Green Harbor, at Marshfield, Mass., has been improved by the Corps of Engineers 

 through a cost-sharing project with local interests. Expansion and deepening of the 

 channel, construction of breakwaters, and provision of better wharf facilities now 

 make the harbor much more useful both to recreational and commercial fishing craft. 



estuaries, constitute ecological systems which are susceptible to destruction 

 and disruption by man. 



3. Continued uncoordinated development activities in the coastal zone 

 pose an immediate threat of irreversible harm to the coastal zone and its 

 resources and a loss of the benefits it offers. 



4. The coastal zone is a valuable area for multiple economic, recreational, 

 and resource uses. 



5. The interest in the coastal zone extends to the citizens of all States, and 

 is not limited to the citizens in the coastal States. 



Legislation is required to provide policy objectives and authorize Federal 

 grants-in-aid to encourage States to assume greater responsibility for plan- 

 ning and management of their coastal areas. The administration's proposal 

 for such legislation has been introduced in the House as H.R. 14845, and 

 in the Senate as S. 3183. Two types of grants would be authorized: (a) for 

 initial development of planning and regulatory mechanisms; and (b) for 

 implementation of the management plan. The latter grants would be ap- 

 proved by the Secretary of the Interior, contingent on the State having 

 designated a single agency to receive management plan grants; having 

 organized to implement its management plan ; and having demonstrated that 



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