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Secretary, after notice, and with tlie opportunity of full participation by 

 relevant Federal agencies, state agencies, local governments, regional organi- 

 zations, port authorities, and other interested parties, public and private, 

 which is adequate to carry out the purposes of this chapter and is con- 

 sistent with the policy decalred in section 1452 of this title. 



(2) The state has: 



(A) coordinated its program with local, area wide, and interstate 

 plans applicable to areas within the coastal zone existing on January 1 

 of the year in which the state's management program is submitted to 

 the Secretary, which plans have been developed by a local government, 

 an areawide agency designated pursuant to regulations established 

 under section 3334 of Title 42, a regional agency, or an interstate 

 agency ; and 



(B) establish an effective mechanism for continuing consultation and 

 coordination between the management agency designated pursuant to 

 paragraph (5) of this subsection and with local governments, inter- 

 state agencies, regional agencies, and areawide agencies within the 

 coastal zone to assure the full participation of such local govern- 

 ments and agencies in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. 



(3) The state has held hearings in the development of the management 

 program. 



(4) The management program and any changes thereto have been re- 

 viewed and approved by the Governor. 



(5) The Governor of the state has designated a single agency to receive 

 and administer the grants for implementing the management program 

 required under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 



(6) The state is organized to implement the management program re- 

 quired under paragraph ( 1 ) of this subsection. 



(7) The state has the authorities necessary to implement the program, 

 including the authority required under subsection (d) of this section. 



(8) The management program provides for adequate consideration of the 

 national interest involved in the siting of facilities necessary to meet 

 requirements which are other than local in nature. 



(9) The management program makes provisions for procedures whereby 

 specific areas may be designated for the purpose of preserving or restoring 

 them for their conservation, recreational, ecological, or esthetic values. 



(d) Required authority for management of coastal zone. 



Prior to granting approval of the management program, the Secretary shall 

 find that the state, acting through its chosen agency or agencies, including 

 local governments, areawide agencies designated under section 3334 of Title 

 42, regional agencies, or interstate agencies, has authority for the mana?Tement 

 of the coastal zone in accordance with the management program. Such authority 

 shall include power — 



(1) to administer land and water use regulations, control development 

 in order to ensure compliance with the management program, and to resolve 

 conflicts among competing uses ; and 



(2) to acquire fee simple and less than fee simple interests in lands, 

 waters, and other property through condemnation or other means when 

 necessary to achieve conformance with the management program. 



(e) Required findings. 



Prior to granting approval, the Secretary shall also find that the program 

 provides : 



(1) for any one or a combination of the following general techniques 

 for control of land and water uses within the coastal zone; 



(A) State establishment of criteria and standards for local imple- 

 mentation, subject to administrative review and enforcement of com- 

 pliance ; 



(B) Direct state land and water use planning and regulation; or 



(C) State administrative review for consistency with the manage- 

 ment program of all development plans, projects, or land and water 

 u.se regulations, including exceptions and variances thereto, proposed by 

 any state or local authority or private developer, with power to approve 

 or disapprove after public notice and an oportunity for hearings. 



