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7. Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 116-118

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... Congress should enact legislation that creates a formal joint planning and coordination process that includes a lead agency mandated to develop a national EEZ plan, an external commission composed of representatives of industry, academia, and public interest groups, and an internal interagency committee. Based on the recommendations and advice of the commission and interagency committee, and in cooperation with the coastal state governments, the federal government should formulate a national management policy for EEZ uses that identifies the needs of specific user groups and determines ways of enhancing cooperation and efficiency of operations 116
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From page 117...
... 4. A comprehensive long-term national waste management policy based on an evaluation of waste disposal in all media, including land and ocean disposal options, should be formulated by Congress to provide a predictable framework for planning and developing acceptable ocean waste disposal strategies.
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... Recommendation 9. In conjunction with the joint planning and coordination process and the research efforts recommended above, a national EEZ monitoring program should be established with input from industry; federal, state, and local governments; academia; and public interest groups to determine EEZ monitoring priorities and strategies and the commitments by government and users required to implement them.
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  • mineral resources
  • seabed processes
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  • appropriate agencies
  • designated agency

  • eez mineral
  • required monitoring
  • broader spectrum
  • cultural resources
  • waste management

  • efficient systematic
  • seabed surveying
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  • sound development

  • laboratory experimental
  • policy based
  • sanctuary reconnaissance
  • fisheries resources
  • enhancing cooperation


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