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 acquisition. Perhaps the Federal Government should allow bonus 



points as an incentive to States in implementing adequate estuarine 



management. 



The Federal Government should provide scientific assistance to the 

 States in the form of: 



(1) conducting demonstration projects to prove the reliability 

 and dependability of pollution control devices or techniques, 

 the testing of which would be too costly and would involve 



too much of a risk for an individual State to undertake; 



(2) defining restraints on multipurpose uses; 



(3) supporting or conducting wide-range programs including 

 research/study that is beyond the scope of individual 

 States (examples would be waste and water discharge rates 

 and so forth); in addition the Federal Government should 

 publish the resulting reports to adequately inform the States 

 of the usable results; 



(4) reviewing Federally aided and licensed projects; 



(5) regrouping of water classes to answer area needs; and 



(6) scientific assistance in the form of managing interstate 

 estuaries, especially in regard to research on physical and 

 earth sciences, engineering, and biological problems. 



Types of technical assistance that should be provided, or continue 

 to be provided, to the States by the Federal Government include: 



