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The act authorizes annual appropriations of $9 million for program develop- ment grants and $30 million for administrative grants for fiscal years 1973 to 1977. Each state may receive a grant of between one and ten percent of the year's total Federal appropriation for that type of grant. Up to $6 million is authorized in fiscal 1974 in separate grants for acquisition, development and operation of coastal zone estuarine sanctuaries for research purposes. Grants may cover up to 50 percent of such costs. Funding for all the grants hinges on a supplemental appropriations request awaiting the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Input for the CZM regulations came largely from three sessions held last month in Washington with state and regional administrators; conservation- oriented public interest groups and developers of housing, utilities and port facilities; and administrators of Federal programs affecting coastal land and waters. The proposed regulations will be reviewed this month by the Commerce Department's legal staff and OMB, preparatory to publication in the Federal Register. As state programs are approved, OCZM expects to assign two-thirds of its personnel to provide technical assistance to the states. NIXON TEAM FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO HAVE AT LEAST SEVERAL NEW FACES Several new policy-makers for natural resource management will emerge from President Nixon's executive shakeup, but policy changes are not yet apparent. Most prominent is Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz, named early this month as Presidential counselor On natural resources with responsibility for most Interior Department programs. Butz's tenure at Agriculture has produced no noticeable changes in land or forest management. A proponent of Agribusiness, he is on record favoring "scientific" agricultural development over preservation before joining the Administration. Appointments of five top Interior Department officials with jurisdiction over land, mineral and energy resources are expected to be announced within the next few weeks. The President accepted resignations in December from the Assistant Secretaries for Public Land Management, for Mineral Resources and for Water and Power Resources and from the Commissioner of Reclamation and the Director of the U.S. Office of Oil and Gas. Nominated for Under Secretary uf the Interior is Dr. James D. Whitaker, Deputy Assistant to the President for environmental, natural resource and energy policy. Senate Interior Committee will consider the nomination tomorrow. Former White House aide Ronald H. Walker was sworn in as Director of the National Park Service Jan. 8. Conservation groups are apprehensive about Walker's lack of experience in recreational land management. 4