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| No. 7 |
STATES' CONTROL OF COAST INVALIDATED
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The Supreme Court
announced a decision applicable to our entire national coasts,
including Alaska, which, if left to stand, could wreck the principal
program for managing the nation's coastal areas. The court ruled
that California has no power, under provisions of the Coastal Zone
Management Act, to require consistency of federal off-shore leases with
the state's own program for protecting its coastal zone. The
state's participation in federal off-shore leasing would be
eliminated. Our chief protective agency, the Coastal Commission,
would be powerless to act. |
| Compliance with the order
would subject valuable economic and recreational shorelines and one of
the world's richest marine biological habitats -- the Santa Barbara and
Channel Islands area -- to the detrimental impact of off-shore oil and
gas activities. |
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| The most direct and the
quickest remedy is to amend the Coastal Management Act. To that
end legislation has been introduced, bills H.R. 4589 and S. 2324, that
stipulate that federally supported activities, outside as well as
within the coastal zone, must be consistent with state policies.
Interior Secretary Clark has said he would urge the President to veto
such legislation. |
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| The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs therefore resolves that it supports legislation H.R. 4589 and S. 2324 to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act to require federally supported activities to be consistent with state policies. |
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