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State approval of permits before granting the Federal permit. The 

 Coast Guard in its law enforcement activities works in close con- 

 junction with State authorities in inland and coastal waters. These 

 are but a few of many examples. There is also coordination at the 

 State level through the river basin commissions and interagency 

 organizations under the aegis of the Water Resources Council 

 since the States are members of these organizations and participate 

 with various Federal agencies in the planning studies. 



The fact that there is this coordination at the State and local 

 level supplies an important component of coordination to the 

 Federal programs since the State must attempt to integrate these 

 Federal programs into their own activities. The great weakness 

 is that all too frequently Federal agencies deal only with their 

 particular State counterparts and thus v^ork with the States does 

 not tend to pull the Federal programs together. In those cases 

 where there is a comprehensive State management plan for the 

 estuarine zones and coastal area and there is a State agency 

 implementing this plan , there could be much stronger and more 

 effective coordination. 



Coordination at the Federal Level 



Coordination of Federal programs in the estuarine zone takes place 

 through several of the previously listed methods in addition to that 

 which results from the extensive coordination at the State level. 



