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Coordination of the two estuary studies has been accomplished 

 through the Office of Marine Resources, in accordance with Secretarial 

 Order No. 2908, approved in October 1968. In order to avoid duplica- 

 tion of effort the estuarine protection act study will use the Estuarine 

 Inventory being developed by the National Estuarine Pollution Study. 



Of the 312 units in the National Wildlife Refuge System, 78 are 

 coastal. These coastal refuges have a combined shoreline of more than 

 500 miles and an area of more than 18 million acres, of which 682,000 

 acres are identified as estuarine. As administrator of these areas, the 

 Bureau is a potent factor in the conservation of these estuarine re- 

 sources. An additional potent factor in the conservation of estuarine 

 resources is the Bureau's responsibility to review and comment on 

 Corps of Engineers permits as required by the Fish and Wildlife 

 Coordination Act. 



Bureau of Land ManageTnent 

 While the Bureau of Land Management is the designated manage- 

 ment agency of public domain lands, a sizable portion of these lands 

 is along the California and Oregon coasts. The Bureau plays strictly 

 a management role, and, as such, has no authority to acquire any ad- 

 ditional lands. It is the Nation's largest land manager. 



Bureau of Mines 

 The Bureau of Mines is oriented to research and information serv- 

 ices. In its estuarine related programs it seeks to develop the technology 

 necessary to minimize the adverse effects associated wnth mineral re- 

 covery. They include a mineral resource evaluation study and the de- 

 velopment of marine mineral mining technology. The Bureau has 

 jurisdiction over that part of the solid waste program which involves 

 materials resulting from mineral extraction. 



Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 



An examination of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation program in- 

 dicates a central role in promoting Federal-State cooperation and 

 coordination in planning the acquisition and development of both 

 existing and proposed new estuarine areas devoted to public recrea- 

 tional use. Although it administers no lands, it administers the Land 

 and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-578), 

 which other agencies — Federal, State, and local — make use of in their 

 land programs. The act provides grants to the States for the planning, 

 acquisition, and development of outdoor recreation areas and facilities, 

 and to certain Federal agencies for the acquisition and development 

 of outdoor recreation areas and facilities. 



The Bureau also participates in comprehensive river basin plan- 

 ning, water resource project planning, and reviews reports related to 

 such activities. The Bureau and the National Park Service also work 

 together on area planning, often with the participation of the Bureau 

 of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Emphasis is ^ven to assure that ade- 

 quate consideration is accorded to the estuarine environment. 



Federal Water Pollution Control Administration 

 Created by the Water Quality Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-234) 

 and significantly expanded in powers and funding through the Clean 

 Water Restoration Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-753), the Federal 



