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and waters in the estuarine and coastal zone, (b) override local zoning 

 that is inconsistent with the State plan, and (c) acquire estuarine and 

 coastal sites which the plan earmarks for acquisition by the State. 



Other recommendations in the estuary study similarly have the 

 intent of achieving a role for the Federal Government which will 

 influence State-level management decisions without usurping State 

 management responsibility and authority. These include (1) the 

 recommendation that failure by a State to prepare and adhere to a 

 comprehensive management plan should be the basis for a withdrawal 

 by the Secretary of the Interior of additional grant support; (2) the 

 recommended bonus attaching to the administrative grant if the State 

 institutes an effective moratorium on further dredging and filling 

 during the preparation of its comprehensive management plan; and 

 (3) the comparable bonus that it recommends if that plan is acceptable 

 to the Secretary. 



The estuary study also concurs with the Commission report in 

 proposing the establishment by the Congress of a special commission 

 to fix boundaries in the estuarine and coastal zone. 



However, the estuary study is in fundamental disagreement with 

 the Commission report on the question of centralizing Federal activ- 

 ities in a single Federal agency. It proposes instead that coordination 

 and integration of Federal programs and activities be the responsi- 

 bility and a capability of the State organization administering or 

 coordinating the States' estuarine and coastal zone management 

 activities. The administration of the new Federal grants for estuarine 

 and coastal zone management specifically would be assigned, under the 

 estuary study recommendations, to the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Existing authority of other Federal agencies basically would remain 

 unaltered. 



Other important differences between the estuary study and the 

 Commission report concern the new Federal grant programs. This 

 study recommends an initial, one-time grant of 100 percent to each 

 State for use in appraising its present management program in the 

 estuarine and coastal zone and in preparing recommendations for 

 improving the program. No such grant is proposed by the Commission. 

 Also unique to this study are the bonus recommendations already noted 

 in describing the grant for administrative purposes. 



Other recommendations in the estuary study not included in the 

 Commission report (a) would require consideration of other resource 

 use and management plans bearing on estuarine and coastal resources 

 in preparing the comprehensive plan for using and managing the 

 States' estuarine and coastal zone; (b) would direct the Secretary of 

 the Interior to make a biennial review of problems and program needs, 

 followed by a report to the President and the Congress; (c) would 

 require the Secretary to establish both an interagency advisory council 

 and a non-Federal advisory board; and (d) suggests that the Presi- 

 dent issue appropriate Executive orders and proclamations to be 

 effective in the interim before the Congress can enact legislation estab- 

 lishing the national estuarine management program. 



