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With respect to extending the life of the marine council as pro- 

 posed in S. '2802, the administration has recently recommended that 

 the life of the council be extended to June 30, 1971. 



The Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection to 

 the presentation of this report from the standpoint of the administra- 

 tion's program. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Leslie L. Glasgow, 

 Assistant Secretary of the Interior. 



National Science Foundation, 



Office of the Director, 

 Washington, D.O., April 20, 1970. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magntjson, 

 ChairTnan, Committee on Commerce, 

 V.S. Senate, Washington, B.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : This is in further reply to your request for 

 comments on S. 2802, "Coastal Zone Management Act of 1969." 



While the National Science Foundation is m general agreement with 

 the purposes of S. 2802, the specific means proposed to carry them out 

 appears to run counter to the coastal zone management plan recently 

 proposed by the administration. 



On October 19, 1969, the Chairman of the National Council on 

 Marine Resources and Engineering Development, Vice President 

 Agnew, announced a five-point program to strengthen the country's 

 marine science activities. The first part of this program, entitled 

 "Coastal Zone Management," would establish a new Federal policy to 

 promote improved management of coastal areas and the Great Lakes 

 by means of grants to help States plan and manage their coastal ac- 

 tivities through State management authorities. Legislation to author- 

 ize such grants with matching State contributions, was recently intro- 

 duced in the Congress (H.E. 14815; S. 3183), ancl the Department of 

 Interior has been assigned lead agency responsibility. Inasmuch as 

 legislation to cover the Administration's program has now been in- 

 troduced, we believe that it would be preferable for the Congress to 

 take affirmative action on H.R. 14845 or S. 3183, rather than to pro- 

 ceed with S. 2802. 



The Bureau of the Budget has advised us that there is no objection 

 to the submission of this report from the viewpoint of the administra- 

 tion's program. 



Sincerely yours, 



W. D. McElrot, Director. 



Comptroller General of the United States, 



Washington, B.C., April 21, 1970. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 



Chairman, Committee on Commerce, 



U.S. Senate. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : This is in reference to your letter of April 10, 

 1970, requesting our views on S. 3183, entitled : "A bill to amend the 

 Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the establishment 



