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1 the navigable waters of the United States will result from any 



2 such activity. Such standards shall be applicable to all of the 



3 departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal 



4 Grovernment, and, except as otherwise provided in this sec- 



5 tion, in the case of a designated area containing any sub- 



6 merged lands within the jurisdiction of the States, to the 

 '^ States and their agencies, including any person having any 

 ^ license, permit, or other authorization from such State or 

 ^ agency for any such activity with respect to any of such sub- 



^^ merged lands. 



^^ " (d) If a State estabHshes within one year after the 



^■^ date that a Federal standard is estabUshed under subsection 



^^ (c) of this section its own standard with respect to the 



14 activity covered by such Federal standard, such standard 



1^ shall be apphcable to such activity within the jursidiction 



1^ of such State if within such one-year period the Secretary, 



^'^ after public hearing, determines that such State standard 



■^^ is equal to or more stringent than the Federal standard 



1^ established under this section with respect to such activity 



^^ and that there are adequate procedures for the State to en- 



^^ force such standard, then such State standard shaU apply to 



^^ such activity within the State's jurisdiction, and the Federal 



^^ standard shall not apply. If he determines that such State 



^4 standard is not as stringent as the Federal standard, then 



