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The purpose of the new authority is to support both the develop- 

 ment of comprehensive and soundly-based state management programs 

 and their eventual administration. The Committee envisions that 

 approved prog-rams, funded under section 306 of the Act, will have 

 continuing research and personnel needs which this new provision 

 will help meet. 



Lender 310(a), funds would be authorized for use by the Secretary 

 to conduct needed research, study, or personnel training. Specific 

 direction is given to all departments and agencies of the federal 

 government to participate in this effort, on a reimbursable basis, so 

 that the expertise developed within the federal apparatus can be 

 focused on coastal issues. 



It is the intent of the Committee that the funds in this subsection 

 are to be used to deal with national or regional studies or training 

 programs. Close coordination will be required within the Office of 

 Coastal Zone Management with the work conducted by the states 

 under the authorization in subsection (b) as well as with other com- 

 ponents within the federal government conducting coastal-related 

 research programs. 



In section 310(b), direct aid to the states is provided. Matching 

 grants up to 80 percent are authorized to the coastal states for research, 

 study and training. The particular need seen in the states is for short- 

 term research, by which is meant reports and investigations carried 

 out over short periods of time, using existing knowledge to a large 

 extent, in order to meet requirements of either section 305 program 

 development or to deal later with problems that arise during admin- 

 istration of state programs under section 306. 



What is intended here is to provide states, specifically the office in 

 the state government administering the coastal program, with their 

 own capability to develop the answers to some of the critical questions 

 they will face. These questions can range from how to develop criteria 

 for determining what are critical areas in a given state's coastal zone 

 to a study of a particular site proposed for a major installation to 

 help determine if the location is suitable. 



(It is the intent of the Committee that the research provided by this 

 section in no way conflicts with the long range research efforts of 

 the Sea Grant program which is also administered by NOAA. The 

 Secretary is expected to coordinate these two programs.) 



The training portion of the authorization is intended to meet a 

 present and presumably continuing need on the part of state coastal 

 zone managers for qualified personnel. Dealing with coastal issues 

 requires personnel from many disciplines and some persons with broad, 

 interdisciplinary backgrounds. It has been the experience of the 

 states, as is reflected in the earlier discussion in this report, that locat- 

 ing the needed people to help prepare coastal management programs 

 has been a major administrative problem. 



Section 310(c) would authorize the Secretary to undertake a com- 

 prehensive review of all aspects of the shellfish industi-y with partic- 

 ular emphasis on the harvesting, processing, and transportation aspects 

 thereof. Such review process shall include an evaluation of the impact 

 of Federal legislation affecting water quality upon the shell- 

 fish industry; an evaluation of present and proposed bacteriolo- 

 gical, pesticide, and toxic metal standards which may be applied to 



