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and agencies that are involved in the coastal zone. It was indicated that 



this snigie Federal agencj^ should have responsibility for review by 

 giving the grants or withholding the grants and, therefore, try to 

 exercise some aspects of the national interest ; that this agency "should 

 assist the coastal zone authority in resolving problems resulting from 

 divergent objectives of other Federal agencies, and that this single 

 agency should be responsible for the planning and coordination of 

 Federal activity in the coastal zone outside the State jurisdiction." 



I am wondering if any of you would be willing to discuss the other 

 aspects of this, whether or not there is a need or necessity of having 

 a single agency in Washington that would interact and to do the other 

 things that were recommended by the Commission. I address that 

 question to all four of you. 



Mr. Train. I am sure everybody is going to want to say something. 



It seems to me that we definitely need one single lead agency, but 

 just offhand it would strike me as being impractical to think in terms 

 of one Federal coastal zone authority that would comprise within its 

 organization and functions all coastal zone activities of the Federal 

 Government. I just don't think it is feasible. 



I would say there should be a lead agencj^ located somewhere in the 

 Federal Govermnent that would have the responsibility for administer- 

 ing this program, and with a responsibility for bringing some kind 

 of coordination to the activities of the agencies which lie outside of 

 its actual organization. 



Does that address itself to the question, Dr. Knauss ? 



Dr. Knauss. We didn't assume that there would be one agency that 

 would exercise all the activity. What we suggested was that there 

 should be one agency which acted as interface in resolving problems. 



I think, for example, we heard today that Texas has, in fact, begun 

 to get its house together by actually putting together something like 

 a coastal zone authority. In that connection, I believe the Governor 

 has written to Secretary Hickel asking him if he can delegate one 

 person in Interior with whom he can deal on these problems, because 

 there are so many agencies within Interior. 



The question is whether or not there should be a single agency that 

 would- have the responsibility ; and also a single agency that would 

 be responsible for the problems of development, planning, and coordi- 

 nation of other Federal activities. IS!o one has suggested that there 

 should be one agency that does all the work. 



Mr. Train. Let me hasten to say I know of the letter from the 

 Governor, and the Secretary has answered the letter. He has designated 

 the Office of Marine Resources as the contact point within the Depart- 

 ment, at least for the present. 



I will give somebody else a chance to take a stab at this. 



Dr. Chapman. Colonel McGuinness ? 



Colonel McGuinness. The question, I think, addresses itself to the 

 very much repeated statement that Federal and non-Federal people, 

 upon looking at vv^hat is happening in the coastal zone, have identified 

 22 or more Federal agencies working in there, and it has become very 

 to find all Federal agencies exercising their functional roles in tliis 

 area. 



The coastal zone is a geographic concept. I would submit to you that 

 if you would want to draw a circle around the desert zone, the moun- 



