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VOLUME III 



Part V. Development of the Comprehensive National Program 



Page 



Introduction 343 



Chapter 1. Role and Programs of Federal Agencies 344 



Section 1. Current Federal Role in the Estuarine Zone 344 



Section 2. The Federal Programs 345 



Section 3. A Synthesis of Federal Programs and their Means of Co- 

 ordination 359 



Section 4. Summary 367 



Chapter 2. Coastal States' Responsibilities, Programs, and Roles 370 



Section 1. State Profile Development 370 



Section 2. Selected State Organizations — A Spectrum of Develop- 

 ment 373 



Section 3. A Coastal State's Organization for Managing Estuarine 



Resources 390 



Section 4. State Estuarine Laws and Ownership Problems 393 



Section 5. Evaluation of Coastal State Frameworks 400 



Section 6. States' Views on Comprehensive Management 403 



Section 7. Summary and Conclusions 409 



Chapter 3. Role and Activities of Local Governments 413 



Section 1. Introduction 413 



Section 2. Management Tools 413 



Section 3. Problems and Failures 416 



Section 4. Selected Interlocal Coastal Management Programs 418 



Section 5 . Recommendations and Conclusions 421 



Chapter 4. Role of Compact Agencies in Estuarine Management 425 



Section 1. Use of Compact Agencies to Date 425 



Section 2. Proposed Uses of the Compact Instrument in the Chesa- 

 peake Basin 431 



Section 3. Summary and Conclusions 435 



Chapter 5. Views and Recommendations of the PubUc and Private Sectors 



on Roles in the Estuarine Zone 437 



Section 1 . Introduction 437 



Section 2. Planning and Conduct of the Public Meetings 438 



Section 3. Method of Analysis 438 



Section 4. Summary Analysis of Major Concerns 448 



Section 5. Summary Analysis of Recommended Management Organi- 

 zation and Roles of the Various Levels of Government 449 



Section 6. Summary Analysis of Recommended Role of the Private 



Sector 452 



Section 7. Conclusions 453 



Appendix A. Report of sources and methods used for coordination 



and data gathering for the National Estuarine Pollution Study 453 



Appendix B. Map showing locations of public meetings 455 



Appendix C. Schedule of National Estuarine Pollution Study public 



meetings 456 



Chapter 6. The Estuary Study Recommendations as Compared with 



Other Proposals for Managing the Estuarine and Coastal Zone 457 



Chapter 7. Overall Estuarine Management, A Summarization by Case 



Study 461 



Section 1. Introduction 461 



Section 2. Description and Uses of the Chesapeake Bay 461 



Section 3. Major Problems and Dangers to the Bay 464 



Section 4. Progress in Current Management Activities 465 



Section 5. Evaluation of the Chesapeake Bay 468 



Section 6. Description and Uses of the San Francisco Bay 469 



Section 7. Major Problems and Dangers to the Bay 472 



Section 8. Progress in Current Management Activities 475 



Section 9. Evaluation of the San Francisco Bay 477 



Section 10. Summary and Conclusions 478 



Chapter 8. Summary and Conclusions 480 



Chapter 9. Suggested Guidelines for a State Mamangement Statute 488 



