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activities and concurrent jurisdictions. Nevertheless, four general 

 categories become apparent when the overall activities are viewed. 

 These are: (1) those activities and programs having a direct and 

 significant operational effect; (2) programs or activities having 

 indirect or related effects; (3) activities primarily of a research 

 and study nature; and (4) activities of a planning and coordination 

 nature. 



CATEGORY ONE 

 PROGRAMS HAVING DIRECT AND SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS 



Into category one have been placed the programs of the Department 

 of the Interior, the Department of Commerce, the Civil Works Program 

 of the Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Transportation, as 

 all these in themselves have a direct and major effect on the use of 

 the estuarine zone. 



Department of the Interior 



By virtue of the numerous activities of the bureaus and offices in 

 the Department of the Interior, the Department, in essence, is the 

 resource manager of the estuarine zone. This applies to both the 

 living ^nd nonliving marine resources and to a slightly lesser 

 extent the related land resources. This is well demonstrated in 

 the description that follows. 



Interior's estuarine programs are planned and managed to meet expand- 

 ing national needs for material, aesthetic, and environmental resources 



