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Mr. Tratx. The total authorization is $2 million for the first fiscal 

 year. And tliat, of course, is itself an arbitrary amount. And tlie 

 $200,000 has no particular magic to it. It wasn't arrived at by any 

 particular mathematical computations. 



Mr. Akderson. Is it a workable formula to have the same amount 

 for each State ? For example I don't see how they can get started in 

 California with a $200,000 grant, and, at the same time I can see where' 

 it would be too much money for another State tliat doesn't have any 

 complex problems. 



Mr. Tr^un. It is quite plain we cannot, under this bill, give $200,000 

 to each of the States involved in coastal zone management. There are 

 some 31 coastal States, I believe — coastal and Great Lakes, and they 

 must divide up amongst themselves, assuming total participation by 

 those States, an authorized sum of $2 million. So, it is quite plain if 

 some get $200,000, a number of others Avill get substantially less. And 

 this figure is simply designed to provide and suggest a moving yard 

 stick, depending upon the individual State's needs. And there are cer- 

 tain criteria set out in the bill which the Secretary is to look at in 

 arriving at the amount of the grant, yet as the same time putting on a 

 ceiling consistent with the need to stay under the total authorization 

 of $2 million. 



]Mr. Anderson. Now, following some of the questions asked earlier; 

 a State, as part of this biophysical regional phm that you have drawn 

 up, takes grant money, submits their report — their plan to the De- 

 partment of the Interior; and what happens then? What steps are 

 taken to implement it? Docs it just become another plan that lays 

 there ? Just what do you do with it ? 



Mr. Tr^\.in. Well, again, what we are looking to is State programs. 

 The State must come up with not only a plan, but also an institutional 

 arrangement responsible for developing the plan and implementing it.. 

 So, I think that this is one assurance that plans once developed will 

 have some teeth in them and will be implemented. 



Mr. Anderson. Are there any teeth to implement the program? 

 This is one of the concerns that I have. I don't see much that you. 

 could identify as teeth for enforcement, except that which you men- 

 tioned earlier ; the withholding of possible grant money. 



Mr. Train. The teeth essentially are in the States, and once again, 

 this is a Federal program that we are talking about, and a national 

 policy; but the plans and the implementation of the plans are to bO' 

 carried out by the States. 



Now, the bill requires that, prior to the Secretary's granting of 

 approval to any comprehensive management plan submitted by a 

 State, that plan must provide, among other things — and I am now 

 going to read from page 6 of the bill, beginning at line 15 — 



That plan rmist provide that : the agency or agencies responsible for imple- 

 menting sucli management plan have vested in them the regulatory authorities 

 necessary to implement the plan, including but not limited to, permit authority ; 

 authority to acquire interests in real property thrftugh the power of eminent do- 

 main and zoning authority, or authority to require local zoning to conform with 

 the State management plan. 



It is not designed to specify in detail how the States will implement 

 these plans. 



