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III. Means of coordination with sources : 



A. Government agencies, including Department of the Interior and 

 subdivisions : 



1. Letter/memorandum request for information on programs, views, 

 and means of coordination. 



2. Direct consultation with high-level personnel. 



3. Assigned Study coordinator from each non-Interior agency 

 concerned. 



4. Advisory committee composed of assigned representatives from 

 each Interior agency concerned. 



5. Conferences with assigned coordinators and representatives from 

 the agencies. 



6. Input from specific requests for data to meet inventory needs from 

 the Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



7. Input from service contracts for data to meet inventory needs with 

 the OflSce of Business Economics, the Bureau of Mines, and the Geologi- 

 cal Survey. 



B. States, territories, and their local subdivisions : 



1. State coordinator named by Governor in reply to a request from the 

 Secretary of the Interior. 



2. Direct consultation with and data requests to the States and locali- 

 ties by the Directors of the coastal Federal Water Pollution Control 

 Administration Regional OflSces for the Inventory and other purposes. 



3. Preparation by the regions of State profiles including information 

 on organizations and activities involved with the estuaries, and espe- 

 cially on views and recommendations regarding a comprehensive man- 

 agement program and responsibilities of the various government levels — 

 Federal, State, and local. 



4. State coordinator served as co-chairman of the public meetings, and 

 State oflScials testified at the public meetings- 



5. Local government representatives testified at the public meetings. 



C. National organizations : 



1. Appointment of representative to the study in reply to a letter from 

 the Secreary of Interior. 



2. Letter requests for information and data on programs, views, and 

 opinions. 



3. Attendance at conferences, meetings, and symposia sponsored by 

 these organizations. 



4. Briefings and conferences with Washington personnel of national 

 organizations. 



5- Statements at public meetings by national organizations and local 

 aflSliates. 



6. Letters requesting views on research and study needs. 



D. Academic community : 



1. Letters, consultations, and briefings with academic members of cer- 

 tain national organizations. 



2. Attendance at conferences and symposia sponsored by academic 

 institutions and organizations. 



3. Testimony of academic personnel, both as individuals and as rep- 

 resentatives of universities and laboratories, at public meetings. 



4. Letters to selected organizations requesting views on research and 

 study needs- 



5. Letters and consultations at regional level on research and study 

 needs. 



6. Input from study contracts to meet general information needs with 

 the University of Maryland, Florida State University, University of 

 North Carolina, University of Washington, University of Rhode Island, 

 Gulf Universities Research Corporation, University of Hawaii, and Uni- 

 versity of Alaska. 



E. Industrial representatives : 



1. Testimony at the public meetings. 



2. Input through meetings of the National Security Industrial Associ- 

 ation and Marine Technology Society. 



F. Other individuals : 



■ 1- Testimony at the public meetings. 

 2. Personal correspondence. 



