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agency in the field of water rights, water pollution, and water quality 

 control. The creation of this State board provides a coordinated ad- 

 ministration of water quality and water quantity. 



The board exercises advisory, planning, research, regulation, and 

 coordination functions. Its principal responsibilities provide for the 

 formulation and adoption of a statewide policy for water quality 

 control, control of water quality and pollution, and administration of 

 the budgets of the regional boards. Each regional board is responsible 

 for the formulation and adoption of policies for water quality control 

 within its respective region ; it may order offenders to cease and desist 

 and initiate legal action. 



The State Lands Division, previously under the direction of the De- 

 partment of Finance but transferred to the resources agency by the 

 California State Legislature in 1969, handles all matters pertaining 

 to the leasing or sale of State-owned (ungranted) tidelands and sub- 

 merged lands. It also has an active marine inspection program and 

 provides the focal point for oil pollution control activities in the estu- 

 aries and coastal waters of California. 



In the realm of coordination, the California comprehensive ocean 

 area plan, to be developed by the Interagency Council for Ocean Re- 

 sources, will be the primary vehicle for coordinating the various pro- 

 grams concerned with the conservation and development of marine 

 and coastal resources. 



Problems in California center around the need to increase existing 

 management/organization/legislation to keep pace with the extremely 

 rapid development of the coastal areas. The preceding information on 

 the State of California represents a very brief summary of informa- 

 tion in the California profile, which also contains detailed descriptions 

 of the various problems regarding estuarine management in the State 

 in regard to both subject area and geographic area. 



FLORIDA 



The following describes the recently augmented estuarine manage- 

 ment framework in Florida which is due in some measure to the 

 efforts of the National Estuarine Pollution Study through its 30 public 

 meetings held across the country. The estuarine public meeting in 

 Florida presented a forum whereby various factors of the community 

 could express publicly their views on the Florida estuarine situation. 

 These views subsequently reached the legislative bodies and it is felt 

 that this meeting contributed views which prompted the Florida 

 Legislature to consider the need for action to preserve/protect 

 Floridian estuaries. 



During 1969, the Florida Legislature created the Florida Depart- 

 ment of Air and Water Pollution Control and reorganized the State 



