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Title 16
Title 16
ESTUARINE AREAS
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Congressional declaration of policy
General study and inventory of estuaries and their natural resources
Agreements with States and subdivisions; equitable sharing of costs; development improvements; availability of appropriations; State hunting and fishing laws applicable
Commercial and industrial development considerations; reports to Congress; recommendations
State consideration of protection and restoration of estuaries in State comprehensive planning and proposals for financial assistance under certain Federal laws; grants: terms and conditions, prohibition against disposition of lands without approval of the Secretary
Federal agency authority to carry out Federal project within an estuary unaffected