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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />, <br />1t1lOtH15 . <br /> <br />D. The Environmental Data Service (EDS) is charged with the responsi- <br />bility of collecting, processing, and disseminating environmental data, Thus, <br />it is a prime source of basic data pertaining to water resources. <br /> <br />In order to accomplish its mission, EDS maintains appropriate data <br />centers at which data pertaining to the various disciplines involved are <br />retained and from which they are made available to users upon demand, In- <br />formation pertaining to evaporation, snow on the ground, precipitation, solar <br />radiation, soil moisture and soil temperature is available from the National <br />Climatic Center in Asheville, North Carolina, Seismological information data <br />are available from the National Geophysical and Solar Terrestrial Data Center <br />in Boulder, Colorado, <br /> <br />The National Oceanographic Data Center of EDS acquires and archives and <br />recalls unclassified oceanographic data for federal agencies; selected U.S. <br />universities, private corporations and provides for the international exchange <br />of data. Such data are available from the National Oceanographic Center at <br />Rockvi11e, Maryland, <br /> <br />E, The Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM) was established in 1973 <br />to administer the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (P,L, 92-583) which pro- <br />vides federal grants and other support to assist the coastal states and terri- <br />tories in the development of management programs for their coastal zones. These <br />management programs were viewed by the Congress as essential initiatives by the <br />states to deal with the increasing volume of conservation, developmental, <br />recreational and other use demands on the management needs of the valuable <br />coastal zone areas of the United States. <br /> <br />The Coastal Zone Management Program provides two primary methods through <br />which the respective states can benefit by participating in this program. Three <br />types of grants are authorized in the enabling legislation to assist the states: <br />(1) grants for the development of coastal zone management programs; (2) grants <br />to aid in administering approved management programs; and (3) grants to assist <br />states in the acquisition of estuarine sanctuaries which will serve as natural <br />field laboratories. The factor that distinguishes this program from most <br />other federally assisted planning programs, is that once a management plan <br />has been approved by the Secretary of Commerce, then all federal actions that <br />affect a state's designated coastal zone must be consistent to the maximum <br />extent possible with the state's management plan and program. In addition, <br />program development grants lead directly to the establishment of implementing <br />management activities. <br /> <br />Management program development grants under Section 305 of the act provides <br />funds to assist the states in the formulation of management programs which are <br />to include: (1) identification of a state's coastal zone boundary; (2) the <br />definition of permissible land and water uses; (3) designation of areas of <br />particular concern; (4) identification and establishment of means by which the <br />state shall exert control over coastal zone land and water uses; (5) designa- <br />tion of priority uses; and (6) identification of means by which the state <br />intends to both develop and maintain an effective management process. These <br />grants are available through Fiscal Year 1977, but it is anticipated that some <br />states will not need the full three years for the compl~tion of this development <br />phase. The complete guidelines for program development grants have been <br />published in the Federal Register, November 29, 1973, at 15 CFR 920, <br /> <br />-11- <br />