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This authority should have as its goal to maximize the multiple 

 use of our coastal zone and to minimize the areas of conflicting use. 

 In NeiW York the General Assembly in 1969 created the division of 

 marine coastal resources within the existing New York State Con- 

 servation Department, The purpose was to strengthen our structure 

 so that resources management and development would be concentrated 

 and coordination could be accomplished. 



Coordination is attained now in New York between State agencies 

 through the Water Eesources Commission on which all major State 

 departments are represented. 



The Conservation Commissioner is the Chairman of this body. It is 

 obvious however, that further steps will be necessary to bring about 

 the multiple-use concept in the coastal zone authority and plans are 

 already evolving to accomplish this goal. 



However, it is our feeling that the wise use of the resources of the 

 coastal zone is not just a State responsibility alone. It must be shared 

 also with our local government, preferably on an intrastate regional 

 basis, and also interstate, or such bodies as the one that was mentioned 

 by Mr. Gregg, with the closest kind of liaison and coordination and 

 participation with the Federal Government. 



I would like to discuss local regional planning for just a moment. 

 In New York a substantial part of our marine area is encompassed in 

 two counties, Nassau and Suffolk. A few years ago these two counties 

 established a bicounty planning commission which in turn set up a 

 marine resources council to analyze the marine problems and to devel- 

 op local plans for their use and development. 



This council is pressing forward in its planning efforts and has 

 already contracted with a research group, the Travelers Research 

 Foundation. So far as I know, this is the first effort of its kind on a 

 local basis where this kind of effort has been mounted on a broad 

 scale. 



The mechanism exists in New York law for regional water resources 

 planning bodies and steps are underway now to effect amalgamation 

 between the local and State structure. Such comparable amalgamation 

 can and should take place between the State and Federal Government. 

 The States need financing support for research on our coastal resources 

 in that manner. They need assistance to do the planning to carry out 

 these mandated programs. The Federal Government can and should 

 participate in this effort. It should be directly involved in programs 

 which affect national interest and its participation is needed directly 

 in dealing with those waters controlled jointly by several States. 



I might say in New York many of our waters are abutted by several 

 States, both in the marine area and in the Great Lakes. Here, however, 

 the Federal role should be one of a partner to work with the States in 

 developing_ appropriate plans for some further authority, it seems to 

 me, to require compliance on the part of the participants once the plans 

 have been developed. 



Thank you. 



Mr. SpRx\6Tte. Thank you, Mr. Wallace. 



I congratulate all of the panelists for keeping as close as possible 

 to the time limitations so that there will be time for questions. I would 

 like to add something before we get to the questions. 



I thought you might be interested in a program that we have in 



