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(3) Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: 



(a) Administer the proposed new program of Federal 

 grants to States and Interstate agencies. 



(b) Develop after appropriate consultation and 

 review the necessary rules and regulations needed to 

 administer the proposed new program. 



(c) Conduct a continuing review of State programs 

 for the development, conservation, and use of the 

 Nation's estuaries and coastal areas. 



(d) Establish advisory bodies in the Department 

 of the Interior to advise, consult with, and make 

 recommendations to the Secretary on matters of policy 

 In the National Estuarlne and Coastal Zone Management 

 Program. 



(e) Cooperate with other Federal departments con- 

 cerned with the comprehensive management of the 

 estuarine and coastal zone and to establish the 

 mechanisms necessary for such cooperation. 



(f) The Secretary should not approve State plans 

 until he has solicited the views of Federal agencies 

 principally affected by such plans or has evidence 

 that such views were provided the State in the 

 development of the plan. 



(4) All Federal agencies conducting or supporting activ- 

 ities in the coastal area should seek to make such activities 



