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PANELISTS 



John H. Dolan, executive director, California Advisory Commission 

 on Marine and Coastal Eesources; E. Frank Gregg, New England 

 River Basin Commission, Boston, Mass.; David Wallace, director, 

 Marine and Coastal Eesources, State of New York. 



Mr. Spragtje. I know each of you looked on the program and have 

 seen Eobert L. Yasi. Don't be confused because he is in Boston, 

 Mr. Yasi was formerly with the Department of Natural Eesources in 

 Massachusetts and is now executive secretary to the Governor of 

 Massachusetts. He is in traction with a bad back. I don't know whether 

 that is an occupational hazard from being on the Governor's stail in 

 Massachusetts or not, but he couldn't be here today and sent his 

 regrets. 



This is the panel on interstate and intrastate problems in coastal 

 zone management. I think it is appropriate that two of the three 

 members of the panel come from the Northeast where the areas of the 

 States are so small that almost any problem that we face becomes 

 intrastate. 



The first speaker to my left is Mr. John H. Dolan, who is i)resently 

 executive director of the California Advisory Commisssion on Marine 

 and Coastal Eesources. Mr. Dolan received a bachelor of arts degree 

 from Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass., subsequent to receiving 

 an engineering degree from the Na^^. He was the first program man- 

 ager for the Navy's deep submerged systems project and is now 

 involved with all of the problems which California is faced with, 

 particularly it comes to my mind around Santa Barbara. 



I now give you Mr. Dolan. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN H. DOLAN, EXECUTIVE DIEECTOH, CALI- 

 FORNIA ADVISOEY COMMISSION ON MAEINE AND COASTAL 

 EESOURCES 



Mr. Dolan. Thank you, sir. It is indeed a privilege to have been 

 designated by Governor Eeagan as one of his two representatives to 

 participate in what we consider this most important conference. The 

 issues involved in coastal zone management are of urgent concern to 

 both the legislative and executive branches of California State gov- 

 ernment and are actively being examined Avith high priority. 



The conservation and development of the coastal zone involves the 

 interests of numerous State departments and agencies and the situa- 

 tion resembles in many respects, the fragmentation of effort existing 

 in the Federal structure. 



As you in this group are well aware, the widelv separated manage- 

 ment responsibilities for marine oriented activities at the national 

 level promoted the Commission on Marine Science, Engineermg and 

 Eesources to recommend establishment of a National Oceanic and 

 Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), and has led to such legislation as 

 H.E. 13247, and the proposed drafts of September 16, 1969 on coastal 

 zone authorities. Of course, Mr. Lennon's bill is parallel to Mr. Mag- 

 nuson's bill in the Senate and there are others. 



California, I think, has been aware of and investigating solutions 

 to these problems within the State for several years. Withm the past 



