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the coastal zones, then you do not need separate legislation. You just 

 need the one ; that is correct. 



Senator Hollings. Right. I was pleasantly surprised last year when 

 this committee launched forth on the coastal zone hearings, that we 

 had unanimity. We had the county associations, national mimicipal 

 associations, State port authorities, and various coastal zone interests, 

 all coming in and almost unanimous in support of the legislation. 



If we can get that kind of support this year for a single land use 

 policy, that would be fine, too. And I am sure that committee would 

 proceed. 



But I am very fearful of the legislation generally covering inter- 

 changes, highways, airports, transportation, and all the other things 

 in it that local political entities might have misgivings, and we might 

 have opposition. 



Specifically, if we bogged down later on, is the administration going 

 to insist on just the land use policy bill, or can we count on your sup- 

 port for coastal zones ? 



Mr. Train. Well, as I have said, Mr. Chairman, the administration 

 is strongly committed and remains committed to the need for more 

 effective management in the coastal zones. I think it is too early to 

 speculate at this point as to what the administration's posture would be 

 if it proved impossible to achieve a national land use policy program. 

 "We do at this time give the highest priority to legislation providing 

 an overall national land use policy, which does not give separate and 

 distinct treatment to the coastal or any other zone but, rather, ap- 

 proaches the problem nationally. 



Senator Hollings. Does S. 922 contemplate the State governments 

 engaging in major reorganization in order to accomplish the purpose 

 of the bill? 



Mr. Train". We would not see that as being necessary at all. In terms 

 of what you might call additional bureaucracy probably we see a very 

 limited need. There would certainly, in many cases, have to be some 

 change in the allocation of powers as between State and local units 

 of government. However, as I believe you know, the legislation would 

 provide tremendous flexibility as to the kinds of allocations which a 

 State would decide best suited its particular needs. 



But in terms of bureaucratic reorganization, I think there is a very 

 limited need involved here. 



Senator Hollings. Let us address ourselves to the "inward" and 

 "seaward." What width inward does the bill contemplate for the 

 coastal zone under S. 992, and how far seaward ? 



Mr. Train. Let us first go outward, Mr. Chairman, because that 

 one is a little bit easier ; and there we go out to the limit of the ter- 

 ritorial sea, which is the 3-mile limit. That, of course, is a fairly clear 

 point. 



Senator Hollings. Would you recommend that you include the sea- 

 bed to 200 meters rather than just the 3 miles? 



That is the outer limit of the coastal zone under Senator Tower's 

 bill. 



Mr. Train. I have not examined that particular proposal. But we 

 are talking here about State jurisdiction primarily because we are 

 talking about strengthening State approaches to more effective land 



