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My name is Ed Reinecke. I am presently Lieutenant Governor of 
the State of California, and just previous to this I was a member of 
the House, and in fact was a member of this subcommittee which I 
now have the privilege to address. 
As a member of this subcommittee, I had the good fortune to ob- 
serve the rise in interest in fields related to the ocean and coastal zone, 
and have had the opportunity to meet with many of the leaders in 
Government, industry and education concerning the role of the United 
States in properly conserving and managing these precious resources 
of our Nation and coastal States. 
I appear before you today primarily to discuss H.R. 13247, but be- 
cause of the background of this bill, I wish to comment briefly upon 
the monumental publication, “Our Nation and the Sea,” the report of 
the Commission on Marine Sciences, Engineering and Resources to the 
President and Congress—stimulating and realistic in its outlook; im- 
aginative and forceful in its recommendations. 
This document has been reviewed and reported by many individuals 
and California State agencies in far more detail than I am able to 
provide. However, I wish to state briefly that the resources agency, in 
particular, has found this a remarkably important document and has 
strongly endorsed many of the commission recommendations which 
bear upon problems of special interest to California. 
I would like to commend Chairman Lennon and certainly my col- 
league Charlie Mosher for the contribution that they made to the re- 
port and to this commission, It was a very notable thing. 
This very important and significant bill, H.R. 13247, is a direct and 
timely result of the recommendations in “Our Nation and the Sea,” so 
it perhaps is fitting then to comment with respect to the extent that 
these recommendations are implemented. 
California has, for some time, actively supported marine-oriented 
programs. In particular, the State has called for intensive efforts in 
the field of ocean-oriented planning and in the review of existing pro- 
grams with the intent to provide for the wise use and development of 
marine resources, 
Several State agencies have been producing single interest plans for 
fish and wildlife, for shoreline recreation, for small craft harbors, 
and so forth, and have recently joined with the Interagency Council 
for Ocean Resources (ICOR) to assist in the preparation of a Com- 
prehensive Ocean Area Plan in which all of California’s interests in 
the ocean area will be represented, differences recognized and recon- 
ciled where possible, and integrated programs recommended for im- 
plementation. 
ICOR was established by order of Governor Reagan, following 
passage of legislation calling for the preparation of a Comprehensive 
Ocean Area Plan (COAP) and for the establishment of a new com- 
mission made up of representatives of the private sector and State leg- 
islators to advise the Governor on marine and coastal matters, includ- 
ing a review of the COAP as it was prepared by ICOR. 
ICOR is composed of the five Cabinet Secretaries and myself from 
the executive branch of State government. It operates to approve de- 
velopment of the Comprehensive Ocean Area Plan which is presently 
funded by State and Federal planning money ($170,000). The plan- 
ning team is composed of professionals in resource management and 
