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are along the California and Oregon coasts. The Bureau plays 

 strictly a management role, and, as such, has no authority to acquire 

 any additional lands. It is the Nation's largest land manager. 



Bureau of Mines 



The Bureau of Mines is oriented to research and information services. 

 In its estuarine related programs it seeks to develop the technology 

 necessary to minimize the adverse affects associated with mineral 

 recovery. They include a Mineral Resource Evaluation Study and the 

 development of marine mineral mining technology. The Bureau has 

 jurisdiction over that part of the Solid Waste Program which involves 

 materials resulting from mineral extraction. 



Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 



An examination of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation program indicates 

 a central role in promoting Federal-State cooperation and coordination 

 in planning the acquisition and development of both existing and pro- 

 posed new estuarine areas devoted to public recreational use. Although 

 it administers no lands, it administers the Land and Water Conservation 

 Fund Act of 1965 (PL 39-578) which other agencies— Federal , State, and 

 local-make use of in their land programs. The Act provides grants to 

 the States for the planning, acquisition and development of outdoor 

 recreation areas and facilities, and to certain Federal agencies for 

 the acquisition and development of outdoor recreation areas and 

 facilities. 



