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Much of this equipment, especially the collections storage systems, will have to be ordered and fabricated well in advance to coincide with occupancy in FY 1983. One-time costs for FY 1981-1985 include equipment purchases to accommodate the current collections to be transferred to the Center ($9,500,000); the purchase of other equipment for the Conservation Analytical Laboratory, protection systems, and other laboratories and work areas ($5,000,000); and an approximate amount to meet the anticipated inflation in the costs of this equipment ($2,200,000).

To meet these equipment costs of $16,700,000 through FY 1985, about $3,400,000 will be funded, with approval from the OMB and Congress, from base resources over the five-year period (about $2,000,000 by the Museum of Natural History from funds available to purchase cases and drawers, $650,000 from redirection of Sorting Center rent once this activity occupies the Support Center, and about $750,000 in trust funds that will be budgeted to purchase conservation equipment). The balance of approximately $13,300,000 will be sought through appropriations. Approximately $2,500,000 is included in the FY 1981 budget request to Congress.

Beyond FY 1985, equipment requirements to meet collections growth will be funded from base resources.

Future year operating expenses are estimated to approximate $3,400,000 per year in FY 1985, with $2,400,000 required annually for plant operation and maintenance and repairs, utilities, protection services, and grounds maintenance. Also by this time, an additional annual amount of approximately $1,000,000 will be required to staff and operate the Conservation Training Center. These operating requirements will be phased in as appropriate from FY 1981 through 1985. In FY 1981, the budget request for operations consists of $89,000 for the Conservation Analytical Laboratory. This will provide for staffing increases to occur late in the fiscal year in order to begin to assemble a cadre of technicians and instructors for the training program. Operating projections appear for the individual bureaus and organizations in the appropriate chapters of this document. These projections also are summarized for both equipment and operations in Table 12, page 123. Moving expenses of about $1,000,000 will be needed.

[[underline]] The Office of American and Folklife Studies [[/underline]] in FY 1982 will begin the first publication efforts resulting from research conducted over recent years on a decade of folklife festival records and on regional folklife studies; additional resources will be sought to develop and sustain the production of research publications.

Only minor increases are planned for the [[underline]] Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [[/underline]] and for the [[underline]] Office of Symposia and Seminars. [[/underline]] The special program for inventorying the Institution's collections is expected to continue at about the FY 1979 level of funding through the planning period.