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SECTION 3. A SYNTHESIS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND 

 THEIR MEANS OF COORDINATION 



The Federal proqrams in the estuarine zone are widespread and quite 

 obviously have far-reaching effects. They must support the national 

 interest and meet numerous Federal responsibilities. In addition, 

 thty have a considerable effect on State and local programs. To be 

 effective the various Federal programs should complement each other, 

 should avoid duplication and should be well coordinated with one 

 another and with the corresponding State -level programs. 



In order to present a reasonably clear synthesis of the Federal 

 programs, the accomoanying Table V.1.1 presents a summary of major 

 Federal activities in six different estuaries. For each Department 

 and for each of the selected estuaries there are listed the routine 

 activities or programs of the Department and then the additional or 

 special activities in that particular estuary. The routine activ- 

 ities generally stay the same for each estuary and are most often 

 those imposed by statute or results of long standing programs. The 

 special activities are an attempt to note specific projects, studies, 

 etc., of current or recent nature in individual estuaries. Means 

 of coordination currently in use are listed in the final column. 

 For purposes of simplicity the table presents only the programs 

 having direct and important interest or related effects (categories 

 one and two). This is not to derogate "the importance of other 

 activities but only to provide for simpler presentation. 



