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Chapter 2 

 COASTAL STATES' RESPONSIBILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND ROLES 



SECTION 1. STATE PROFILE DEVELOPMENT 



As specified in Section 5g of the Clean Water Restoration Act of 

 1966 in amending the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Nation- 

 al Estuarine Pollution Study and the resulting report to the Congress 

 shall include the development of recommendations for the 

 " . . . respective responsibilities which should be assumed by Federal, 

 State, and local governments and by public and private interests." 

 Also, the Act specifies that the Study shall be conducted in cooper- 

 ation with appropriate State organizations, institutions, and indivi- 

 duals. 



Because of the key or important role of the States in managing the 

 estuarine zone, it is essential to define the scope of present manage- 

 ment frameworks and from that to develop what should be the proper 

 role of coastal State governments in regard to marine/coastal /estuarine 

 resources. Coastal States are indicated in Figure V.2.1. 

 Likewise, it is essential to find out weaknesses as well as strengths, 

 accomplishments versus needs, existing organizations versus proposed 

 ones, negative as well as positive views, and deficiencies as well 

 as resources. Thus, the overall State picture must be defined clearly 

 as a basis for creating, building, and basing plans and programs 

 for estuarine management. Towards this goal the National Estuarine 

 Pollution Study obtained from the coastal States the information for 

 the development of profiles which define and outline the State's overall 



