St. Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada in 

 maintaining and operating the St. Lawrence 

 Seaway. Its activities are coordinatea with the 

 Hydroelectric Power Commission of Ontario, and 

 the Power Authority of the State of New York, 

 which have constructed and operate power facili- 

 ties in connection with development of the St. 

 Lawrence. 



The Corporation is self supporting through 

 tolls. For 1969 the Corporation's total revenue is 

 estimated at $7.4 miUion. 



Current funding by the Corporation is: 



Operation and maintenance 

 New construction 



Total 



FY 68 FY 69 



(millions of dollars) 



2.2 2.4 



2.9 8.1 



5.1 10.5 



XVI. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCA- 

 TION AND WELFARE (HEW) 



A primary mission of HEW is to protect the 

 health of the Nation's people. 



Principal activities of HEW and the Public 

 Health Service related to the coastal zone are: 



-Conducting and supporting research, develop- 

 ment, field investigations, demonstrations, and 

 pilot operations 



-Conducting studies on the role of water, aquatic 

 plants, and animals in health, including nutritional 

 resources 



-Assisting State and local governments and pro- 

 viding financial assistance to their programs 



-Endorsing shellfish sanitation programs 



—Assisting in manpower training 



-Developing health standards for seafood growing 

 areas 



-Cooperating with other Federal agencies on sea 

 resource programs and assisting other nations in 

 their efforts. 



Major marine facihties recently estabhshed by 

 HEW are the Marine Health Sciences Laboratories 

 in Rhode Island, Alabama, and Washington. These 



are to provide a multi-discipUnary approach to 

 many of the public health problems associated 

 with exploitation of the estuary; in part, the 

 Continental Shelf, for the production of shellfish 

 and other marine foods; and a better under- 

 standing of biological and oceanographic factors 

 influencing the marine environment public health 

 quality. Department funding for coastal zone 

 activities includes: 



FY 68 FY 69 



Actual Estimate 

 (millions of dollars) 

 Use of marine Life in 



biomedical research 2.40 2.65 



Health problems related 



to marine pollution .90 .90 



Nutritional and health 



aspects of marine 



foods 1.10 1.25 



Total 



4.40 



4.80 



Future programs recommended by the Depart- 

 ment are: 



—An innovative initiative on shellfish sanitation 



—Health hazards arising from toxic chemicals 

 pollution of coastal zone waters 



-Establishment of an intra-Departmental organiza- 

 tional for the marine health sciences 



—An innovative initiative in education for the 

 marine sciences 



—Use of the coastal zone as a source of marine 

 forms for biomedical research 



—Biomedical research on man in the sea. 



XVII. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 



The Department of State becomes involved in 

 the coastal zone because of U.S. boundary waters. 

 As a result of the treaty of 1909 with Great 

 Britain, and various treaties with Mexico dating 

 back to 1889, the International Joint Commission 

 and the International Boundary and Water Com- 

 mission, respectively, have been created to deal 

 with water problems on our northern and southern 

 boundaries. 



The U.S. section of the International Boundary 

 and Water Commission is the Federal agency 



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