outright cash grants for the onshore effects of OCS drilling. 

 Cash grants would be available to newcomer states with OCS 

 activity and for the impact on coastal recreational areas 

 affected by stepped up drilling. Louisiana Governor Edwin 

 Edwards commented that "several provisions of the regulations 

 are not in accord with Congressional intent" to reimburse 

 the coastal areas for OCS development. He went on to say, 

 "the proposed regulations are too biased toward frontier 

 areas, with little consideration for states with long 

 histories of OCS activity". Louisiana Attorney General 

 William J. Guste, Jr. , speaking as a representative of the 

 National Association of Attorneys General (chairman of its 

 offshore development committee) also urged that the funding 

 mechanism of the proposed regulations be changed, allowing 

 all coastal states easier access to direct federal grants. 

 U. S. Representative David Treen (R-La. ) also believes 

 that the regulations are "not in accord with the intent 

 of Congress" and he intends to introduce an amendment 

 to the present Coastal Zone Management Act that would 

 make it easier for Louisiana to obtain cash grants, instead 

 of federal loans, to pay for roads, schools, and other 

 facilities needed to service the firms and individuals that 

 work on the OCS (Anderson, 1976). 



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