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Page ii - The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am pleased to...
Page 188 - ... the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Association of Engineers. Two of these might more properly have been called "creeds" rather than "codes," as they were modeled after the Hippocratic Oath.
Page 108 - Oil spilled during winter in the presence of level ice may be deposited on the ice, underneath the ice, or in both environmental pools. A subsea pipeline rupture or oilwell blowout, for example, could result in extensive under-ice coverage.
Page 1 - Commission with respect to Federal interagency activities in Arctic research and the disposition and responses to those recommendations. 5-YEAR ARCTIC RESEARCH PLAN SEC. 109. (a) The Interagency Committee, in consultation with the Commission, the Governor of the State of Alaska, the residents of the Arctic, the private sector, and public interest groups, shall prepare a comprehensive 5-ycar program plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") for the overall Federal effort in Arctic research.
Page 1 - The Interagency Committee, in consultation with the Commission, the Governor of the State of Alaska, the residents of the Arctic, the private sector, and public interest groups, shall prepare a comprehensive 5-year program plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") for the overall Federal effort in Arctic research. The Plan shall be prepared and submitted to the President for transmittal to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act and shall be revised biennially thereafter....
Page ix - It is in the national interest of the United States to support scientific and engineering research...
Page 5 - Ihe objectives include addressing the needs for increased knowledge in such issues as: the Arctic as a natural laboratory, national defense, natural hazards, global climate and weather, energy and minerals, transportation, communications, renewable resources, pollution, environmental protection, health, adaptation and native cultures. To achieve these goals and objectives...
Page 2 - ... survey Arctic research conducted by Federal, State, and local agencies, universities, and other public and private institutions to help determine priorities for future Arctic research, including natural resources and materials, physical and biological sciences, and social and behavioral sciences; (2) work with the Commission to develop and establish an integrated national Arctic research policy that will guide Federal agencies in developing and implementing their research programs in the Arctic...
Page 5 - ... baseline data on relevant parameters for cumulative environmental impacts; Environmental, health, behavioral, and societal aspects of development; Sea state, ice reporting and weather forecasting. Scientific Research on Arctic Phenomena and Processes and Aspects of Science Best Studied in the Arctic Systematic collection of basic data related to physical, biological, materials, social, cultural, health and behavioral phenomena and the establishment of an Arctic data and information system; Effects...