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relationship in the management of these resources through which 

 Federal programs and activities will encourage and assist the States 

 more effectively to discharge their primary responsibility. And like 

 the earlier report, it proposes reliance on the grant-in-aid mechan- 

 ism to achieve needed State action. 



The Estuary Study also agrees with the Conmission in calling for a 

 Federal role which will influence and guide the key State-level manage- 

 ment decisions which from here on will control the use of a State's 

 estuarine and coastal resources. Thus it would make the grant of 

 Federal funds to a State for administrative purposes conditional upon 

 the State meeting three criteria imposed by the Federal Government: 

 (1) the existence of a State organization for the management of 

 estuarine and coastal resources not dominated either by preservation 

 or economic development interests; (2) the capability of that organi- 

 zation to review Federal and federally-assisted State and local pro- 

 jects for consistency with the plan that organization is expected to 

 develop; and (3) the authority within that organization to (a) require 

 a State permit for dredging, filling, and other alteration of the 

 lands and waters in the estuarine and coastal zone, (b) override local 

 zoning that is inconsistent with the State plan, and (c) acquire 

 estuarine and coastal sites which the plan earmarks for acquisition 

 by the State. 



Other recommendations in the Estuary Study similarly have the intent 

 of achieving a role for the Federal Government which will influence 

 State-level management decisions without usurping State management 



