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Bay Consortium, which is a group of universities and the Smithsonian 

 Institute. 



There is work in Delaware Bay of a somewhat similar nature again 

 being funded by a grant thi-ough the National Science Foundation. 



There is work, a somewhat similar kind of work, but I think not 

 nearly so comprehensive, in various other parts of work to a limited 

 extent in Prince William Sound. 



Senator Stevens. How about the funding of it? Is it adequately 

 funded? The Aporopriations Committee and you are not under any 

 orders in the 0MB, I hope. 



Dr. Htrsch. We always operate under certain constraints from the 

 Office of Management and Budget. This program is funded at $2.3 

 million in 1973. It is a new program. 



Senator Stevens. For the New York Bight ? 



INIr. HiRsni. No, for the entire program. Of that, I would estimate 

 that somewhere in the range of $1.8 million, $1.9 million would be 

 going to the New York Bight. 



Senator Stevens. $1.8 million of the $2.3 million ? 



Dr. HiRSCH. Yes, approximately. The remainder will be used for 

 some advance planning and background studies for future compre- 

 hensive studies of this sort in Prince William Sound, Alaska, and 

 possibly in Puget Sound, and so forth. 



Senator Stevens. I appreciate that very much. Just as an aside, do 

 you have any memory of figures of the amount of pollution that is com- 

 ing out of those sewers, how many parts per million would be 

 petroleum ? 



Mr. HiRscH. I do not. Let me ask my colleague. Dr. Gross. 



Dr. Gross. No, I do not have that information. 



Senator Stevens. Thank you very much. Dr. Gross. Do you have a 

 statement ? 



Dr. Gross. Yes, sir. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, it is a 

 pleasure to be with you this morning to discuss technological aspects of 

 NOAA's efforts to control pollution. 



My colleaijues have already discussed the nature of ocean pollution 

 problems. Clearly, we have cause for concern in specific ocean areas 

 and a need to keep an eye on marine pollution problems on a global 

 scale lest the problems become vastly more serious through our lack of 

 concern. I would like to point out that NOAA is now working to de- 

 velop monitoring techniques for marine pollution in two ways: 



1. Through application of environmental sensors on satellites, buoys, 

 ships, and other platforms; 



2. Through development of appropriate institutional arrangements 

 so that the nations of the world can pool their resources to tackle marine 

 pollution problems. 



Satellites and the sensors they carry vastly expand our capabilities to 

 deal with marine pollution on a global scale. In addition to carrying 

 the sensors for remote sensing of the marine environment, satellites 

 also provide needed communication to relay environmental data from 

 monitoring platforms at sea and in other remote locations. 



In cloud free areas, sensors carried by satellites can often spot large 

 oil slicks and discolored water on the ocean surface providing an in- 

 dication of the presence and extent of these pollutants. They do this 

 much quicker and provide better coverage than traditional surveys 



