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would appear to effectively insure that the Federal role in promoting 
health and safety, as well as in conserving and managing areas of the 
environment and living resources as assigned to NOAA, would be 
maintained as well as coordinated with the State position. 
This of course presupposes that the Coastal Zone Authority would 
be so constituted so as to fairly represent the position of all State in- 
terests concerned with powerplant siting within the coastal zone. — 
California presently has a powerplant siting committee represent- 
ing a number of State departments. This committee, working with the 
utilities and conservation groups, has assisted in locating powerplants 
with a minimum of adverse environmental effects. 
The activities of this committee will be coordinated through the new 
Department of Navigation and Ocean Development, which in Cali- 
fornia would function as the Coastal Zone Authority implementing 
the master plan. 
Both living and non-living resources are presently, or soon will be, 
taken in offshore areas where many problems of Federal, State and in- 
ternational jurisdiction remain to be solved. In fact the problems of 
jurisdiction and management which exist appear to have hindered de- 
velopment in some cases. 
Reviews and studies of the legal problems arising out of the man- 
agement and use of the marine environment, and of the national poli- 
cles with respect to the outer continental shelf, are being conducted 
by the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Devel- 
opment and by the Public Land Law Review Commission. 
The establishment of a cohesive national policy in this complicated 
and internationally very important area involves the coordination of 
many branches of the executive department and, certainly, the Con- 
ress. 
5 NOAA should conduct this coordination and function as the cata- 
lyst for suggesting and bringing about creative changes to existing 
laws and policies to permit further offshore development. 
The final question then is to whom does this agency report ? Whether 
as an independent agency directly to the President or to a Cabinet 
Secretary, or finally to a council of interested Cabinet Secretaries, 
may best be resolved in terms of the political necessities of life and 
full support from the administration. 
The challenge facing this proposed new agency is tremendous, yet 
it is apparent that action must be taken to provide the opportunity 
for the United States to take and maintain leadership in marine af- 
fairs. This bill certainly will go a long way toward providing that 
opportunity. 
California endorses wholeheartedly the concept of NOAA and the 
need to coordinate with the State planning agencies through a CZA, 
and urges swift passage of the necessary legislation. 
We hope that, after hearing all of the testimony with respect to this 
bill, you will consider some of our suggestions here today and incorpo- 
rate them where possible. 
It has been a pleasure to have had this opportunity to be here today, 
and I would like to simply make one additional comment emphasizing 
California’s recognition for planning. Our population today is ap- 
proximately 20 million people. We are told by conservative pro- 
