Several projects include the need for facilities 
which the Federal Government will establish and 
continue to operate in close coordination with 
industrial and academic communities. Where suit- 
able facilities already exist, the project will utilize 
them to advance ocean technology and engineer- 
ing. All National Project facilities will be available 
to interested parties on a cost-reimbursement 
basis, affording an economical means to conduct 
extensive investigations to understand the environ- 
ment, develop less expensive equipment, or im- 
prove procedures for undersea operations. 
It is anticipated that industrial groups would 
initiate projects that essentially are commercial 
operations, to be assisted by the Federal Govern- 
ment in ways appropriate to the particular project. 
Expected primary and secondary beneficiaries of 
various projects are shown in Figure 2. 
Figure 2 
LIST OF NATIONAL PROJECTS 
National Projects Industry 
National Undersea Facilities 
1. Fixed continental 
shelf laboratory S 
2. Portable continental 
shelf laboratories P 
3. Mobile undersea 
support laboratory S 
4. Seamount station SS) 
5. Deep ocean stations - 
National Marine Programs 
6. Pilot buoy network AS} 
7. Great Lakes resto- 
ration program S 
8. Resource assay equip- 
ment development program P 
9. Coastal engineering and 
ecological studies program S 
10. Fisheries and aquacul- 
ture program P 
National Marine Projects 
11. Experimental conti- 
nental shelf submerged 
nuclear plant P 
12. Large stable ocean 
platform ss) 
13. Long-endurance explora- 
tion submersibles with 
20,000-foot capability Ss 
14. Prototype regional pollu- 
tion collection, treat- 
ment, and processing system P 
15. Prototype harbor develop- 
ment project S 
Beneficiaries 
(P-Primary S-Secondary) 
pager Regions Science 
Government 
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