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ment program submitted by a coastal authority and would make 

 grants to such authorities in order to assist them in developing a long- 

 range master plan for the coastal zone and implementing a develop- 

 ment program based upon such master plan. 



This Department is in accord with the objectives of S. 2802, but 

 we do not recommend that it ])e enacted. 



On November 13, 19G9, the Secretary of the Interior submitted to 

 the Congress the Administration's draft legislation cited as the "Na- 

 tional Estuarine and Coastal Zone Management Act of 1970," which 

 has been introduced as S. 3183. S. 3183 would amend the Federal Wa- 

 ter Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 466 et seq.) by add- 

 ing a new section to establish a national policy and program for the 

 effective management and protection of the coastal zone. 



This Department favors the program of coastal zone protection pro- 

 vided for in S. 3183. Accordingly, we recommend enactment of S. 

 8183 in lieu of S. 2802. 



We have been advised by the Bureau of the Budget that there 

 would be no objection to submission of our report to the Congress 

 from the standpoint of the administration's program. 

 Sincerely, 



James T. Lyxx, General Counsel. 



Text of S. 3507 As Reported 



A BILL To establish a national policy and develop a national program for the managre- 

 ment, beneficial use, protection, and development of the land and water resources of the 

 Nation's coastal zones, and for other purposes 



Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States 

 of America in Congress assembled. That the Act entitled "An Act to provide 

 for a comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated national program in marine 

 science, to establish a National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering 

 Development, and a Commission on Marine Science, Engineering, and Resources, 

 and for other purposes", approved June 17, 1966 (80 Stat. 203), as amended (33 

 U.S.C. 1101, 1124), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following 

 new title : 



"TITLE III— MANAGEMENT OF THE COASTAL ZONE 



"short title 



"Sec. 301. This title may be cited as the 'National Coastal Zone Management 

 Act of 1972'. 



"congressional findings 



"Sec. 302. The Congress finds that — 



"(a) There is a national interest in the effective management, beneficial use, 

 protection, and development of the coastal zone ; 



"(b) The coastal zone is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recrea- 

 tional, industrial, and esthetic resources of immediate and potential value to 

 the present and future well-being of the Nation ; 



"(c) The increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of 

 our coastal zone occasioned by population growth and economic development, 

 including requirements for industry, commerce, residential development, recrea- 

 tion, extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels, transportation and naviga- 

 tion, waste disposal, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, and other living marine 

 resources, have resulted in the loss of living marine resources, wildlife, nutrient- 

 rich areas, permanent and adverse changes to ecological systems, decreasing 

 open space for public use, and shoreline erosion ; 



"(d) The coastal zone, and the fish, shellfish, other living marine resources, 

 and wildlife therein, are ecologically fragile and consequently extremely vul- 

 nerable to destruction by man's alterations ; 



