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(3) There is in preparation a comprehensive plan for the 

 Bay and its related resources--coordinated under the State 

 Planning Department--possibly to include the inventory of 

 Maryland's wetlands as directed by House Resolution No. 2 

 of 1967. 



(4) Planning is going forward for a Statewide waste control 

 and acceptance plan. 



(5) Zoning or the control of land use adjacent to the estua- 

 rine waters is not yet well established except in and near 

 large metropolitan areas; nor does it appear to be planned-- 

 which^of course, is on the negative side of progress. 



(6) Maryland has a form of dredge, fill, and alteration con- 

 trol in its navigable waters, but the controls are considered 

 weak. 



(7) Regional planning appears effective, but like zoning is 

 confined to the metrooolitan areas, i.e., "Baltimore Regional 

 Planning Council" and "Metropolitan Washington Council of 

 Governments "--both of which plan and coordinate waste disposal 

 problems in their areas of concern. 



(8) The research and study to support improved management 

 activities is proceeding as is shown by a quote from L. Eugene 

 Cronin (V-7-1): 



"Research has expanded rapidly on the problems and potentials 

 of the Chesapeake area. The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 

 of the University of Maryland, the Virginia Institute of 

 Marine Science, and the Chesapeake Bay Institute of the 



