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Mr. QuARLES. Mr. Keith, I am not as familiar with the details of 

 the proceedings there as others who have appeared before you, and I 

 gather that they are not proceeding there with the speed that I, at 

 least, feel the matter deserves. 



I think that one has to be confident that legislation of that nature 

 will be enacted fairly soon because of the need for it and because of 

 the growing recognition of the need for it. 



I would be generally hopeful that that legislation would proceed, if 

 not within the immediate future, at least within the medium future.^ 



Mr. Keith. Well, it seems to me that this committee has had juris- 

 diction over these matters for a long time. We have studied them. 



It is acquainted not only with the problems, but, more particularly, 

 with the way in which they relate to the oceans. 



INIr. QuAELES. Yes, sir. 



]Mr. Keith. And it would seem to me that the significance of the 

 coastal zone is much more related to the field of oceanography and to 

 this committee's other interests in fish, in wildlife, in marine sanctu- 

 aries. 



We have recognized the urgency for a long period of time. It is only 

 recently that it has really been brought to the attention of the public. 



Do I interpret your remarks to say that you, personally, would like 

 to register a little different philosophy than that expressed in this 

 prepared statement ? 



Mr. QuARLES. No, I do not believe so, sir. 



Mr. Keith. Well, representing, as I do, a coastal zone, with hundreds 

 of miles of shoreline, and representing at the same time a very im- 

 portant fishing port which is having a hard time staying alive because 

 there is so little fish left in the sea, I think we not only have the juris- 

 diction, but I think we also have the greater concern. 



I hope you would convey that to those for whom you have been 

 speaking. 



Mr. QuARLES. Well, I think that all people recognize the leadership 

 that this committee has shown in recognizing these problems and their 

 importance, at an earlier date than others in the country recognized 

 them, and in recognizing that the key to solving the problems lies in 

 establishing instruments of control over the way the land is used. 



We have gone on much too long on the total traditional American 

 reliance on letting each property owner do whatever he might wish, 

 subject only to the most modest type of zoning at the most local level. 



The game has speeded up enormously. 



Mr. Keith. That is right. 



Mr. QuARLES. Since originally the Stratton report, the study and 

 effort began, and others began to become familiar with these problems, 

 within the last year or two there has been a tremendous increase in the 

 general concern for environmental problems, and I think that the rec- 

 ognition of the need for land control, that, perhaps, initially began 

 with the coastal areas because they do represent the most critical need, 

 is spreading so that people recognize now much more broadly the need 

 for total statewide land use controls. 



I feel confident that this will come about very soon. 



One of the major concerns that we have at iEPA — and we have been 

 living with this problem on a daily- weekly basis — is trying to operate 

 programs that relate to very similar problems in an integrated fashion. 



