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(1) the enforcement of Federal laws within the 

 navigable waters of the United States; 



(2) port security with emphasis on the control and 

 movement of vessels and on the safe movement of 

 hazardous cargoes; 



(3) maintenance and operation of aids to navigation 

 and regulation and administration of bridges over the 

 navigable waters ; 



(4) search and rescue - assistance to persons operating 

 vehicles and aircraft in distress; 



(5) administration of the Federal Boating Act of 1958; 

 and 



(6) icebreaking. 



In regard to the resources of the estuarine zone, those Coast Guard 

 activities having the greatest effect are the enforcement activities 

 concerned with oil pollution control, as provided under the Oil 

 Pollution Act of 1924, as amended, and its attempts to find ways to 

 ease or eliminate the unavoidable pollution. The Coast Guard now 

 has an active research program in oil pollution abatement, containment, 

 source control, and recovery of oil spills. Its role in the Ocean 

 Data Buoy System Program could assist in inshore pollution monitoring 

 at a later date. 



Also under the Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway 

 Administration's Bureau of Public Roads is concerned with estuarine 



