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We have authority in beino- able to do it. The question is where the 

 funds are to be made available. What we are trying to do obviously 

 is to help the State and Federal agencies work together, not one plan 

 and then the other sit in judgment but work together on plans that 

 will reflect the needs and aspirations of the States, that will reflect 

 regional considerations and the national interests as these are inter- 

 preted by Federal agencies and that are fully accepted as the basis 

 for action programs by all participants. 



I want to note that there is not much conflict between the draft 

 bill that we have been discussing here today and the approach that 

 we have been taking in New England. New grant funds from the 

 Federal Government to the States for the establishment of State 

 coastal zone authorities for planning and for implementation as far 

 as we are concerned, simply strengthen the adequacy of the States 

 to provide the kind of leadership that we would like to see them pro- 

 vide in New England. 



The pending- legislation does not preclude the participation of 

 Federal agencies in State-led coastal zone planning and it certainly 

 doesn't preclude the use of an existing body like the commission as a 

 re<^ional leader and coordinator. 



The principle missing ingredients in the legislation now before the 

 Congress in my opinion are two: one is a policy statement that 

 expresses a priority for the protection and enhancement of natural 

 systems in the use of the coastal zone and setting forth other priorities 

 including priorities for coastal dependent activity and a clear state- 

 ment either in law or legislative history that provides for a joint 

 Federal-State planning as distinct from a separated State planning 

 process from the Federal planning process. 



I want to emphasize that the river basins commission is, like that 

 in New England, and I should note that there is also one for the 

 Great Lakes and the Columbia River Basin, in terms of coastal areas, 

 is not a regulatory agency. It is not a management agency. We have 

 no autliority for these purposes and don't want it. 



The utilitv of the commission is as a device for helping the Federal 

 ao-encies and the States which do have authority to act to work more 

 effectively together. 



I think that is all. 



Mr. Sprague. Thank you. Frank. I am glad to finally learn what 

 the New Enp-land Eiver Basins Commission does. Their office is 

 riffht across the street from mine, but it has always been a puzzle 

 until now. 



The last speaker on this panel is Mr. David Wallace, as the director 

 of the Marine and Coastal Resources for the State of New York. 

 Mr. Wallace is a graduate of Washinsion Colleafe and received his 

 masters degree from the TTniversity of Maryland in marine biology. 

 He is a member of the United States State Department Fisheries 

 Advisory Committee and prior to assumino- his duties in New York 

 in 1962, he served in various capacities in the State of Maryland, 

 including a 2-year stint as chairman of the Board of Natural Resources 

 for the State of Maryland. Mr. Wallace. 



