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clares that the policy of Congress is to “preserve, protect, develop, 
and where possible restore the resources of the Nation’s coastal zone 
. . . through comprehensive and coordinated long-range planning 
and management designed to produce the maximum benefit for 
society from such coastal areas.” To facilitate such planning at the 
State level, the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineer- 
ing Development may award grants-in-aid (or underwrite bond issues 
or loans) to coastal authorities (designated by the Governor of a 
coastal State through legislative or other processes) to assist them 
in developing a long-range master plan for the coastal zone and in 
implementing a development program based on such a plan. To 
secure the Council’s approval the State plan must— 
Set forth desired goals and standards. 
Promote the balanced development of natural, commercial, industrial, recrea- 
tional, and esthetic resources to accommodate a wide variety of beneficial uses. 
Kstimate future population and the needs of the above competing uses for 
coastal land. 
Include diagrams for the most efficient, beneficial, and liveable interrelationship 
of these uses. 
Gather information on the existing land use regulations and consult with various 
governmental bodies whose jurisdiction extends over territory located in the 
coastal zone (local, regional, port, intrastate, and Federal authorities). 
In addition, the bill provides authority for the development of the 
coastal zone in accordance with the master plan through the use of 
land use and zoning regulations, acquisition of lands through con- 
demnation or other means, and the issuance of bonds. Also, the 
coastal authority has the authority to review all State and local 
projects and to reject developments that do not comply with the 
principles and standards set forth in the master plan. 
(2) H.R. 14780.—Finding that the rapidly intensifying use of 
ecastal and estuarine areas has outrun the capabilities of Federal, 
State, and local machinery to plan their orderly development and to 
resolve conflicts, this bill declares to be the policy of Congress to 
foster the effective utilization of coastal and estuarine areas through 
assistance to coastal States in the development of a management 
system permitting conscious and informed choices among development 
alternatives. This act would empower the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency to make grants (or under- 
write bonds and loans) to state coastal authorities provided that the 
authority submit and obtain approval of a long-range planning 
proposal that must incorporate a number of particular considerations 
as outlined in the bill. These include: 
Identification of the coastal areas requiring concerned attention and develop- 
ment of a plan for their most effective utilization. 
Provision of machinery for the resolution of conflicts arising from multiple 
iatpabyision for necessary enforcement powers through zoning, permits, licenses, 
easements, acquisition, or other means to assure compliance with plans and 
resolve conflicts in uses. 
Provides for coordination with local, State, and Federal agencies, research 
institutions, private organizations, and other groups as appropriate to provide 
a focus for effective management. 
Fosters the widest possible variety of beneficial uses to maximize social return, 
achieving a balance between the need for conservation and for economic develop- 
ment. 
Takes into account the rights and interests of other States and respects Federal 
rights. 
