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institutional support for the coastal zone laboratories. The Sea Grant College 

 and Program Act of 1966 must be amended to permit grants for the construction 

 and maintenance of vessels and other facilities. 



To integrate the coastal zone laboratory proposal into a governmental depart- 

 ment, such as Department of Interior, as has been recently suggested, would 

 be a true injustice to the effectiveness of a necessary program. To attempt to 

 diminish the effectiveness of this independence of scientific research and to 

 strip it from the academic atmosphere, is truUy unjustified and vrould highly 

 •detrement the effectiveness of the overall program. 



The governmental structure and the coastal zone laboratories recommended 

 'i)j the Commission can be effectively coordinated. 



VII. CONCLtrSION 



Thus, in conclusion, it is stressed that the type of progressive and essential 

 program that is called for in order to obtain effective coastal zone management 

 and balance planning of the estuarine system cannot be accomplished by volun- 

 tary participation of the states. The tremendous work product of the Commis- 

 sion and the years of studies and hearings relating to the estuarine demand a 

 more effective administrative structure and more potent and powerful solution. 

 The development of our jurisprudence and political concepts have truly laid the 

 basis for an extremely progressive and pyramid type structure in which an 

 overall federal umbrella would coordinate regional programs giving due regard 

 and recognition to state and local functions and expertise. 



Mr. Clingan. Thank you very much. 



I would like to move now to the next panelist, a gentleman who 

 was in Williamsburg, and who is most active in this area : Charles F. 

 Schwan, Jr. 



Mr. Schwan. 



STATEMENT OT CHAELES F. SCHWAN, JR., WASHING-TON, D.C. 



Mr. Schwan. Thank you very much. 



Even to list all the Federal and State agencies and programs relat- 

 ing to the coastal zone would take 10 minutes — all the time I am per- 

 mitted to speak. To discuss them in such a brief period is out of the 

 question. To speculate about future Federal and State roles I should 

 need 10 hours. 



Under the circumstances, I am going to assume that you — and I — 

 are acquainted with the roles currently played, and devote most of 

 my time to evaluating the coastal zone management proposals of the 

 Commission on Marine Sciences, Engineering and Resources. 



Before I do so, however, let me state what I believe to be the current 

 status of coastal zone management. In brief, there is little or no such 

 management, nor does tliis stem from non-feasance of any agency or 

 agencies. 



None is contemplated in Federal law except in bits and pieces as 

 individual agencies may administer Federal lands in the coastal zone. 

 No State has seen fit to designate an agency for overall coastal zone 

 management. To the extent that management is practiced with respect 

 to privately owned property, it is done locally. 



It is true that certam aspects of management are practiced more 

 widely. A number of Federal and State laws authorize planning to be 

 undertaken — for water and related land resources, for outdoor recrea- 

 tion, for comprehensive State plans, to cite only a few examples. 



To my knowledge, the closest thing to coastal zone management, 

 except what is done locally, is accomplished by the Delaware River 

 Basin Commission and by the zoning laws of a few States — Alaska, 



