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teclmology to make possible productive work for sustained periods at 

 depths to 2,000 feet." 



The bottom of Lake Superior, offshore, has been described as a 

 pretty barren piece of real estate. You can study it and look at it and 

 that is Lake Superior offshore. Lake Erie's bottom conditions have 

 been described by so many, in so many ways that one cannot readily 

 provide a succinct description. 



From a national point of view, however, midcontinent North 

 America readily recognizes the possibilities contained within the sec- 

 ond goal of marine teclmology, which takes us down to 20,000 feet. 



Our boundaries in the Great Lakes between States and those that 

 we commonly share with Canada are precisely defined, described, and 

 marked, except in tw^o instances in southern Lake Michigan. The 

 States constitutionally retain all powers in water resources manage- 

 ment (except those in the commerce clause of the Constitution dealing 

 with navigation). The States also own the submerged lands under 

 the Great Lakes as well as the surface waters within their State 

 boundaries. The States are presently exercising their jurisdiction over 

 these lands and waters and I imagine one of our speakers yesterday, 

 Mr. Porro, really didn't have the Great Lakes in mind when he spoke 

 of the coastal zones, or else he would have included some of the Great 

 Lakes States in water management. 



I think too, a lot of people are not familiar with the jurisdictional 

 requirements and the application within the Great Lakes jurisdiction. 



Many of the Commission's recommendations, or reasonable fac- 

 similes thereof, have been implemented and are in effect in the Great 

 Lakes areas, such as : 



(a) Wisconsin's Shorelands Protection Ordinance. I think Charlie 

 Swann mentioned Wisconsin's Shoreline Protection Law which is 

 possibly one of the best pieces of legislation as to zoning and sanitary 

 requirements and so forth. I hope that thing is implemented and kept 

 on the books. 



(5) Water Quality Standards, all States, under provisions of the 

 Water Quality Act of 1965. 



(c) Michigan's Submerged Lands Act, some of which is one of the 

 best we have been able to find in the United States. We like to look 

 at Michigan too, as being one of the best, even though other States 

 may have good ones too. 



(d) Statutes and regulations, all States, pertaining to protection 

 of submerged lands. 



(e) The International Joint Commission, established under the 

 Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. 



(/) The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, established by the 

 United States and Canada. This is an international treaty between the 

 United States and Canada and looks after the Great Lakes fishery. 



(gr) The Great Lakes Commission, established by the eight Great 

 Lakes States. 



(h) The Great Lakes Basin Commission, established under Public 

 Law 89-90. 



(^^ New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan's oil and gas 

 drilling statutes and regulations. 



(j) Illinois' comprehensive water plan. 



(k) And so forth. 



