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open-space plannlnri and allow greater land protection. 



Another land-use measure is subdivision control, which requires 

 the developer to allocate a specified portion of his land project 

 for open space or parks. A recent example of creative use of this 

 tool is the West Islip, Long Island, New York, residential builder 

 who dedicated one-half of his land as a wildlife refuge. Finally, 

 flood-plain lines can be established to protect against construction 

 of houses, while specification of bulkhead lines for private tide- 

 lands can greatly limit dredging and filling. 



PLANNING AND COORDINATION 



Planning by local governments for orderly development and balanced 

 usage of estuaries has generally been lacking. Presently, however, 

 there are several possible means of increasing planning coordination 

 at the local level. Section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and 

 Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended, provides that 

 Federal grants for sewage treatment, hospitals, v/ater supply, and 

 transportation should be submitted for review to an areawide agency 

 with metropolitan or regional planning authority, while Section 701 

 provides for such planning grants (V-3-6). In addition, Section 3c 

 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, (33 USC 466) 

 allocates funds for water quality management planning studies to 

 local or State planning agencies designated by the Governor. Planning 

 grants of this kind such as the one recently awarded to the Bay 



