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The State believes that enforcement of water quality standards and 

 effecting of pollution control is the essential responsibility of the State. 

 To maintain the generally high water quality of the State and to 

 provide for future quality control, the State considers that its respon- 

 sibility is to expand its ability to perform water quality investigation 

 and control. This is being done with some difficulty in acquiring needed 

 professional personnel and operational funds. However, to meet its 

 responsibilities, the State may need more funds — perhaps from another 

 source. The State has stated the need for research on the effects from 

 discharges at specific locations in Maryland on established or proposed 

 water uses. On problems as this, specific research assistance is needed 

 from the Federal agencies. The State has also stated the need or prob- 

 lem that the State's responsibility for controlling dredging and spoil 

 disposal should be strengthened in order to prevent loss or damage to 

 established or proposed water uses. More State-Federal coordination 

 for planning and effecting the placing of dredge spoil is necessary. 

 In the general area of coordination, however, this does not seem to have 

 been a problem and with the newly established coordinating depart- 

 ment of natural resources even previous capabilities will be increased 

 and improved. 



CALIFORNIA 



The State of California represents a western coastal State that is 

 highly urban/highly industrial/low rural/highly developed (popula- 

 tion, about 19 million). It has an extensive, tidal coastline (about 

 3,400 miles) that is used for a broad range of purposes and has en- 

 countered a wide ran^e of coastal problems including actual coastal 

 filling as in San Francisco Bay. 



In general, California has title to all submerged lands, tidelands, 

 and swamplands within its borders and can sell the tidelands and 

 swamplands. 



Estuarine management responsibilities in the State seem to be fo- 

 cused in the State of California's Resources Agency. This agency has 

 the primary responsibility for managing the ocean resources of the 

 State; it has advisory, planning, research, development, coordination, 

 and policing functions. The agency and its component departments 

 (fig. V.2.5, p. 382) have been assigned specific responsibilities by 

 the legislature for various elements of the resource. A second State 

 department involved in estuarine management is the department of 

 public health. This department is responsible for protection of shell- 

 fish beds against contamination and for the health and safety of ocean 

 water-contact-sport areas. 



