sections and the National inventory' ^ which 

 identifies problem areas and Federal-State-local 

 responsibilities. Planning grant and other imple- 

 menting funds would become available upon ap- 

 proval of a State Authority's program. 



The next Federal review stage would consider 

 the comprehensive regional plan or plans. If 

 approved, further grants for acquisition and devel- 

 opment would be closely reviewed for compliance 

 with the plan. 



Similarly, proposals for bond and loan guaran- 

 tees would be subject to Federal review. 



Upon Federal review determining that admini- 

 stration of a program is not in compliance with 

 National objectives and standards, no further 

 Federal payments will be made to the authority 

 until the Federal review is satisfied. 



VIII. MANAGEMENT IN INTERSTATE ESTU- 

 ARIES 



Estuaries or adjacent coastal waters directly 

 affected by more than one State— the Delaware 

 Bay or Potomac River estuary, for example— may 

 pose institutional problems which otherwise would 

 not occur if the same region were entirely within a 

 single State. This is subject to two views: 



-Sound planning and management undertaken by 

 one State probably would not differ greatly from 

 an adjacent State. Therefore, interstate waters 

 actually are not a significant problem. When 

 differences do arise, each may be settled on its 

 own merits or through an existing interstate 

 commission or compact. 



—Responsibility for management could be vested 

 in a river basin commission or other interstate 

 compact. 



The panel has carefully considered the roles of 

 river basin commissions and has concluded that as 

 planning agencies principally devoted to water 

 resources, such agencies are not to be recom- 

 mended, but that in the few cases where an 

 interstate compact is required, it be estabUshed 

 along the lines of the State authorities herein 

 proposed. 



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See Chapter 9, Section II. 



A river basin commission does not have any 

 management or enforcement authority; it only 

 plans and advises. If set up under a compact, 

 however, like the Delaware Basin Commission, it 

 could be granted the necessary authority by the 

 States. An argument for keeping a Coastal Zone 

 Authority distinct from a river basin commission is 

 to use the Coastal Zone Authority as a control on 

 water quaUty coming into estuarine areas. 



The rational solution of interstate problems in 

 the coastal zone is for each State to have a strong 

 Coastal Zone Authority. Interstate problems can 

 be treated by commissions or compacts agreed to 

 by the Coastal Zone Authority. The Federal 

 Government should not be a member of interstate 

 agreements, except to participate as an observer. 

 However, the Federal Government continues to 

 have the power of review, and it can exercise 

 authority if one Coastal Zone Authority requests 

 it in connection with actions of another. 

 In addition, the Federal Government could serve 

 as arbitrator in interstate cases in which the 

 Coastal Zone Authorities cannot agree. 



In any case, recommendations of river basin 

 commissions and similar regional planning bodies 

 should be considered in interstate planning. 



IX. MANAGEMENT OF THE OUTER CONTI- 

 NENTAL SHELF 



The proposal for a National coastal manage- 

 ment program has been limited to the territorial 

 sea and inshore lands and waters because responsi- 

 bility for the program is vested essentially in the 

 States. With the exception of certain State bound- 

 aries in the Gulf of Mexico, State authority 

 extends no farther than three miles offshore. 



It has been shown, however, in Chapters 2 and 

 7, that competing and conflicting uses can be 

 expected to increase on and within Continental 

 Shelf waters and on the sea bottom outside State 

 jurisdictions to which management authorities 

 established pursuant to the proposed program do 

 not apply. The areas then become a management 

 problem for the Federal Government. 



Important, then, are organizational issues and 

 recommendations developed by this Commission. 

 The increasing responsibilities for management 

 functions implied in the foregoing sections will be 

 vested in the organization or organizations the 



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