withdrawal demand of the develop- 

 ment will not cause salinity in- 

 trusions into the ground waters of 

 the zone, will not degrade ground- 

 water quality, will not signifi- 

 cantly lower the water table or 

 piezometric surface, or signifi- 

 cantly decrease the base flow of 

 adjacent water courses. Ground- 

 water withdrawals shall not exceed 

 the aquifer's safe yield." (New 

 Jersey Coastal Management Program, 

 August 1980, page 220). 



Louisiana: Guideline 9.1 

 addresses uses that result in the 

 alteration of waters draining into 

 coastal waters and states that: 

 "Upland and upstream water manage- 

 ment programs which affect coastal 

 waters and wetlands shall be de- 

 signed and constructed to preserve 

 or enhance existing water quality, 

 volume, and rate of flow to the 

 maximum extent practicable." In 

 addition, the program is desig- 

 nating wetland areas suitable for 

 enhancement by freshwater diversion 

 as Areas for Special Management. 

 (Louisiana Coastal Resources Pro- 

 gram, 1980, page 62 and 111). 



In addition to using the en- 

 forceable policies to make manage- 

 ment decisions, Section 306 funds 

 can be used to prepare "special 

 area management plans" or address 

 "areas of particular concern." 

 This means that funds could be 

 used to identify specific resource- 

 use conflicts which create the es- 

 tuarine management problems and 

 propose and implement solutions to 

 those problems. 



SECTION 307. Section 307 

 deals with Federal consistency and 

 even though it has been somewhat 

 controversial in its implementa- 

 tion, it can be useful for state 

 coastal managers in addressing 

 Federal activities such as dam 



construction which may take place 

 outside of the coastal zone in the 

 upper watersheds and have impacts 

 on the coastal estuaries. 



SECTION 308. The Coastal 

 Energy Impact Program has provided 

 both planning and study funds and 

 also construction funds to help 

 ameliorate the impacts on coastal 

 resources created by energy impacts 

 either directly or indirectly. 

 This is a multi-million dollar pro- 

 gram of grants and loans and has 

 been used for such purposes as 

 constructing a freshwater diver- 

 sion siphon in St. Bernard Parish 

 called the Violet Siphon. A recent 

 article in PLANNING describes the 

 background of the necessity for 

 this project and the role of coast- 

 al management. It states: 



"When the state initiated 

 efforts to adopt a coastal 

 zone management act of its 

 own to comply with federal 

 funding requirements, Section 

 305 funds became available 

 and planning for wetlands and 

 coastal areas in St. Bernard 

 went into high gear. There 

 were some reservations about 

 additional layers of federal 

 bureaucracy and regulations 

 being imposed on the area, 

 but after the MRGO (Mississ- 

 ippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal) 

 experience, support from a 

 federal agency to solve some 

 of the problems caused by yet 

 another federal agency was 

 more than welcome. . .The police 

 jury applied for and received 

 a 100 percent federal grant 

 to construct a freshwater di- 

 version siphon--two 50-inch 

 pipes from the river over the 

 levee and into the Violet 

 Canal. The grant for this 

 project was the first 



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