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(1) comprehensive review and/or approval of licensing or 

 leasing applications by multiple agencies; 



(2) holding of public investigatory forums attended by 

 various representatives; 



(3) conduct of a coordination/arbitration/reconciliation 

 agency such as natural resources or public health agency; 



(4) establishment of written agreements providing for 

 coordination of activities -- interstate, intrastate, and 

 Federal ; 



(5) membership by various agencies on a coordinating board 

 or commission or the like; and 



(6) development of a comprehensive management plan that 

 provides the guidelines for activities and actions by all 

 appropriate agencies and amounts to a coordination mechanism. 



Table V.2.3 shows the distribution among selected coastal States of 

 coordination mechanisms. More often than not, coordination is not 

 adequate among intrastate agencies, nor is it adequate or truly 

 effective between the Federal and State level components. 



The problems, which abound in almost every coastal State pertain 

 to shortcomings in ability to accomplish their programs. These 

 shortcomings center around the need for a central, strong operation- 

 al/coordinating management organization, placed high enough in the 

 State government to be effective; the need for the development 

 and implementation of a comprehensive management plan, approved by 



