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B. Effects of environmental pollutants
1. Toxicology studies

2. Epidemiology studies
3. Ecology studies

4. Sociology studies

II. Information Exchange

III. Coordinated Program Planning

IV. Specific Examples of Areas of Mutual Interest

A. Etiology and natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

B. Effect of carbon monoxide upon coronary artery disease

C. Relationship of trace elements to hypertension, atherosclerosis and myocarditis

D. Statistical problems in chronic disease epidemiology

E. Environmental pollution and congenital heart disease

F. Exacerbation of heart and lung disorders by environmental pollution episodes

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AGENDA FOR MEETING BETWEEN ORM-EPA AND HEALTH SERVICES AND
MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (HSMA)

I. Mission Interfaces

A. Environmental monitoring

B. Effects of environmental pollutants

1. Toxicology studies

2. Epidemiology studies

3. Ecology studies

4. Sociology studies

II. Information Exchange

III. Coordinated Program Planning

IV. Specific Examples of Areas of Mutual Interest

A. With NCHS (HANES)-toxic trace metal and synthetic organic compound tissue burdens of the general population

B. With NCHS-coding day of death so that updated daily mortality models for urban areas can be made available to assess environmental pollution episodes C. With NCHS-production of a health resource volume Metropolitan Mortality for 1963-1971

D. With NCHS-compilation of a workable classification for outpatient illness to replace the inadequate ICDA

E. With NIMH-interactions of the social and physical aspects of the environ

ment

F. With National Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health-indoor air quality and interaction of tobacco smoking with environmental pollution

Attachment 8

Question 8. What important questions, if any, are you unable to research adequately within your existing research structure? What are the main hindrances to proceeding with such research?

Answer. At the present time we cannot identify any important questions which the EPA is unable to research adequately under its existing research structure. In this regard we understand research structure to mean the necessary legislative authority and the ability to responsively organize and manage research programs. The quality of the EPA scientific and technical staff as well as their wide range of academic and work disciplines, as detailed in answer to Question 2, demonstrate a unique multi-disciplinary research capability. This broad range of skills are being marshalled to recognize, understand and control the deleterious consequences of all environmental insults to which man and the other inhabitants of our global ecosystem are being or will be subjected.

The EPA is proceeding with the research it is authorized to accomplish through a program optimally designed from considerations for national needs and most effective use of resources. The budgetary and manpower programs proposed by the President for Fiscal Year 1972 are adequate to achieve EPA's FY 72 research objectives. Future year budget and manpower programs for EPA research will be formulated and recommended to reflect appropriate changes in scope and emphasis of national needs.

These changes are now in the process of definition and will include consideration of a unified program for development and use of EPA research laboratory facilities.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Hon. EDMUND S. MUSKIE,

COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY,
Washington, D.C., July 7, 1971.

Chairman, Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution,
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

DEAR SENATOR MUSKIE: This is in response to your letter of May 14 in which you have requested information on research programs in environmental science and technology that might have bearing on the mandate of the proposed National Environmental Laboratories. I am pleased to supply you with the following information organized in the form of answers to the eight questions presented in your letter for use by your Subcommittee for inclusion in the hearing record. 1. The Council on Environmental Quality is not an operational organization. Consequently, we do not have any laboratories. To date, research carried out by the Council has followed the following procedures: contract study with a consulting organization or with several consultants reporting directly to members of the Council's staff; studies and surveys conducted by appropriate members of the staff; studies carried out by interagency committees organized and chaired by Council staff; studies carried out wholly or in part on the request of the Council by the National Academy of Sciences or other scientific organizations. 2. This is not applicable since the Council does not have any laboratories. 3. The funding for contract studies in FY 1971 has been $190,000. The budget request for this purpose for FY 1972 is $565,000.

4. The research which the Council carries out or sponsors is concerned largely with determining the status and trends in environmental conditions, and the state of the art in major environmental programs such as recycling and land use policy. This is not basic research nor is it technology development in the usual sense. The objective is to obtain the information which the Council requires to carry out its mandates which include provision of advice and assistance to the President, informing the public through the annual reports, coordinating Federal environmental activities, and recommending environmental policy and legislation.

5. None of the current research activities of the Council are directly on ecosystem structure and function.

6. The Council has no laboratory or other research facilities beyond a small library. In our limited experience to date, nearly all of the contract work has been assigned to independent firms. I would reemphasize, however, that the Council relies on the research efforts of other agencies or interagency committees for most of what could be termed its environmental research. It is only in areas where the Council has identified gaps in existing knowledge of direct relevance to the Council mandates that the Council either contracts a study or organizes an interagency or other type of study.

7. Each member of the professional staff of the Council has certain areas of environmental concern which represent his particular responsibility. The Council has a series of advisory groups, interagency committees, and maintains constant liaison with the scientific and academic community, along with other sectors of the society in a continuing effort to keep abreast of status and trends in the environment. Wherever potential problems are identified, specific advisory groups or interagency groups are brought together. The Council's decision to further study or take other action on environmental questions is reached after on the basis of information provided from these sources.

Under section 2(F) of Executive Order 11514, this Council has responsibility for coordinating Federal programs relating to environmental quality. The programs of the Environmental Protection Agency along with those of other Federal agencies come under this overall responsibility. In terms of specific relationships with EPA, this Council is in frequent, nearly daily, contact with appropriate staff and directors of EPA. Work plans are exchanged and discussed as developed, and there is a continuing communication at various levels, aimed at assuring close coordination.

8. Question 8 is not directly applicable to Council activities. As indicated in questions 1 through 6, CEQ relies upon research performed by operating agencies, outside consultants, and the scientific and academy community.

I hope that this information will be helpful to you. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Sincerely yours,

RUSSELL E. TRAIN, Chairman.

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NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MARINE RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING

DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MARINE RESOURCES
AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT,
Washington, D.C., June 2, 1971.

Hon. EDMUND S. MUSKIE,
U.S. Senate,

Washington, D.C.

DEAR SENATOR MUSKIE: This is in reply to your letter of May 14, 1971 requesting information on environmental research conducted by the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development.

The Secretariat of the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development has completed its work. The Council, while in existence, was a staff office of the Executive Office of the President. Its functions were to advise the President on the development of policies and programs for the wise use of the marine environment. Therefore, our work does not appear to conform to the laboratory type work outlined in your questions. Such work was conducted by the member agencies of the Council that I believe are reporting to you directly on their programs.

The Council did conduct a number of in-house and contract studies for background information on policies regarding the marine environment. These studies are listed on pages 228-230 of the Fourth Annual Report of the Council which is attached. The Fifth Annual Report is also attached for your information.

The functions of the Council in providing advice will now be provided by an Interagency Committee on Marine Science and Enginering of the Federal Council for Science and Technology. That Committee will be chaired by Dr. Robert White, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That Committee can provide you with copies of any of the studies mentioned above, if you desire, and provide information about current activities.

If you have any further need of historical information, I will be pleased to provide whatever I can. My phone number is 632-4270, and I am located in room 320 of the National Science Foundation.

Sincerely yours,

Enclosures.

E. L. DILLON, Former Acting Executive Secretary.

APPENDIX C-MARINE SCIENCES COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, CONTRACTS, AND REPORTS
APPENDIX C-1-CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON GOVERNMENTWIDE ISSUES 1

Date

Topic

Committee

Oct. 10, 1966 Council program and budget for fiscal year 1967... House Subcommittee on Supplemental Appro

Oct. 17, 1966

Mar. 13, 1967

Mar. 17, 1967

Aug. 17, 1967

Oct. 11, 1967

Nov. 28, 1967

Feb. 19, 1968

Mar. 7, 1958

Mar. 13, 1958

Apr. 9, 1968

May 27, 1968

June 24, 1968

June 26, 1968

July 29, 1968

Mar. 7, 1969

Apr. 1, 1969

.do..

priations.2

Senate Subcommittee on Deficiencies and Supplementals.2

Council program and budget for fiscal year 1968... House-Subcommittee on Interior and Related .....do........

Review of Council activities on 1st anniversary of
Council.

H.R. 13273, to extend deadline for Commission re-
port and lifetime of the Council.

S. 1262, to authorize Corps of Engineers shoreline
study.

H.R. 15224, improvements for Coast Guard, research
ship.

Council program and budget for fiscal year 1969...
do..

H.R. 15490, to increase appropriation for FPC pilot
plant.

H.R. 11584, et al., to establish system of marine
sanctuaries.

H.R. 13781, to extend authorization of the sea grant
program.

S. 3030, et al., to enable BCF to proceed with FPC
plant.

H. Con. Res. 803, to express concurrence with
objectives of decade of ocean exploration.

H.R. 5829, to extend lifetime of Council to June 30,
1970.

H.R. 6495, to control oil pollution from ships, and
other purposes.

Agencies.2

Senate Subcommittee on Interior and Related
Agencies,2

House-Subcommittee on Oceanography.

Do.3

Senate Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers
and Harbors.4

House-Subcommittee on Coast Guard, C&GS, and
Navigation,

Senate Subcommittee on Interior and Related
Agencies,2

House Subcommittee on Interior and Related
Agencies.2

House-Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife
Conservation.3

House-Subcommittee on Oceanography.3
Senate-Committee on Commerce.

House-Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife
Conservation.3

House-Subcommittee on Oceanography.

House-Subcommittee on Oceanography.

Do.

Date

APPENDIX C-MARINE SCIENCES COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, CONTRACTS, AND REPORTS-Continued
APPENDIX C-1-CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON GOVERNMENTWIDE ISSUES 1—Continued

July 9, 1969

July 22, 1969, July 28, 1969 July 31, 1969

Sept. 16, 1969

Topic

Council program and budget for fiscal year 1969...
Centralization of Federal science activities..

Use of marine sources of food to improve nutritional
conditions of American citizens.

National oceanographic program and report of
Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and
Resources.

1 Testimony by Executive Secretary, Marine Sciences Council.

2 Committee on Appropriations.

& Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

• Committee on Public Works.

Committee

Senate-Appropriations, Subcommittee on the
Department of the Interior and related agencies.
House-Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee
on Science, Research, and Development.
Senate-Select Committee on Nutrition and Human
Needs.

House-Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Subcommittee on Oceanography.

APPENDIX C-2-CONTRACTS SPONSORED BY THE MARINE SCIENCES COUNCIL

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Systems analysis of specified trawler operations.

Nonmilitary needs for underwater technology.
International law and fishery policy..
Multiple use of Chesapeake Bay
Economic potential of U.S. continental margin.
Management of marine data systems, phase 1.
Evaluation of marine resource statistics....
Outline of marine legal conflicts.
International Indian Ocean expedition.
Legal aspects of coastal land-sea interface

Legal aspects of Great Lakes resources. Seminar on liability aspects of marine activities.

Multiple use of the Greater Seattle Harbor....

Conference on future of fishing industry.. Multiple use of Lakes Erie and Superior.. Multinational investments in marine sciences.

Catalog of marine research 3

Science and engineering aspects of decade of ocean exploration.

Gulf of Mexico research and environmental program.

Economic aspects of selected ocean related activities.

Collection and analysis of information in support of the gulf environment measurement program.

Federal Planning for U.S. participation in the international decade of ocean exploration. Alternative international seabed regimes governing development of nonliving re

sources.

Intergovernmental Relations and the National Interest in the U.S. Coastal Zone. Management of marine data systems, phase II.

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Tex.

Paul W. Dodyk, Columbia Law School...
Trident Engineering Associates, Annapolis,
Md.

Economic Associates, Inc., Washington,
D.C.
Systems Development Corp., Santa Monica,
Calif.

American Trial Lawyers Association, New
York, N.Y.

Management & Economics Research, Inc.,
Palo Alto, Calif.
University of Washington, Seattle, Wash..
National Planning Association, Washington,
D.C.

Institute of Politics and Planning, Wash-
ington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C...
National Academies of Sciences and Engi-
neering, Washington, D.C.

Gulf Universities Research Corp., Houston,
Tex.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Florida Institute of Oceanography....

National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, Washington, D.C. The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Harold F. Wise & Associates, Washington,
D.C.
System Development Corp., Santa Monica,
Calif.

Louis Henkin, Columbia Law School.. General Electric, Valley Forge, Pa. American Institute of Biological Science, Washington, D.C.

10,000

PB 177725

59,433

PB 177726

30,756

PB 177767

PB 177768

National Planning Association, Washington,
D.C.
Litton Industries, Beverly Hills, Calif..................

30,000

PB 178203

89,373

PB 178661

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1 Reports available from the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va. 22151. 2 Jointly sponsored with National Science Foundation.

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

4 Vol. 1.

5 Vol. 2.

APPENDIX C-MARINE SCIENCES COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, CONTRACTS AND
REPORTS-CONTINUED

APPENDIX C-3-REPORTS OF THE MARINE SCIENCES COUNCIL

Date

Title

Marine Science Affairs-A Year of Transition: The First Re-
port of the President to the Congress on Marine Resources
and Engineering Development----

Aquatic Sciences in the Great Lakes Area___
Oceanographic Ship Operating Schedules, 1968-.
University Curricula in the Marine Sciences, Academic Year
1967-68

Addendum to University Curricula in the Marine Sciences, Aca-
demic Year 1967-68_.

United States Activities in Spacecraft Oceanography---
Marine Science Affairs-A Year of Plans and Progress: The
Second Report of the President to the Congress on Marine
Resources and Engineering Development---

Marine Science Activities of Canada and the Nations of Eu-
rope

Marine Science Activities of the Nations of East Asia.
Marine Science Activities of the Nations of Latin America.
Marine Science Activities of the Nations of the Near East and
South Asia____

Marine Science Activities of the Nations of Africa.
Oceanographic Ship Operating Schedules, 1968.
International Decade of Ocean Exploration___
Oceanographic Ship Operating Schedules, September 1968-
February 1969__.

Marine Science Affairs-A Year of Broadened Participation:
The Third Report of the President to the Congress on Marine
Resources and Engineering Development---
University Curricula in the Marine Sciences and Related Sci-
ences and Related Fields-Academic Years 1969-70 and
1970-71 -

Marine Research Fiscal Year 1968-A Catalog of Unclassified
Marine Research Activities Sponsored During Fiscal Year
1968 by Federal and Nonfederal Organizations...
Oceanographic Ship Operating Schedules, November 1969-
April 1970‒‒‒‒‒

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For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 2 Available from Marine Science Affairs Staff of the Oceanographer of the Navy, Building 159-E, room 476, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 20390.

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Hon. EDMUND S. MUSKIE,
United States Senate,

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
Washington, D.C., June 24, 1971.

Washington, D.C.

DEAR SENATOR MUSKIE: This is in response to your letter of May 14, 1971.

In connection with our responsibilities in disaster assistance, we are conducting some studies in minimizing the effects of major disasters. Environmental factors are sometimes an element of consideration in our disaster efforts. It is our opinion, however, that these activities are not of a character to be of interest in your consideration of S. 1113.

OEP is presently conducting an in-depth analysis as directed by Public Law 91-606 to determine what improvements are needed in disaster preparedness and in operations to minimize loss of life and property. The effects of earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other types of disasters are being reviewed.

Our disaster preparedness efforts include predisaster protection planning and preventative actions against the effects of those disasters that are predictable to some extent. For example, spring floods can sometimes be predicted as a result

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