out the major recommendation of this report in- 

 cluding the assignment of liability to pollution. 

 Both the contingency plan and the proposed 

 legislation appear essentially to fulfill the intended 

 goals. Implementation is urgently required. We 

 concur with the need for and funding of research 

 in this field. 



Industry and the Ocean Continental Shelf, A 

 Report by the Ocean Science and Technology 

 Advisory Committee (OSTAC) of the National 

 Security Industrial Association (NSIA), 1967. The 

 second Continental Shelf Conference was con- 

 vened AprU 12-14, 1967, under the co-sponsorship 

 of NSIA-OSTAC and the Federal Government. 

 Five basic non-defense industries were represented 

 by petroleum, mining, chemical, fishing, and 

 recreation industry leaders; Government agencies 

 were represented by their counterparts. 



The goal of the conference was to enumerate 

 and recommend solutions for those problems 

 whose solution would encourage a more rapid 

 growth of each industry's oceanic activities: specif- 

 ically, problems that could be solved by a closer 

 working relationship between industry and the 

 Federal Government and problems which are 

 "manageable" and "attainable" within five years. 



Recommendations resulting from that confer- 

 ence include the following to which this panel also 

 subscribes: 



Pertinent Goverimient agencies should be en- 

 couraged to use these platforms. 



A National marine enviroimiental reporting and 

 forecasting service should be established. Exist- 

 ing organizations, such as the U.S. Navy Fleet 

 Numerical Weather Facility, Coast Guard, 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U.S. Oceano- 

 graphic Office, and ESSA, should support this 

 service. Computer facilities and radio stations 

 and frequencies should be pooled for use in 

 such a National network.' ' 



-Multiple use conflicts and traffic control. The 

 growth of industry, population, and recreational 

 activity in estuarine and inshore waters can be 

 expected to accelerate and bring increasing prob- 

 lems of conflict. 



Development of maritime traffic control 

 methods for congested waters should be accel- 

 erated. The present extremely hazardous prac- 

 tice of aUowdng vessels to pick their own way 

 results in undue risk of life and property.' * 



The Department of the Interior should study 

 the feasibility of making available additional 

 seacoast and Great Lake areas for recreational 

 use, possibly including private lands with owner 

 concurrence. 



—Prediction and control of the environment. 

 Storms and storm waves affect all users of the sea, 

 including recreation, and occasionally inflict heavy 

 damages to property and cause loss in harbors, not 

 only from their direct effects but also from 

 erosion and the shifting of sediments which alter 

 shorelines and fill channels. In view of this, the 

 following recommendations are made: 



Efforts to predict and control hurricanes should 

 be intensified. 



A shallow water forecasting capability should 

 be developed, especially for the Gulf of Mexico, 

 where it is of paramount importance. 



Industry has offered its offshore platforms and 

 ships as real time measurement stations, rent- 

 free. 



It is suggested that all multiple uses of an area 

 determine a method for establishing a reahstic 

 doUar value, in addition to other pertinent 

 factors, to their various interests. Without this 

 dollar value logical and rational decisions 

 regarding the optimal use of waterfront areas 

 cannot be made. 



For maximum recreational use of coastal waters 

 pertinent Government agencies should be en- 

 couraged to expand search and rescue coverage, 

 to establish additional harbors of refuge, and to 

 study navigation aids with specific regard to 

 their recreational assistance. 



'^For a detailed discussion on these recommendations 

 the reader's attention is directed to the Panel Report on 

 Environmental Monitoring and Prediction. 



'*See Section XI of Chapter 2. 



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