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Our Nation and the Sea. 



The President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization, headed by Roy 

 Ash, is now evaluating the Commission's recommendation to create a new 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency. The Administration will also continue 

 to evaluate other Commission recommendations, strengthen on-going programs, 

 and seek improvement of Federal management of ocean programs. The Presi- 

 dent's task force on oceanography, headed by James H. Wakelin, Jr., will be of 

 particular assistance in formulating the longer term goals of the national 

 program. 



The National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development was 

 established at Congressional initiative by Public Law 89-4-54 to assist the Presi- 

 dent in the development and coordination of national marine science policies and 

 programs. The Council membership is as follows : 



Chairman : Spiro T. Agnew, the Vice President. - 



Members : 



William P. Rogers, the Secretary of State. 



John I-I. Chafee, the Secretary of the Navy. 



Walter J. Hickel, the Secretary of the Interior. 



Maurice H. Stans, the Secretary of Commerce. 



Robert H. Finch, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 



John A. Volpe, the Secretary of Transportation. 



Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commisision. 



William D. McElroy, Director, National Science Foundation. 



Observers : 



Lee A. DuBridge, Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

 Robert P. Mayo, Director, Bureau of the Budget. 

 Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors. 

 Thomas O. Paine, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space 



Administration. 

 John A. Hannah, Administrator, Agency for International 



Development. 

 S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



Executive Secretary : Edward Wenk, Jr. 



Details of Five-Point Interim Marine Science Program 



1. Coastal Zone Management 



Legislative proposals will be submitted to the Congress to establish a national 

 policy for the development of coastal areas and to authorize Federal grants, with 

 matching State contributions, that will encourage and facilitate the establish- 

 ment of State management authorities. Such legislation will assist to insure 

 that rapid coastal development does not destroy limited coastal land and water 

 resources and that all interests in the coastal regions would be assured consider- 

 ation — for port development, navigation, commercial fishing, mineral exploita- 

 tion, recreation, conservation, industrial development, housing, power generation 

 and waste disposal. 



Grants are anticipated for (1) initial development by States of planning and 

 regulatory mechanisms; and (2) operation of the State management systems 

 that are developed. The latter grants v.-ould be made contingent on a State dem- 

 onstrating a capability to prepare plans that provide for — 



— balanced use of the coastal margin, both land and water, that considers 

 viewpoints of all potential users ; 



^access to management-oriented research, including coastal ecology studies ; 



— regulatory authority as needed — such as zoning, easement, license, or per- 

 mit arrangements— to insure that development is consistent with State 

 plans ; 



— consideration of the interests of adjacent States ; 



— land acquisition and power of eminent domain as necessary for implementa- 

 tion of the plan ; and 



— review of proposed Federal. Federal-assisted, State and local projects to 

 insure consistency with plans. 



States have responsibility for management of coastal resources but have often 

 lacked regulatory and management capabilities. They hve been faced with a 

 diversity of coastal jurisdictions and the absence of ecological information. This 



