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amalgamate with technical knowledge in order to develop 

 a comprehensive plan of estuarine management which will 

 provide for a program of optimal beneficial action. 



2. Develop capabilities for estuarine resource identification, 

 evaluation, and allocation. 



3. Develop planning criteria for estuarine use. 



4. Develop alternative master plans for long term estuarine 

 uses. 



B. Economics 



1. Develop techniques for quantification of social, economic, 

 and aesthetic factors along with technological factors 

 which permit the use of decision models. 



2. Evaluate all aspects of the estuarine resource and 

 determine economic and social benefits and costs. 



3. Determine the costs of in-place pollution abatement 

 facilities. 



4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the various pollution 

 abatement strategies and formulate optimum beneficial 

 national and State controlled programs. 



