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tablishment of coastal laboratories, on the restoration of Great Lakes, 

 and a fourth one having- to do with the ecology of the Arctic. 



The fifth of these concerns support for the International Decade of 

 Ocean Exploration, and considering the scope of this meeting, I will 

 not comment further on the fifth, although it is a very important and 

 ver}^ significant element in this i^rog-ram. 



Let me say too that this is not simply a proposal from the Council 

 to the President. This is a proposal that has already gone through 

 the process of Presidential review and approval, and therefore what 

 I am going to report to you is now part of the President's progi\am 

 that lie will amplify in his submissions to the Congress in January — 

 amplify both in terms of proposed legislation and in terms of requests 

 for additional funds over and above the current phase of activity in 

 these areas. 



With regard to coastal management, I think that the problems that 

 have been enunciated by the Commission, and even prior ot the forma- 

 tion of the Commission, by those in the Congress and in the executive 

 branch concerned about our coastal affairs and reflected by activities of 

 a large number of different Federal agencies, have been brought to 

 a point of necessary action in order that we beter manage these scarce 

 resources. 



The legislative proposal that will be submitted to the Congress will 

 be to establish a national policy for the development of coastal areas, 

 to authorize Federal gi'ants with matching State contributions that 

 will encourage and facilitate the establishment of State management 

 authorities. 



Such legislation will assist to assure that rapid coastal development 

 does not destroy limited coastal land and water resources and that all 

 interests in the coastal areas would have consideration. Grants are 

 anticipated in two phases, the first for the initial development by 

 States of planning resri^latory mechanisms and a second phase sub- 

 seq\iently for the operation of those State management systems that 

 are developed. 



The latter grants would be made available to a State contingent on 

 a State demonstrating a capability to propose plans that proved, first, 

 for balanced use of the coastal margin both land and water, second, 

 for access to management-oriented research including coastal ecolog;%^ 

 studies, third, for regulatory authority, fourth, for consideration of 

 interests of adjacent States, fifth, for land acquisition and power of 

 eminent domain necessarv for implementation of the plan, and finally, 

 for review of proposed Federal assistance to State and local projects 

 to assure consistency with the plan. 



Suates already have the responsibility for the management of these 

 resources. They have often lacliied the regulatory management capa- 

 bilities needed and they have been faced with a diversity of coastal 

 juT-isdictions and the absence of ecological information. 



The intent of the program therefore is to strengthen the States' 

 capabilities, lessen the need for Federal intervention, and fncilitate 

 integration of planning, conservation, and development programs 

 among diverse public and private interests. 



With regard to coastal laboratories, steps will be taken toward 

 establishment of coastal laboratories, supported by the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, but strengthening and consolidating existing facilities wlier- 



