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affected by the resource. Third, the comprehensive plan must 

 include sufficiently strong regulatory authorities -- licensing, 

 permits, leasing, and restrictive use provisions -- so that the imple- 

 mentation of the plan by the central agency will be truly effective. 

 The effective tying together of these three points (organization- 

 plan-authority) depends on coordination. 



THE ORGANIZATION 



Details on the structure of the States' central organizational 

 focal points can be gained from the preceding case studies. 

 The specific structure would, of course, vary with the size, 

 scope, development, population, political atmosphere, and financial 

 capabilities of the particular State. No one organizational 

 format can be presented as being representative of all the 

 coastal States; nor should one type of format be imposed on 

 all of them. 



Fanning out from an organizational entity are the various other 

 State agencies which have responsibilities dealing with particular 

 aspects of estuarine management; for example, the fish and wildlife 

 agency issues hunting and fishing permits, the park service 

 manages the State parks, and the oort authorities handle the harbors 

 These individual agency responsibilities are generally not, 

 and need not be, merged or included in the specific estuarine 

 organization. This would often create additional difficulties 



