carried out in conjunction with the comprehensive 

 estiiarine pollution study authorized by section 

 5(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

 amended, and other applicable studies, (b) The 

 study shall focus attention on whether any land or 

 water area within an estuary and the Great Lakes 

 should be acquired or administered by the Secre- 

 tary or by a State or local subdivision thereof, or 

 whether such land or water area may be protected 

 adequately through local. State, or Federal laws or 

 other methods without Federal land acquisition or 

 administration. 



This act authorized $250,000 for each of two 

 years and the report is due Jan. 30, 1970. 



The goals envisioned in each of these items of 

 legislation appear broad enough to meet ade- 

 quately the need we foresee. The panel has 

 monitored closely the progress of the National 

 Estuarine Pollution Study. We recommend that 

 the new survey-especially now with its authority 

 to include the Great Lzkes-supplement and not 

 attempt to dupUcate what already is being done. 



In order to achieve the broad purposes of the 

 legislation, it is important that the depth of the 

 study cover all aspects of the conservation and 

 utilization of the coastal zone. Balanced considera- 



tion should thus be given to potential for commer- 

 cial, industrial, recreational, and urban develop- 

 ment, and to other factors affecting the 

 contribution of these areas to the National wel- 

 fare. The Secretary of the Interior obviously has 

 the authority to accomplish these broad objec- 

 tives. 



B. A National Shoreline Erosion Survey 



New legislation of the 90th Congress^ ° directed: 



. . . That the Chief of Engineers, Department of 

 the Army, under the direction of the Secretary of 

 the Army, shall make an appraisal investigation 

 and study, including a review of any previous 

 relevant studies and reports, of the Atlantic, Gulf 

 and Pacific coasts of the United States, the Coasts 

 of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and the 

 shorelines of the Great Lakes, including estuaries 

 and bays thereof, for the purpose of(lj determin- 

 ing areas along such coasts and shorelines where 



^"Section 201 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, 

 P.L. 90483, 82 Stat. 731, Aug. 13, 1968, (formerly S. 

 1262). This is authorization only; no funds have been 

 appropriated. 



Figure 5. A modern container terminal is being constructed at an abandoned airport in 

 Baltimore harbor. Modem port development may free large areas of obsolete port facilities 

 for other public uses. (Port of Baltimore photo) 



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