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Estuarine Management Program should be to carry out, with State and 

 Federal support and assistance, and under the State's supervision, 

 the estuarine and coastal management functions delegated or assigned 

 to it by each State. This conclusion recognizes that the resulting 

 local role may vary from State to State. Thus, in some States, a 

 review of the present combined State-local management capability 

 and effectiveness may conclude that local governments should 

 continue to exercise substantially the same functions as they now 

 do, but also recommend improved supervision by the State. In 

 others, a review may recommend that the State government assume and 

 itself directly exercise important components of estuarine and 

 coastal management authority and responsibility now delegated to its 

 local governments. 



What is essential in most States, if not all, is a better State- 

 local division of authority and relationship which will enable these 

 two levels of government together more effectively to discharge the 

 State's primary responsibility for achieving balanced development, 

 conservation, and preservation of estuarine and coastal resources. 



ROLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

 SUMMARY 



Under the Constitution, the Federal Government possesses the primary 

 authority to conduct foreign affairs and to maintain the national 

 security, a consideration obviously of major importance in managing 



