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The Bureau's activities to date have produced several impor- 
tant reports with additional studies soon to be released: 
a. "System Analysis for Shipborne Municipal Incineration." _ 
Research Grant (UI-557) to Harvard School of Public Health. March 1, 
1965, to December 31, 1969. Final. report in preparation. sf Won 
b. "An Appraisal of the Oceanic Disposal of Industrial 
Sludge from U.S. Coastal Cities." Contract PH-86-68-203; May 28, 
1968, to April 15, 1970. Final report in preparation. 
"Marine Disposal of Solid Wastes--An Interim Summary," 
by R. P. Brown and D. D. Smith, October 1969. 
c. "An Investigation. of the Use of Scrap Tires for Arti- 
ficial Reefs." Interagency agreement with Bureau of Sport Fisheries 
and Wildlife. October 1, 1968, to June 30, 1970. 
d. "Data Management for Marine Disposal of Solid Wastes." 
Interagency agreement with the National Oceanographic Data Center. 
March 1, 1969, to June 30, 1970. 
"Report to the Bureau of Solid Waste Management - Pilot 
Project -. Continental Margin Data Collection." September 1969 (in 
press). 
e. "Marine Disposal of Fine-grained Waste Solids." 
Research Grant (EC-388) to State University of New York, Stony 
Brook, New York. February 1, 1970, to January 13, 1972. 
In addition to the above, limited feasibility, laboratory, 
and pilot-scale studies of preparation and behavior of baled munic- 
ipal refuse are under consideration. These. are planned as inter- - 
agency efforts involving the U.S. Naval Ship Research and Develop- 
ment Center, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Bureau of Sport 
Fisheries and Wildlife. 
The "Publ ic Health Service Act" (P.L. 78-410, as amended) 
together with the "Interdepartmental Agreement Concerning Consul- 
tation Between Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare, and 
the Interior," September 2, 1968, gives the Public Health Service 
responsibility for determining the health significance of water 
pollution and of consulting with the FWQA on the public health 
aspects of water pollution. This responsibility lies primarily 
with the Food and Drug Administration when pollution affects 
marine foods. 
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