in a variety of disciplines--sanitary engineers, 
public health experts, ecologists, economists, systems analysts, 
oceanographers, fishery scientists, etc., should be assembled to 
"brainstorm" all possible alternatives and to come up with appropri- 
ate recommendations for short-term and long-term solutions. 
10. Discontinue use of the Waste Chemical Dumping Ground unless 
disposal recommendations conform with Recommendation #l, page // Z 
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