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extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent necessary to control 

 shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and significant impact on the coastal 

 waters. Excluded from the coastal zone are lands the use of which is by law 

 subject solely to the discretion of or which is held in trust by the Federal Gov- 

 ernment, its oflBcers or agents. 



(b) "Coastal waters" means (1) in the Great Lakes area, the waters within 

 the territorial jurisdiction of the United States consisting of the Great Lakes, 

 their connecting waters, harbors, roadsteads, and estuary-type areas such as bays, 

 shallows, and marshes and (2) in other areas, those waters, adjacent to the 

 shorelines, which contain a measurable quantity or i)ercentage of sea water, in- 

 cluding, but not limited to, sounds, bays, lagoons, bayous, ponds, and estuaries. 



(c) "Coastal State" means a State of the United States in, or bordering on, the 

 Atlantic, Pacific, or Arctic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or one 

 or more of the Great Lakes. For the purposes of this chapter, the term also in- 

 cludes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. 



(d) "Estuary" means that part of a river or stream or other body of water 

 having unimpaired connection with the open sea, where the sea water is meas- 

 urably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage. The term includes 

 estuary-type areas of the Great Lakes. 



(e) "Estuarine sanctuary" means a research area which may include any part 

 or all of an estuary, adjoining transitional areas, and adjacent uplands, consti- 

 tuting to the extent feasible a natural unit, set aside to provide scientists and 

 students the opportunity to examine over a period of time the ecological rela- 

 tionships within the area. 



(f ) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce. 



(g) "Management program" includes, but is not limited to, a comprehensive 

 statement in words, maps, illustrations, or other media of communication, pre- 

 pared and adopted by the State in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, 

 setting forth objectives, policies, and standards to guide public and private uses 

 of lands and waters in the coastal zone. 



(h) "Water use" means activities which are conducted in or on the water; 

 but does not mean or include the establishment of any water quality standard or 

 criteria or the regulation of the discharge or runoff of water pollutants except 

 the standards, criteria, or regulations which are incorporated in any program as 

 equired by the provisions of section 1456(f) of this title. 



(i) "Land use" means activities which are conducted in or on the shorelands 

 within the coastal zone, subject to the requirements outlined in section 1456(g) 

 of this title. (Pub. L. 89-454, title III, §304, as added Pub. L. 92-583, Oct. 27, 

 1972, 86 Stat. 1281.) 



§ IJfS^. Management development program grants. {Sec. 305) 

 (a) Authorization. 



The Secretary is authorized to make annual grants to any coastal State for 

 the purpose of assisting in the development of a management program for the 

 land and water resources of its coastal zone. 



(6) Program requirements. 

 Such management program shall include : 



(1) an identification of the boundaries of the coastal zone subject to the 

 management program ; 



(2) a definition of what shall constitute permissible land and water uses 

 within the coastal zone which have a direct and significant impact on the 

 coastal waters ; 



(3) an inventory and designation of areas of particular concern within 

 the coastal zone ; 



(4) an identification of the means by which the state proposes to exert 

 control over the land and water uses referred to in paragraph (2) of this 

 subsection, including a listing of relevant constitutional provisions, legisla- 

 tive enactments, regulations, and judicial decision ; 



(5) broad guidelines on priority of uses in particular areas, including 

 specifically those uses of lowest priority ; 



(6) a description of the organizational structure proposed to implement 

 the management program, including the responsibilities and interrelation- 

 ships of local, areawide, state, regional, and interstate agencies in the man- 

 agement process. 



