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(4) Provision of financial and technical assistance to local 

 governments; and 



(5) Cooperation with the Federal Government in management. 

 The local role was seen to be : 



(1) Management, utilizing all State and Federal assistance 

 available ; 



( 2 ) Cooperation with the States in management ; and 



(3) Development of plans and installation of equipment for 

 monitoring and waste treatment. 



The optimal management organization was seen to be a cooperative 

 Federal, State, and local venture, including, in many instances, non- 

 government representation. Alternatives offered were : 



(1) A cooperative State-local organization with nongovern- 

 ment representation as appropriate ; and 



(2) A regional organization, including Federal representatives 

 in the membership. 



THE NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE SECTOR 



The witnesses in this category, which was devised by combining 

 groups I and II (national organizations, etc.; and academic people), 

 also gave frequent answers to these questions. 



These speakers stated that the Federal role should be : 



(1) Provision of technical and financial assistance, including 

 that allocated for research and training and for construction ; 



(2) Taking of strong protective action, including acquisition 

 and activity control ; 



(3) Cooperation with State and local governments to coordi- 

 nate the national effort ; and 



(4) Management of those estuaries which the States fail to 

 manage. 



The State role was seen by the nonindustrial private sector to be : 



(1) Cooperation with the localities in management, including 

 coordination of programs ; 



(2) Operations of the management plan through a number of 

 instrumentalities ; 



(3) Management within a national plan ; and 



(4) Provision of financial and technical aid to the local 

 governments. 



The witnesses saw the local role to be management, utilizing all 

 available financial and technical assistance programs of the Federal 

 and State governments. 



The best management system was seen to be by a cooperative Fed- 

 eral, State, and local organization, preferably with nongovernment 

 representatives included. As an alternative, the nonindustrial private 

 sector would like to see a regional organization, including Federal 

 representation. 



THE INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE SECTOR 



The industry and user representatives (group III witnesses) were 

 of two distinct types — fishermen (including shellfish harvesters) and 

 others. This fact is mentioned, as the fishermen had a quite differ- 

 ent view from that of the other group III speakers. 



