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We had one that said a total need now for a new superagency. This 

 was brought out by the gentleman from Louisiana. One said you can't 

 maintain the State boundaries as cubicles, brought out by the gentle- 

 man from New Jersey. You can't depend on voluntary participation, 

 also by the gentleman from New Jersey. 



Outstanding State legislation was brought out by Charlie Swann 

 who also cited the Wisconsin law. Need for interstate compacts with 

 authority to act, also Charlie Swann. 



THE FEDERAL LOCUS OF COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT BASIC PREMISES 



AND CONSIDERATIONS 



Basic premises 



(1) The primary responsibility for management of the coastal 

 zone must continue to be vested in the States (p. 8, report). 



(2) The Federal Government can help the States, but the primary 

 responsibility lies with the States; they are the key to a concerted 

 effort (p. 9, report). 



(3) In the Great Lakes region we must include the joint manage- 

 ment asepcts for the United States and Canada, which is a little dif- 

 ferent from what are the problems in some of the States. 



(4) Laboratory, research, university participation in research and 

 development for regional and local problems, as well as industry 

 participation, must be conducted under State and regional (basin) 

 suspices, if you aer going to have a manageable organization. 



(5) Acknowledging the presently existing organizations, economic, 

 scientific, social, and political structures and developments; realizing 

 that many of these have a raison d'etre resulting from several centuries 

 of man's cultural development and for the near future are "here to 

 stay," it is prudent to examine and use our presently existing organi- 

 zations and capabilities, and to proceed slowly in organizing large 

 new organizations each time a new problem or new concept rears its 

 bureaucratically beautiful head. 



(6) State water management efforts must not be dsicounted but 

 rather encouraged and augmented, and I cite a couple of examples: 



{a) The Anadromous Fish Act has provided Federal assistance to 

 the Great Lakes States and coming from this effort we have a booming 

 salmon fishery in the Great Lakes. It suffers a bit from growing pains 

 and a problem or two, but the fish are there in thousands. The alewife 

 pests are being reduced somewhat in numbers, and the program shows 

 signs of health survival and growth. 



( h ) The sea lamprey practically eradicated the Great Lakes fishery 

 for the lake trout and large game fish. Through the efforts of the Great 

 Lakes Fishery Commission, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, the 

 regional and State provincial agencies, the lamprey are being con- 

 trolled in Lakes Superior and Michigan; and, hopefully, we can 

 continue that program of treatment and retreatment to enhance the 

 fishery throughout the lakes. 



(c) There are coperative Federal-State-local programs for flood 

 and erosion control throughout the lakes for the protection of publicly 

 owned lands. Because of the side effects, the multiple effects, of erosion 

 and need for local assistance, private ownerships, too, must be included 

 in mutual beach and shoreline protection programs. 



Now let's look at some of the considerations. 



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