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TABLE V.2.4.— STATES' VIEWS AS TO DESIRED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 



Suggested types of Federal assistance 



Coastal States Financial Scientific Technical Legal Administrative 



Alabama ___ XXX X 



Alaska _ x --- - X 



California x 



Connecticut X -- 



Delaware. 



Florida.... XXX X 



Georgia _ _. XXX ---- X 



Hawaii 



Louisiana. _. XXX X 



Maine _._ X ■- 



Maryland XXX 



Massachusetts XXX X 



Mississippi XXX X 



New Hampshire X X 



New Jersey 



NewYork-._ X X X 



North Carolina X X 



Oregon X 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina X X X X 



Texas X - X 



Virginia X 



Washington X -- 



Puerto Rico X 



Virgin Islands X - 



District of Columbia X --- 



The provision of financial assistance from the Federal Government 

 to the States should, according to the States, include the funding of 

 grants-in-aid for construction; funding of development and conduct 

 of State, interstate, and regional activities; and funding for land 

 acquisition. Perhaps the Federal Government should allow bonus 

 points as an incentive to States in implementing adequate estuarine 

 management. 



The Federal Government should provide scientific assistance to the 

 States in the form of : 



(1) conducting demonstration projects to prove the reliability 

 and dependability of pollution control devices or techniques, the 

 testing of which would be too costly and would involve too much 

 of a risk for an individual State to undertake ; 



( 2 ) defining restraints on multipurpose uses ; 



(3) supporting or conducting wide-range programs includ- 

 ing research/study that is beyond the scope of individual States 

 (examples would be waste and water discharge rates and so 

 forth) ; in addition the Federal Government should publish the 

 resulting reports to adequately inform the States of the usable 

 results ; 



(4) reviewing federally aided and licensed projects ; 



( 5 ) regrouping of water classes to answer area needs ; and 



(6) scientific assistance in the form of managing interstate 

 estuaries, especially in regard to research on physical and earth 

 sciences, engineering, and biological problems. 



Types of technical assistance that should be provided, or continue 

 to be provided, to the States by the Federal Government include : rec- 

 ommendations as to estuarine systems and plans; provision of model 

 statutes and suggested comprehensive management plans; recom- 



