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Attachment 3 

 action required to implement commission recommendations 



I. Legislation will be required to: 



Establish NOAA and delineate its functions, powers and duties. 



Establish a National Advisory Committee on the Oceans. 



Continue the National Council for Marine Science and Engineering 

 Development as a statutory body. 



Establish a new grant-in-aid program to encourage formation of state 

 Coastal Zone Authorities. 



Emplower NOAA (BCF) under certain stipulated conditions to assume 

 regulatory responsibility for endangered coastal fisheries. 



Empower NOAA (Sea Grant Program) to make grants to aid in acquisition 

 of ships and facilities. 



Authorize Federal guarantees of State bonds for acquiring wetlands and 

 assistance in meeting amortization and interest costs. 



Establish a National Seashore Boundaries Commission. 



Authorize the Corps of Engineers to deny construction permits to preserve 

 conservation, recreation or aesthetic values or to prevent water pollution (if 

 courts hold that such authority not now available) . 



Enable the AEC to consider environmental effects of nuclear power 

 projects prior to granting licenses. 



Remove restrictions of the use of foreign-built fishing vessels by American 

 fishermen. 



Rescind the requirement in the Fishermen's Protective Act that the 

 President reduce foreign aid payments to any country by the total of unpaid 

 U.S. claims against it for seizing U.S. fishing vessels. 



Establish a National Institute of Marine Medicine and Pharmacology. 



Empower the Secretary of the Interior to waive the competitive bidding 

 requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in awarding rights 

 for development of hard minerals. 



Compensate private enterprise for loss of investment or expenses occasioned 

 bj^ anj?- new international framework that redefines the Continental Shelf. 



Require industrial firms to obtain the permission of the Secretary of the 

 Interior to engage in mineral resources exploration or exploitation in any 

 subsea area beyond the 200-meter isobath. 



Recodify laws on vessel safety standards, extend certification to civil 

 submersibles, provide safety standards for commercial fishing vessels, and 

 empower the Coast Guard to establish minimum safety standards in the 

 manufacture of pleasure boats. 



Center responsibilitj'- for Federal marine law enforcement in the Coast 

 Guard. 



Ratify the optional Protocol to the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law 

 of the Sea. 



II. Legislation appears desirable, although is not necessarily required, to 

 implement Commission recommendations to: 



Designate the Department of Transportation as the lead agency for a 

 major interagencj^ study of the nation's port and waterway system. 



Encourage greater provision of public access and recreational opportuni- 

 ties in Federally funded or assisted waterfront and beach development 

 projects. 



Require a biennial report to the Congress by the Secretary of the Interior 

 regarding progress in pollution abatement. 



Establish a national commission on waste management. 



Set forth the purposes and major components of a national ocean program 

 including such new elements as: 



Establishing increased understanding of the planetary oceans as a major 

 national goal. 



Establishing goals to occupy the bed and subsoil of U.S. territorial sea, to 

 utilize shelf and slope to 2,000 feet and to achieve capability to explore to 

 20,000 feet by 1980. 



Authorizing the designation of University-National Laboratories and 

 Coastal Zone Laboratories and providing for theii* continuing institutional 

 support. 



Initiating a comprehensive program to advance fundamental marine 

 technology. 



Providing for the conduct of National Marine Projects. 



