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Dr. White. As I indicated in my testimony, 80 percent of the sea 

 grant program, which totals about $15 million, is directed to coastal 

 zone problems, and a substantial part of those are devoted to problems 

 very closely connected to coastal zone management. 



Mr. Lennon. There are a number of other projects. 



"Well, thank j^ou. Doctor, for your appearance. 



AVe look forward to your continued cooperation and help in trying 

 to implement this program if it ever gets in your department. Thank 

 you, sir. 



Excuse me. Doctor. Just one other question, from our counsel. 



Mr. Heuvakd. Dr. White, I wonder if you would be willing to ad- 

 dress a letter to the subcommittee and specifically address your atten- 

 tion to those parts of HR 9229 which changed or added to HR 2493, 

 not on the philosophical concept of whether we should or should not 

 move forward, but if coastal legislation is enacted, specific recom- 

 mendations as to language or comments on HR 9229, particularly sec- 

 tions 312 and 313, title IV. 



Dr. White. I am sure I will be doing that, sir, as we provide com- 

 ments on the legislation 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you very much, Doctor. Thank you, gentlemen. 



Statement of the Department of the Interior Before the House 

 Committee ox JSIerchant JMarine and Fisheries, August 3, 1971. 



statement of HON. HARRISON LOESCH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE 

 INTERIOR FOR PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT, ACCOMPANIED BY DOUG- 

 LAS WHEELER, LEGISLATI\TE COUNSEL'S OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE 

 INTERIOR 



Secretary Loesch. Yes, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. You may proceed, sir. 



Mr. Loesch. Thank you very much. 



I have with me Dr. Douglas Wheeler of our Legislative Counsel's 

 Office in the Department. 



I am happy to discuss briefly with you todaj- IT.R. 2493. I think 

 you were furnished my statement at the occasion of the prior hearing 

 when time ran out last June. 



These two bills are similar bills whose purpose it is to assist coastal 

 States in their management of estuaries and the coastal zone. 



My remarks are addressed as well to those provisions of the admin- 

 istration's proposal for a national land use policy which bear directly 

 on the question of coastal zone management. 



Having responsibility for public land management within our De- 

 partment, I can readily agree with the chairman that enactment of 

 coastal zone legislation would necessarily affect programs administered 

 by Interior. In fact, the essential relationship of coastal zone manage- 

 ment to comprehensive land use planning is clearly recognized by the 

 administration bill, H.R. 4332. 



In our written report to the committee, we note in some detail the 

 specific provisions of H.R. 2492 and H.R. 2493. They are quite similar 

 to legislation supported last year by the Department of the Interior 

 and reflect a well-founded conviction that effective management of 

 land and water resources can best be promoted by encouraging the 



