314 



NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS, 1969/1 ^^Contlnued 



115 148 263 



Corporate Individual Total 



No No No 



Questions Yes No opinion Yes No opinion Yes No opinion 



9. The Commission recommends that NOAA sup- 

 port technology development of power sys- 

 tems necessary for undersea operations and 

 resource development, and that an experi- 

 mental continental shelf submerged nuclear 

 plant be constructed to pilot test and demon- 

 strate the feasibility and cost of the use of 

 nuclear power for resource development 

 operations and of the underwater siting of 

 nuclear facilities to provide power for coastal 

 regions. (Estimated Federal cost, 1971 to 1980, 



$230,000,000.) 75 



Percent 65.3 



10. The Commission recommends that NOAA 



launch a continental shelf laboratories national 

 project to provide a national capacity for re- 

 search, development, and operations on the 

 continental shelf. (Estimated Federal cost, 



1971 to 1980, $500,000,000.) 86 



Percent 74.8 



11. The Commission recommends that NOAA spon- 



sor an explicit program to advance deep 

 ocean fundamental technology and proceed 

 with a national project to develop and con- 

 struct exploration submersibles with deep 

 ocean transit capability with civil missions to 

 20,000-foot depths. (Estimated Federal cost, 



1971 to 1980, $285,000,000.) 81 



Percent 70.5 



12. The Commission recommends that NOAA launch 



a national project to develop a pilot buoy net- 

 work. (Estimated Federal cost, 1971 to 1980, 



$85,000,000.) 76 



Percent 66.1 



I Total received: 263, 15 percent; total mailed: 1,700. 



National Oceanography AssociiTioN Questionnaiee Preliminary 

 Results— 1969/2* 



1. The Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources recom- 

 mended that the following agencies be included in a new independent National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. Please indicate your views on the inclusion 

 of each of these agencies : 



Total 



A. Coast Guard 



B. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



C. Environmental Science Services Administration.. 



D. Certain marine and anadromous functions. 



Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife 



E. National sea grant program 



F. U.S. lake survey 



G. National Oceanographic Data Center 



2. Other possible components of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency 

 have been suggested by sources outside the Commission. Please indicate your 

 views as to whether or not the following should be included : 



♦Received through May 12, 303 — Mailed 3,000. Corporate — 177, Individual — 126. 



