Office of Technology Assessment 



Congressional Board of the 100th Congress 



MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman 

 TED STEVENS, Alaska, Vice Chairman 



Senate 



ORRIN G. HATCH 



Utah 



CHARLES E. GRASSLEY 

 Iowa 



EDWARD M. KENNEDY 

 Massachusetts 



ERNEST F. HOLLINGS 

 South Carolina 



CLAIBORNE PELL 

 Rhode Island 



JOHN H. GIBBONS 



(Non voting) 



Advisory Council 



House 



GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. 

 California 



JOHN D. DINGELL 

 Michigan 



CLARENCE E. MILLER 

 Ohio 



DON SUNDQUIST 

 Tennessee 



AMO HOUGHTON 

 New York 



WILLIAM J. PERRY, Chairman 

 H&Q Technology Partners 



DAVID S. POTTER, Vice Chairman 

 General Motors Corp. (Ret.) 



EARL BEISTLINE 

 Consultant 



CHARLES A. BOWSHER 

 General Accounting Office 



CLAIRE T. DEDRICK 

 California Land Commission 



S. DAVID FREEMAN 

 Lower Colorado River Authority 



MICHEL T. HALBOUTY 

 Michel T. Halbouty Energy Co. 



CARL N. HODGES 

 University of Arizona 



RACHEL McCULLOCH 



University of Wisconsin 



CHASE N. PETERSON 

 University of Utah 



JOSEPH E. ROSS 

 Congressional Research Service 



Director 



JOHN H. GIBBONS 



The Technology Assessment Board approves the release of this report. The views expressed in this report are not 

 necessarily those of the Board, OTA Advisory Council, or individual members thereof. 



Cover: The stylized map of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone was adapted from the base map used in the National Atlas: Health and 

 Use of Coastal Waters, published by the Ocean Assessment Division, Office of Oceanography and Marine Assessment, National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Administration. 



