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theme, "Keeping the Ocean." Lead U.S. role: Interior 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks 
December 9-18, 1970. FAO conference, Rome. Marine 
pollution and its effect on living resources and fish- 
ing. Lead U.S. role: Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 
1971. ECE meeting on environment will deal with marine 
pollution. Lead U.S. role: State Department 
1972. UN Conference on Human Environment will include 
marine solid waste disposal. Lead U.S. role; State 
Department 
1973. IMCO Conference on Maritime Oil Pollution. 
Lead U.S. role: FWQA 
6. Other Federal Agencies: 
Many other Federal agencies have interests in the problem 
of ocean pollution; some can contribute substantially to solution 
of the problems. 
The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), for example, 
is the central repository for oceanographic data. It can be ‘the 
source of valuable background data on the marine environment to 
study potential effects of ocean pollution. 
The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) 
conducts oceanographic and hydrographic surveys, compiles and pub- 
lishes nautical charts, bathymetric and marine geophysical maps of 
coastal and offshore waters, issues tidal and current data and pre- 
dictions. These products are basic aids in the control and study 
of oceanographic-related pollution. ESSA provides continuous mon- 
itoring of meteorological and certain related oceanographic condi- 
tions and disseminates hydrologic and marine environmental predic- 
tions on a routine basis. The ESSA satellite system acquires data 
which have a potential application in studying the movement of 
water masses and detecting large-scale pollution. 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 
has capabilities in space photography and remote sensing that is 
potentially valuable in studying movement of water masses and 
dispersal of pollutants. NIMBUS satellite data may also be use- 
ful in studying movement of water masses. 
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