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3. National technology programs. 
4, Man-in-the-Sea. ae 
COASTAL ZONE STUDIES 
Parenthetically, I believe a study of the Coastal Zone is urgent, be- 
cause of the increasing public and private demands for more and more 
uses of a scarce band of land and water, at the same time it is being 
degraded by pollution or natural processes of erosion. 
This is a key issue. It affects 45 percent of our population in 30 of 
our States and will influence the legacy of the seashore we leave to our 
children when, in their generation, 80 percent will reside along our 
coasts. 
Others of the Commission’s recommendations are already being im- 
plemented or under study. For example, the Commission endorsed the 
International Decade of Ocean Exploration and interagency staff are 
now identifying possible areas for increased international collabora- 
tion as a part of the U.N. endorsed expanded program of ocean 
exploration. 
The Commission recommendations are complex and in many cases 
controversial. They deserve careful study. The new administration is 
engaged in its review of the recommendations. The President has in- 
dicated his intention to assure full consideration of the opportunities 
of the oceans and to assess the Commission’s proposals carefully in the 
context of national needs and priorities. 
Mr. Lennon. Just for the record at this point, you state on the third 
line from the bottom of page 11, “This committee then established 
four task force groups to consider Commission recommendations that 
could be implemented today if merited, without the need for re- 
organization. These task groups concern : 
“1. Coastal Zone Authorities.” 
Now, Dr. Wenk, when was the task force established to consider 
the recommendations concerning the establishment of Coastal Zone 
Authorities ? 
Dr. Wenx. Mr. Chairman, I don’t believe I can give you anything 
but an approximate date, but I will supply the exact date for the 
record. 
The approximate date would have been about June 20. (Confirmed 
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Denes About June 20? The reason I ask that question 1s be- 
cause there are expected to be convened here 1n Washington October 28 
and 29 representatives from those States that have shown an interest 
and concern in the aes oD 4 the Coastal Zone Authorities and es- 
ablishment of regional laboratories. 
tars is an innovation and something new on the part of the com- 
mittee, It has invited through the respective Governors of all the 
States their participation in this conference, or forum, or symposium, 
