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coordination, planning, and regulatory authorities is evidenced by 

 the plight of our coastal areas and by the numerous responses 

 from coastal States for the varied types of Federal assistance and 

 coordination as described in the following section. Details on the 

 range of State laws, which also vary based on the characteristics 

 of the State can be gained from the preceding discussion of State 

 estuarine laws. In general the coastal States either have confus- 

 ing laws and statutes; have regulations that are inadequate, weak, 

 or incomplete and need the passage of additional ones or the 

 strengthening of existing ones; or they do not dynamically enforce, 

 coordinate, or implement the regulations that are adequate and 

 could be effective. As evidenced by Table V.2.2 included in the 

 preceding section on State laws, there is a surprising lack of 

 dredge-and-fill regulations in the coastal States -- a basic use/ 

 destruction control technique. 



In many coastal States, zoning responsibilities have been delegated 

 to the local-level governments but are often not adequately 

 supervised/coordinated by the State level, possibly because of the 

 general absence of comprehensive management planning. 



COORDINATION 



In the realm of coordination, coastal States use the following 

 mechanisms to coordinate their estuarine-related programs such as 

 highway construction, pollution control, and various beneficial 

 uses: 



