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responsibility, it also should make clear the Federal 

 Government's right and obligation in two respects. These 

 are, first, to directly manage the use of estuarine and 

 coastal zone resources where vital Federal interests are 

 involved. The second is to provide continuing guidance 

 to the States in their important management decisions. 

 Such guidance includes not only advice and recommendations 

 but also the delineation of improvements which the States 

 are expected to make as a condition of Federal financial 

 aid and support. 



To create the incentives which will provide the impetus 

 for needed State action, the new legislation should 

 authorize a new program of grants-in-aid to be used for 

 estuarine and coastal zone management specifically. 

 Particular purposes of such assistance should include the 

 establishment of organization at the State level for 

 estuarine and coastal zone management, the administration 

 of that organization during its first years of operation, 

 the development of comprehensive plans to govern the use 

 of specific estuarine and coastal resources, and research 

 and training programs in estuarine and coastal zone 

 management. 



(3) On the third front of Federal action, the President 

 should issue an appropriate Executive Order or proclamation 



