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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1221. Congressional declaration of policy
Congress finds and declares that many estuaries in the United
States are rich in a variety of natural, commercial, and other
resources, including environmental natural beauty, and are of
immediate and potential value to the present and future generations
of Americans. It is therefore the purpose of this chapter to
provide a means for considering the need to protect, conserve, and
restore these estuaries in a manner that adequately and reasonably
maintains a balance between the national need for such protection
in the interest of conserving the natural resources and natural
beauty of the Nation and the need to develop these estuaries to
further the growth and development of the Nation. In connection
with the exercise of jurisdiction over the estuaries of the Nation
and in consequence of the benefits resulting to the public, it is
declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve, and
protect the responsibilities of the States in protecting,
conserving, and restoring the estuaries in the United States.
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