Table 3-3 MANAGING THE COASTAL ZONE' 



[Incremental costs In millions of dollars] 



Average annual costs 

 1971-76 



Total 

 10-year 

 1976-80 costs 



Management and Planning $10 $10 $100 



Land Acquisition 11 n HO 



Scientific and Engineering Studies 50 80 650 



Operation of Coastal Laboratories 10 20 150 



Estuarine Monitoring Equipment 6 4 50 



Pollution Research 4 2 30 



Coastal Engineering and Technology 20 40 300 



Ecological Studies 10 14 120 



National Project — Lake Restoration Project 15 20 175 



Total, Managing the Coastal Zone 86 121 1,035 



' For explanation of amounts shown In this table, see accompanying text and Chapter 8. 



this chapter, which are covered by that esti- 

 mate. 



The funding necessary for management 

 and planning per se need not be large. The 

 Federal contribution, which by the Commis- 

 sion's estimate would remain at about $10 

 million annually, would include NOAA's 

 participation in inventories and studies, the 

 Department of Transportation port study, 

 the expenses of the proposed Boundary Com- 

 mission, Federal management of the outer 

 continental shelf, and the Federal contri- 

 bution to the initial operating expenses of 

 the Coastal Zone Authorities and continu- 

 ing assistance for their enforcement and 

 planning activities. There are, of course, a 

 wide variety of additional planning activi- 

 ties related to the coastal zone currently un- 

 derway or planned by the Departments of 

 the Interior, Housing and Urban Develop- 

 ment, and Commerce; the Army Corps of 

 Engineers; the Water Resources Council; 

 and others. The Commission has not ad- 



dressed itself to the future funding of those 

 programs. Working closely with such 

 programs will, however, be a major respon- 

 sibility of the National Oceanic and Atmos- 

 pheric Agency. 



The additional land acquisition programs 

 proposed by the Commission are estimated 

 to require some $110 million of Federal funds 

 over the next 10 years. The estimates are 

 geared to acquisition of 1 million acres of 

 wetlands, about 15 per cent of the Nation's 

 total, plus selected urban waterfront areas 

 suitable for recreational use. The Commis- 

 sion has advanced two methods for assisting 

 Stat«s in acquiring these lands: matching 

 grants through the Land and Water Conser- 

 vation Fund and guarantees of State bonds, 

 coupled with assistance in meeting interest 

 and amortization charges during the first 5 

 years. The Commission's estimates assume 

 approximately equal use of both programs. 

 Additional appropriations of $9 to $10 mil- 

 lion per year will be required to the Land 



