The Department of Transportation's Office of Environmental Affairs 

 cooperates closely with DOC and other Federal agencies in providing 

 advice and assistance to State coastal zone planning projects. DOT ad- 

 ministers a number of regulatory programs governing land, air, and 

 water transportation, including the transportation of cargo at port and oil 

 in pipelines. DOT also administers Federal programs of assistance to 

 State and local governments for the construction and operation of 

 transportation systems. DOT regional representatives assist State and 

 local officials in formulating those coastal zone management plans that 

 recognize Federal legislation governing transportation. 



Acknowledging the need of coastal zone management agencies for in- 

 formation about land-form changes in coastal wetlands, the National 

 Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has initiated a project to 

 develop techniques for measuring land-area and shoreline length from 

 multispectral remote sensor data acquired from the earth-orbiting 

 satellite. LANDSAT. At the suggestion of the State of Alabama Geologi- 

 cal Survey. NASA successfully employed its new techniques in measur- 

 ing the Alabama shoreline. 



In cooperation with COE, NASA has developed an automated en- 

 vironmental information system using LANDSAT data. Information 

 derived from this project was used in revising surface classification 

 maps in the COE atlas "Inventory of Basic Environmental Data, South 

 Louisiana." The surveyed area included the major wetlands of the State, 

 of special interest to coastal zone planners. 



The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established coastal 

 zone management coordinators in each of its eight regional offices, with 

 jurisdiction in coastal areas. These coordinators assist State agencies in 

 developing management programs for setting air and water quality 

 standards, related research, and enforcement of standards. Under the 

 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), EPA administers a per- 

 mit program to regulate the discharge of pollution from point sources, 

 including industrial and municipal facilities, into navigable waters. 

 Since authority under the FWPCA can be delegated to the States, EPA 

 and the States both have major responsibilities for coastal water quality 

 protection. New proposed marine discharges require the preparation of 

 EIS for EPA review, and States may also establish requirements govern- 

 ing discharges into State coastal waters. Both the States and the EPA en- 

 vironmental quality protection programs may, therefore, constrain 

 coastal zone development activities. EPA works with the States to 

 resolve such conflicts and advises state coastal zone management plan- 

 ning on environmental pollution control techniques, including the 

 assessment of damages with regard to spills of oil and other hazardous 

 substances in coastal waters. 



The major grant programs affected by the Coastal Zone Management 

 Act are those involving grants for the planning and construction of 



