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not want to burden the States with the tasks of completing lengthy 

 questionnaires or providing data summaries and that it wanted to 

 avoid duplication of effort wherever possible. 



Subsequently, the study's regional estuarine coordinators contacted 

 the State estuarine representatives to collect information on the orga- 

 nization and activities of each coastal State in the use of its estuarine 

 resources and to gain the individual State's views in respect to the 

 responsibilities of Federal, State, and local governments in this pro- 

 gram. Specifically, each State was asked to provide information on 

 the following 10 topics. 



(1) What State agencies are directly or indirectly involved in the 

 use of the estuarine resources of the States? What are their specific 

 programs and what fiscal and personnel resources are available for 

 carrying out these programs ? 



(2) What mechanisms, if any, has the State provided for coordina- 

 tion of these programs? For example, highway construction, pollution 

 control, and beneficial use. 



(3) What are the current problems in estuarine resource utilization 

 within the State, and what are the State views as to how these prob- 

 lems can be managed best ? 



(4) What information does the State now have on the use of its 

 estuaries? We would like to have copies of relatively recent reports, 

 and would like to have an idea of what additional data may be avail- 

 able in State files but which are not published or organized. 



( 5 ) What is the legal authority for the various programs ? 



(6) What is the legal status of estuary, tidelands, and wetland 

 ownership ? 



(7) Do the State agencies now have projects underway which are 

 directly related to estuarine resource utilization ? 



(8) What is the extent of the present direct control of estuaries by 

 States ? What is their size, location, and nature of use ? 



(9) What are examples of current problems in estuarine manage- 

 ment or in conflict of uses? The emphasis should be on pollution or 

 estuarine modification, 



(10) What are the present State research facilities used in manage- 

 ment of estuaries or study of estuarine resources ? 



The information obtained from the States on these 10 topics was 

 used to develop the profiles. In many cases to supplement these 

 responses, information available to Federal Water Pollution Control 

 Administration Regional OiRces in their fileSj material presented in 

 transcripts of public meetings, reports published by or about the 

 States, results of other studies such as the Commission's reports, other 

 correspondence with the States' governors or agencies, phis direct 

 consultation with appropriate State personnel were incorporated in 

 the profiles. To assure accuracy and adequacy of the profiles, they 

 were returned to State estuarine representatives for approval at the 

 highest possible level, considering the time available. The following 

 material represents a very brief condensation of this mass of infor- 

 mation which is being retained and is available separately from this 

 report. It is also referenced in part VII as a part of the supporting 

 iniormation used in the preparation of this report. 



