Date Event 



28 Feb 72 Representatives of SI and CERC met to discuss the SAC review 

 of CERC- funded studies. Copies of final reports completed 

 to this date were submitted to SAC for review and evaluation. 



28 Mar 72 SHL submitted its final report, entitled, "The Effects of 

 Waste Disposal in the New York Bight." 



4 Apr 72 Copies of SHL's final report (9 sections) were sent to SAC 

 for review and evaluation. 



25 May 72 SHL submitted to CERC a summary report entitled, "The Effects 

 of Waste Disposal in the New York Bight." 



50 May 72 Copies of SHL's summary report were sent to SAC for review 

 and evaluation. 



Jul 72 SI and SAC submitted to CERC report on the review and evalua- 

 tion of the CERC-funded studies. 



Contract Studies 



To meet the objectives outlined in the previous section and to ac- 

 quire the data that would permit the assessment of the impact of ocean 

 waste disposal in the Bight, CERC was instructed to proceed with a com- 

 prehensive study. As outlined in the chronology of events, CERC re- 

 quested the SI to assist in preparing a plan. The Smithsonian Institution, 

 under contract with CERC, provided a plan outlining the elements of study 

 and listed the institutions qualified to undertake all or part of this 

 interdisciplinary investigation. However, the conference of an Advisory 

 Committee, convened by the SI in March 1968, agreed unanimously that a 

 single short-term study could not meet all of the objectives. The 

 consensus was that longer studies of greater scope would be required to 

 obtain all the necessary data. 



To implement partially the program recommended by SI, CERC, contracted 

 research studies with SHL of the National Marine Fisheries, and with the 

 Marine Sciences Research Center of SUNY, SB. Additional contracts were 

 signed with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and with 

 Sperry Rand Corporation (SPERRY) . 



In May 1972, all of the studies funded by CERC had been concluded, 

 and final reports were submitted to SI for review and evaluation by SAC. 



Copies of the final reports were forwarded to the National Technical 

 Information Service (NTIS) Department of Commerce for public dissemina- 

 tion. 



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