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Federal programs are also coordinated as necessary by the require- 

 ments imposed on them, or in other words, in general order of daily 

 business. 



A very good example of this is mapping and charting activities and 

 aids to navigation. Wlien the Corps of Engineers establishes a new 

 navigation channel or changes one, the Coast Guard is informed 

 and makes the necessary changes of navigation aids. The Environ- 

 mental Sciences Services Administration under the Department of 

 Commerce is aware and takes the necessary steps to have these changes 

 placed on the proper navigational charts. Information regarding the 

 changes is published in the form of Notices to Mariners and put out 

 by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office under the Department of 

 the Navy. This is all reasonably automatic coordination, there is much 

 of it and it is very effective. 



A most important form of coordination and one which encompasses 

 all our charted organizations is that carried out under the guidance of 

 the Water Resources Council. As noted in the table describmg Federal 

 activities in the six estuaries, membership or associate membership on 

 the Water Resources Council and participation in the planning studies 

 conducted by the river basin commissions or the interagency committees 

 provide a significant means of coordination. 



To highlight its interest in the estuaries and estuarine zones the 

 Water Resources Council adopted on November 29, 1967, the following 

 resolution : 



It is the policy of the Water Resources Council that the use, preservation 

 or development, and management of coastal, lakes, and river shorelines and 

 islands and estuaries are to be given full consideration in the planning of use of 

 vv^ater and related land resources by river basin commissions established under the 

 Water Resources Planning Act. 



The Council also considers the planning for the preservation, development 

 and use of estuaries, islands and coastal, river, and lake shorelines and an ap- 

 propriate use of Federal and State funds in accordance with title III of the 

 Water Resources Planning Act (which provides authority to assist the States 

 financially in planning for the use of water and related land resources) . 



The National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering De- 

 velopment charged with the coordination and development of marine 

 sciences created the Committee on the Multiple Use of the Coastal 

 Zone (CMUZ) in August 1967. This committee through its meetings, 

 studies, and symposia was an excellent forum for bringing forth the 

 problems of the estuaries and the adjacent coastal area. 



In regard to the furtherance of coordination it should be noted 

 that the Water Resources Council, by memorandum for the record 

 dated June 18, 1969, has in agreement with the National Council for 

 Marine Resources and Engineering Development established proce- 

 dures whereby the National Council will review plans and studies 

 relating to the coastal zone and that a member of the council staff 

 would attend meetings of the Water Resources Council where such 

 plans, studies and reports are to be discussed. 



Section 4. Summary 



It can be seen that the sum total of the current Federal programs 

 in the estuarine zone are broad in scope and reach into every facet 



