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should have been able to examine the problem of national organization 
for marine science and marine resource development in its true per- 
spective. We urge that the Congress give due weight to the 
recommendations of the Commission in the matter of governmental 
reorganization. 
Turning now, Mr. Chairman, to the third category of the Commis- 
sion’s recommendations, we wish to draw the attention of this com- 
mittee to those that we believe are of most interest to the State of 
North Carolina. These recommendations relate to the coastal zone. 
They appear in detail in part III of volume 1 of the panel reports of 
the Commission. 
The most important of these recommendations is that Federal legis- 
lation establish State coastal zone authorities whose functions shall 
include planning, regulation (including zoning where necessary), 
funding, acquisition, development, and enforcement. We strongly urge 
that the Congress take immediate action to implement this recom- 
mendation. The broader problem of the overall structure of the Federal 
Government for marine affairs is not of equal urgency. 
For the present, the Federal operations concerned with coastlands 
acquisition, marine sanctuaries and shoreline boundaries can all ade- 
quately be handled within the framework of existing Federal agencies. 
Legislation concerning the establishment and operation of the coastal 
zone authority program should be drafted to set it up initially under an 
existing agency with an understanding that the function could be trans- 
ferred later if an overall Federal agency is created. 
We fully concur with the recommendations concerning creation of 
coastal zone laboratories under the national sea grant program. Again, 
we strongly urge prompt congressional action in implementing this 
phase of the Commission report. 
We likewise concur generally with the Coastal Zone Panel recom- 
mendations on the need for Federal surveys and projects, on systematic 
approaches to waste management, and on other problems in the coastal 
zone that were identified by the Commission as requiring immediate 
action. 
The recommendations of the Commission are important and in gen- 
eral the State of North Carolina endorses the report. In closing, let me 
eall attention to the need, however, for a strong national commitment 
to ocean exploration. This will take money—more than this country 
has been willing to devote in the past. The State of North Carolina has 
enough faith in the potential of the ocean to become a full partner with 
the Federal Government in launching an all-out effort which would 
benefit all the people of this Nation and the world. 
Mr. Chairman, the State of North Carolina through the leadership 
of my administration and with the support of the general assembly 
has made its commitment to developing the potentials found in what 
we like to call the new frontier of marine science and found right at 
our own back door. We ask the Federal Government to do likewise. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Governor Scott, for an interesting and 
informative statement. This is the kind of statement for North Caro- 
lina that I am delighted is in the record, because it indicates the in- 
terest and concern and the motivation and the progress which the State 
is making. 
