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as those discussed above. Such an analysis could also investigate the 

 need for amendments to the Marine Protection. Kesearch. and Sanc- 

 tuaries Act vis-a-vis the need for new legislative provisions under, 

 perhaps, the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. 



As a corollary to the activities mentioned in the preceding para- 

 graphs, the NOPS will examine how the National Seashore program 

 and possibly other programs of the Department of the Interior relate 

 to the Coastal Zone Management program, and how such functions of 

 the Department of the Interior related to these programs could be 

 better coordinated with programs administered by the Office of Coastal 

 Zone Management of the Department of Commerce or other orga- 

 nizations. 



6, OVERSIGHT OF DEEPWATER TORT ACTIVITIES 



The Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-627) was enacted during 

 the closing days of the 93d Congress and approved by the President on 

 January 3, 19*75. The Committee shared responsibility for the consid- 

 eration' of this Act with the Senate Committees on Public Works and 

 Interior and Insular Affairs. 



The Committee may schedule hearings, possibly joint hearings, to 

 determine if the purposes of the Act are being fulfilled: to determine 

 how many licenses have been issued for port development ; how many, 

 i ? any, deepwater ports are under construction; what problems have 

 developed in the administration of the Act, and so on. 



7. COMMITTEE INTEREST IX LAND USE POLICY AXI) PLANNING LEGISLATION 



NOPS will monitor the progress of National Land Use Policy 

 legislation as it pertains to the Coastal Zone Management Act and its 

 implementation. 



Legislation has been introduced in both Houses of Congress which 

 would establish a national land use program to be administered by the 

 Department of the Interior. A version of the land use bill passed the 

 Senate in June of 1973 but failed to gain acceptance by the House 

 prior to adjournment of the 93rd Congress. 5 This year, the new 

 version of the "Land Resource Management Act" contain appropriate 

 language requiring coordination of state land use programs with on- 

 going coastal zone programs, insuring the integrity of the Commerce 

 Department's coastal zone program and assuring that any state land 

 use program developed in accordance with the bill will be consistent 

 with an approved state coastal zone management program. The bills 

 also contains language which would give the Department of Commerce 

 joint review authority over any state land use program for a coastal 

 state. 



Land use decisions for coastal and inland areas cannot be made in a 

 vacuum. There will, by necessity, be many areas of overlap. The Coastal 

 Zone Management Act is the nation's only land use policy and planning 

 program for the coastal areas of the nation, with the definition of 

 coastal zone (and hence the jurisdiction of each State's program) 

 being left to the individual states to determine according to their own 



B See, S. 268 of the 93rd Congress, the Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act; 

 H.R. 10294. the Land Use Planning Act of 1974; and H.R. 13790, the Land Use 

 Planning Assistance Act. 



