A comprehensive discussion of all Federal 

 surveys of importance to the coastal zone is not 

 possible here. Singled out for recommendation are 

 a few of special significance. 



The Commission Panel on Marine Engineering 

 and Technology has recoimnended a series of 

 National Projects, of which many bear on the 

 coastal zone. Only one of those— lake restora- 

 tion-is discussed here. 



Recommended for close attention are the exist- 

 ing or proposed National surveys and projects in 

 the following areas: 



—A comprehensive National Coastal Inventory and 

 Survey 



—A National Shoreline Erosion Survey 



—National Port Requirement Survey 



—Great Lakes Restoration Project 



A. A Comprehensive National Inventory and 

 Survey 



Under the provisions of the Clean Water Resto- 

 ration Act of 1966'* the Federal Water Pollution 

 Control Administration of the Department of the 

 Interior presently is conducting a National Estua- 

 rine Pollution Study .The act directs that: 



(1) The Secretary shall . . . conduct . . . compre- 

 hensive study of the effects of pollution, including 

 sedimentation, in the estuaries and estuarine zones 

 of the United States on fish and wildlife, on sport 

 and commercial fishing, on recreation, on water 

 supply and water power, and on other beneficial 

 purposes. Such study shall also consider the effect 

 of demographic trends, the exploitation of mineral 

 resources and fossil fuels, land and industrial 

 development, navigation, fiood and erosion con- 

 trol, and other uses of estuaries and estuarine 

 zones upon the pollution of the waters therein. 



(2) In conducting the above study, the Secretary 

 shall assemble, coordinate, and organize all exist- 

 ing pertinent information on the Nation 's estuaries 

 and estuarine zones; carry out a program of 

 investigations and surveys to supplement existing 

 information in representative estuaries and estua- 



rine zones; and identify the problems and areas 

 where further research and study are required. 



(3) The report shall include, but not be limited to 

 ... (A) an analysis of the importance of estuaries 

 to the economic and social well-being of the 

 people of the United States and of the effects of 

 pollution upon the use and enjoyment of such 

 estuaries; (B) a discussion of the major economic, 

 social, and ecological trends occurring in the 

 estuarine zones of the Nation; (C) recommenda- 

 tions for a comprehensive national program for 

 the preservation, study, use, and development of 

 estuaries of the Nation, and the respective respons- 

 ibilities which should be assumed by Federal, 

 State, and local governments and by public and 

 private interests. 



The act authorizes $1 million for each of three 

 years for the study. The report is due Jan. 30, 

 1970. In its definition of estuaries the act does not 

 include the Great Lakes. 



Public Law 90-454'' enacted Aug. 3, 1968, 

 directed that: 



(a) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 

 and in cooperation with the States, the Secretary 

 of the Army, and other Federal agencies, shall 

 conduct directly or by contract a study and 

 inventory of the Nation's estuaries, including 

 without limitation coastal marshlands, bays, 

 sounds, seaward areas, lagoons, and land and 

 waters of the Great Lakes. For the purpose of this 

 study, the Secretary shall consider, among other 

 matters, (1) their wildlife and recreational poten- 

 tial, their ecology, their value to the marine, 

 anadromous, and shell fisheries and their esthetic 

 value, (2) Their importance to navigation, their 

 value for flood, hurricane, and erosion control, 

 their mineral value, and the value of submerged 

 lands underlying the waters of the estuaries, and 

 (3) the value of such areas for more intensive 

 development for economic use as part of urban 

 developments and for commercial and industrial 

 developments. This study and inventory shall be 



'^Section 5(h) of P.L. 89-753 amending the Federal 

 Water Pollution Control Act 33 U.S.C. 466 etseq. 



82 Stat. 625-628. This is the final version of the 

 proposed H.R. 25 of the 90th Congress. The law provides 

 for a National estuarine inventory and study and for 

 Federal management of estuarine areas with State ap- 

 proval. 



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