1975: $ 403,520 
1976: 
1977: 754,200 
Total: 1,408,764 
Current Status 
Well into its third year of program planning, Vir- 
ginia has been primarily involved with data collec- 
tion and public discussions of coastal management. 
Responsibility for administering the program has 
changed hands, passing to the Office of Commerce 
and Resources with dissolution of the Division of 
State Planning and Community Affairs. 
During its third year of program development, 
Virginia defined its management strategy, proce- 
dures, and organizational requirements in a docu- 
ment entitled “Proposals for Coastal Resources 
Management.” The State has held a series of public 
hearings based on this document and intends to use 
public comments in developing a legislative package 
for submission during the 1978 session of the Gen- 
eral Assembly. 
Authorities 
The State is seeking new legislation to meet the 
standards of the national coastal management pro- 
gram. with submission of legislation scheduled for 
early !S7&. Enaciment of this legislation, which may 
include ao amendment to the wetlands law as well 
as a maior factiities siting bill, is not expected until 
after 1 yeur of study. 
Washington 
Federal Funding 
Program Preparation (Section 305) 
1974: $ 388,820 
1975: 775,000 
1976: 
1977: 99,000 
Total: 1,262,820 
Program Management (Section 306) 
1976: $2,000,000 
1977: — 1,750,000 
Total: 3,750,000 
Current Status 
Washington has concentrated its first and second 
year Section 306 funds on enhancing the role of 
local governments in the areas of program adminis- 
tration and enforcement; revising and refining local 
master programs; conducting studies in areas of. 
particular concern on issues important to local com- 
munities as well as State and Federal agencies; 
establishing closer Federal agency coordination and 
designing a conflict resolution mechanism; standard- 
izing coastal resource data through the development 
of a coastal atlas; and developing model ordinances 
and guidelines for coastal aquatic areas, the Outer 
Continental Shelf, and the second tier of the coastal 
boundaries. 
Authorities 
The coastal program is based on the Statewide 
Shoreline Management Act of 1971 and other State 
authorities. 
Wisconsin 
Federal Funding 
Program Preparation (Section 305) 
1974: $ 208,000 
1975: 570,400 
1976: $25,760 
1977: 
Total: 1,304,160 
Current Status 
Wisconsin has submitted its program for approval. 
The draft environmental impact statement was issued 
in October 1977. Wisconsin is currently undergoing 
public and Federal agency review of its coastal 
program. The lead agency in Wisconsin is the Office 
of State Planning and Energy in the Department of 
Administration. Wisconsin’s coastal zone boundary 
will be the limits of its 15 coastal counties. Geo- 
graphic areas of management concern have been 
designated by generic category, as well as on a site- 
specific basis. The intial 23 site-specific designations 
will have a duration of 1 to 3 years, after which they 
will be reevaluated. 
Authorities 
Among the 30 authorities which will form the 
Wisconsin program are the State shorelands pro- 
gram, powerplant transmission line siting provisions, 
dredge and fill permit authority, soil erosion controls, 
subdivision, and flood control legislation. These 
existing authorities will continue to be exercised 
by three State agencies: Department of Natural 
Resources, Public Services Commission, and the 
Department of Transportation. These agencies are 
bound to act consistently with the Wisconsin 
coastal policies both by State law and by an execu- 
tive order issued by Governor Schreiber in October 
1977. The executive order also established a Coastal 
Management Council that will oversee State 
agency implementation, provision of financial and 
technical assistance, approval of the program budget, 
intergovernmental coordination, and coastal man- 
agement advocacy. 
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