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m<strong>on</strong>itoring programs, 228,230, 231, 345, 349, 395, 399,424natural hazards management,163, 164navigati<strong>on</strong> products, 195observing system, 163,402–406, 410 (see alsoIntegrated <strong>Ocean</strong> ObservingSystem)Office of <strong>Ocean</strong>ic andAtmospheric Research, 110,117, 118Office of Program Planningand Integrati<strong>on</strong>, 110prior proposed changes in,116–118recommendati<strong>on</strong>s, 476research funding, 137, 379research capabilities, 416–418,420, 422Science Advisory Board, 382sediment management, 181,189socioec<strong>on</strong>omic research,382–384status and authority, 51, 52structural strengthening,110–112, 115, 117, 156successful programs, 110water polluti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>trol, 205,214, 215, 217, 220, 221weather forecasting, 163workforce development, 139,142Nati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Ocean</strong>ographic DataCenter, 430, 437Nati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Ocean</strong>ographicPartnership Act, 82, 127Nati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Ocean</strong>ographicPartnership Program, 82, 125,126–128, 375, 414, 417, 436Nati<strong>on</strong>al Park Service, 104, 113,124, 159, 260, 343Nati<strong>on</strong>al Parks and Seashores,171, 229Nati<strong>on</strong>al Pollutant DischargeEliminati<strong>on</strong> System, 101, 207,210, 211, 212, 221Nati<strong>on</strong>al Research Council, 39,49, 54, 77, 94–95, 104, 123,131, 133, 134, 157, 164, 178,183, 186, 187, 189, 197, 206,229, 238, 246, 248, 261, 267,268, 276, 278, 289, 309–310,312, 317, 332, 339, 341, 349,361, 362, 365, 390, 418, 419,452Nati<strong>on</strong>al Science and TechnologyCouncil, 77, 82, 125, 231<strong>Joint</strong> Subcommittee <strong>on</strong>Aquaculture, 84, 333–334Nati<strong>on</strong>al Science Educati<strong>on</strong>Standards, 131–132Nati<strong>on</strong>al Science Foundati<strong>on</strong>, 49,50, 142, 181, 313–314, 316,365, 376, 389biomedical research funding,341budget support, 112data collecti<strong>on</strong>, 431educati<strong>on</strong> programs, 127, 128,129, 134, 137–142, 339 (seealso Centers for <strong>Ocean</strong>Sciences Educati<strong>on</strong>Excellence)existing ocean and coastalresp<strong>on</strong>sibilities, 78, 112, 113,124, 260, 334, 375explorati<strong>on</strong> program, 388health–related programs, 339,347, 348infrastructure funding, 413,419, 420Nati<strong>on</strong>al Science Board, 413observing initiatives, 402,403, 420recommendati<strong>on</strong>s, 478socioec<strong>on</strong>omic research, 383,384Nati<strong>on</strong>al Science TeachersAssociati<strong>on</strong>, 125, 132Nati<strong>on</strong>al Sea Grant CollegeProgram, 50, 51, 53, 54, 95,124, 129–130, 132, 134, 140,220, 255, 335, 379, 385, 386,476Nati<strong>on</strong>al Security Council, 449Global Envir<strong>on</strong>ment <strong>Policy</strong>Coordinating Committee, 77Nati<strong>on</strong>al Status and TrendsProgram, 228, 230Nati<strong>on</strong>al Stream QualityAccounting Network, 228,229, 230Nati<strong>on</strong>al Streamflow Informati<strong>on</strong>Program, 228, 229, 395Nati<strong>on</strong>al Survey of Fishing,Hunting, andWildlife–AssociatedRecreati<strong>on</strong>, 275, 281Nati<strong>on</strong>al Virtual <strong>Ocean</strong> DataSystem, 436–437Nati<strong>on</strong>al Water QualityAssessment, 228, 229Nati<strong>on</strong>al Water QualityM<strong>on</strong>itoring Council, 230–231Nati<strong>on</strong>al Weather Service, 110,118, 163, 228, 394, 395, 398,405, 406, 408, 435Nati<strong>on</strong>al Wildlife Refuge System,104, 171, 256Native Americans (see alsotribe/tribal), 183, 312Miccosukee tribe, 175Seminole tribe, 175natural gas (see also energy andmineral resources)demand, 358LNG ports, 33, 358methane hydrates, 341,364–365, 387, 450offshore resource management,353, 358producti<strong>on</strong> trends, 33, 353,357royalty relief, 357shallow–water supply, 357natural hazards, 162–169 (see alsohazard management)costs of, 162–163, 164, 165and navigati<strong>on</strong> and port operati<strong>on</strong>s,200–201and offshore management,362research needs, 381vulnerability of coastal populati<strong>on</strong>s,42, 165navigati<strong>on</strong>/navigati<strong>on</strong>al, 101 (seealso mapping and charting)aids, 195, 390H 18A N O CEAN B LUEPRINT FOR THE 21ST C ENTURY

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