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As the hearings of this committee have shown, there is a great and 

 growing concern for protection of the Nation's coastal zone and estu- 

 aries. That concern, we believe, must extend to land use problems within 

 a much broader context. The committee is no doubt aware that many 

 of the conflicts felt at water's edge have their origins further inland, 

 and that only comprehensive planning can alleviate tlie growing 

 pressure. 



While coastal zone planning is needed, we must also recognize that 

 land use decisions cannot be made effective in the absence of a statewide 

 policy. The States seem willing to accept this challenge, and the Presi- 

 dent is committed to a more extensive policy affecting land use through- 

 out the United States. Having learned from the States' growing experi- 

 ence with land use regulations and cognizant of a growing public 

 concern about the environmental consequences of all land use, we now 

 urge the enactment of legislation that will encourage States to control 

 not only how land will be used, but how well it can be used. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That concludes my formal statement. 

 I will be pleased to answer any questions. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. 



Mr. Downing ? 



Mr. Downing. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for a fine statement. 



Your views seem to coincide with my distinguished Governor of 

 Virginia. 



One of his suggestions for this bill was that our jurisdiction should 

 go right on up into the fresh water areas of the tributaries going to tiie 

 coast. And I think that is what you intimated in your statement. _ 



Secretary Loesch. Yes, sir ; the administration's land use plans bill, 

 of course, covers the entire area of the States, but with particular at- 

 tention to the coastal zone and estuarine areas. 



Now, I do not suppose — and this is one of the problems with the 

 coastal zone management bill alone — I do not suppose anyone is expert 

 enough to say at this point it is coastal zone and a foot further inland 

 it is net coastal zone. 



Mr. Downing. Well, under this bill, I do not think it would include, 

 say, the area from Washington, D.C., along the Potomac to Occoquan 

 Creek, and we all know that is the most heavily polluted section of 

 the Potomac. 



Secretary Loesch. Yes. 



Mr. Downing. We may have to discuss that further. 



Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. 



]Mr. Lennon. Mr. du Pont ? 



Mr. DU Pont. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



We recently cleared out of this committee and are about to bring 

 to the floor a bill concerning ocean dumping; and one of my concerns 

 in that bill also comes into this bill and is the question of what role 

 the States can play in setting regulations. 



I notice that you have H.E. 9229 in front of you. 



Secretary Loesch. Yes ; I think I do. 



Mr. DU Pont. On page 1-3, and this is in the other bills, but I do not 

 have a page reference, but on page 18 of H.R. 9220 there are tvro 

 sections that deal with what authority the States shall_ have. Sub- 

 section 2, beginning on line 11, states that Federal agencies shall not 

 undertake any development projects in a coastal and estuarine zone 



