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ship and coordinating maebiuery to establish regulation and controls for water 

 and land use in the coastal zone. This will include the following activities : 



Define the coastal zone to be studied. 



Develop the procedures and content of a coastal resource and land-use 

 inventory and classification system. 



Prepare a basic inventory of the natural and land-use characteristics of 

 the Maine Coast. (Mapping) 



Compile data concerning the physical type use and ownership use of 

 natural resources. 



Determine coastal land and water use trends. 



Classify coastal resources based upon their natural characteristics, 

 ecological relationship and land-use features. 



Publish an interim plan. 



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Conduct public hearings and utilize other means of dieting the views of 

 interested parties on the interim plan. 



Revise the interim plan on the basis of public reaction and additional 

 information. 



Identify major land-use conflicts and indicate priorities for immediate action. 



Evaluate the environmental impact of existing and anticipated demands for 

 the use of coastal resources. 



Propose action relative to priority needs and future trends. 



Propose regulations and controls to insure that coastal resources will be used 

 consistent with their natural character and ecological relationships. 



A final compreliensive coastal development plan will he published late in 1971. 



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Propose institution arrangements for implementation and enforcement action. 



Propose State legislation and local ordinances necessary to implement the 

 coastal development plan. 



Conduct detailed planning on immediate action programs with the necessary 

 authorities. 



Prepare a detailed State-Federal-Regional Program for coordinated action 

 throughout the New England Region, 



State op Ohio, 

 Department of Natural Resources, 



Columbus, October 31, 1969. 

 Hon. Charles A. Mosher, 

 Rayburn House Office Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Congressman Mosher : Jack Frost was telling me about your interest in 

 having additional viewpoints expressed in reference to the coastal zone manage- 

 ment discussions which were held by the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries in Washington this week. 

 I am enclosing a copy of a talk I gave at Salt Lake City before state and federal 

 water officials arranged by the Water Resources Council and the Interstate 

 Conference on Water Problems, which was devoted almost entirely to this 

 subject. It may contain some helpful thoughts. 



We do appreciate your efforts on this entire program and your concern that 

 Ohio be represented at the hearings. 

 Sincerely, 



Fred E. Morr, Director. 



Comments of Fred E. Moer, Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 

 AND Vice Chairman, Great Lakes Basin Commission, at Third Annual 

 Conference of State and Federal Water Officials, Salt Lake City, 

 June 23-25. 1969, on the Report "Our Nation and the Sea," by the 

 Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources 



I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you today. There are increasing 

 needs for the states and federal agencies involved in water management to get 

 together with cooperating interests to discuss problems, generate thought, de- 

 velop understanding, and to get capsule reports of major situations. Both the 



