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While H.E. 4332 would be applicable generally to AEC licensing 

 proceedings, as we understand it, the bill would not affect in any way 

 AEC's exclusive statutory authority with respect to radiological 

 health and safety and the common defense and security. 



The Office of Management and Budget has advised that there is no 

 objection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint of the 

 administration's program. 

 Sincerely, 



E. J. Bloch, 

 Deputy General Manager. 



Department of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare, 



July 30, 1971. 

 Hon. Edward A. Garmatz, 



Chairman, Oonimittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of 

 Representatives, Washington, D.G. 

 Dear Mr. Chairman : This letter is in response to your request of 

 June 21, 1971, for a report on H.R. 9229, a bill "To establish a national 

 policy and develop a national program for the management, beneficial 

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

 the Nation's coastal and estuarine zones, and for other purposes." 



H.R. 9229 would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make 

 grants to any coastal State for the purpose of assisting in the develop- 

 ment of a comprehensive management program for the land and water 

 resources of the coastal zone. The bill would also provide for the desig- 

 nation of certain areas as marine sanctuaries for the purpose of pre- 

 serving or restoring their conservation, recreational, ecological, or 

 esthetic values. 



The views of this Department on the bill are those expressed in a 

 report to your committee on Jmie 8, 1971, on H.R. 2493 and H.R. 3615, 

 bills which would provide authority similar to that in H.R. 9229. For 

 your convenience a copy of that report is enclosed. 



We are advised by the Office of Management and Budget that there 

 is no objection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint 

 of the administration's program. 

 Sincerely, 



Elliot L. Richardson, 



Secretary. 



Department of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare, 



June 8, 1971. 

 Hon. Edward A. Garmatz, 



Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of 

 Representatives, Washington, D.G. 

 Dear IVIr. Garmatz: This letter is in response to your request of 

 February 22, 1971 for a report on H.R. 2493, a bill "To assist the States 

 in establishing coastal and estuarine zone management plans and pro- 

 grams", and H.R. 3615, a bill "To amend the Act of August 3, 1968, 

 relating to the protection and restoration of estuarine areas, to pro- 

 vide for the establishment of a national policy and comprehensive na- 



