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1 Govenunent, to the States and their agencies, including 



2 any person having any license, peraiit, or other authorization 



3 from such State or agency for any such activity with respect 



4 to any of such coastal waters. 



^ "(d) After the date that a Federal standard is estab- 



6 lished under this section, a State may establish its own stand- 



'* ard with respect to the activity covered by such Federal 



^ standard, except that the State standard must be more strin- 



^ gent than the Federal standard and must provide adequate 



■^^ procedures for enforcement. Such a State standard shall 



^^ apply to such activity within the State's jurisdiction and the 



•^2 Federal standard shall not apply. If the Secretary of the 



^^ Interior determines that such State standard is not as strin- 



^^ gent as the Federal standard, or is not being enforced, then 



^^ the Federal standard shall apply. 



^^ "(e) Every department, agency, and instrumentality of 



^' the Federal Government and of the States, and every person 

 ^° applying for a license, permit, or other authorization from 

 •^^ the United States or from any State to discharge or other- 

 wise dispose of any material in the coastal waters of the 

 ■^ United States shall establish and maintain such records, maJie 

 such reports, and provide such information as the Secretary 

 may reasonably require to assist him in establishing stand- 

 ards under this section and in determining whether such de- 

 partment, agency, instrumentality, or person has acted or 



