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significant, and adverse eifect upon those waters, including the devel- 

 opment of criteria and of the governmental structure capable of im- 

 plementmg such a program. In adopting the term "management pro- 

 gram," the committee seeks to convey the importance of a dynamic 

 quality to the planning undertaken in this act that permits adjust- 

 ments as more knowledge is gained, as new technology develops, and 

 as social aspirations are more clearly defined. The committee does 

 not intend to provide for management programs that are static but 

 rather to create a mechanism for continuing review of coastal zone 

 pi-ograms on a regular basis and to provide a framework for the allo- 

 cation of resources that are aA^ailable to carry out these programs. 



"Secretary" is defined as the Secretar}^ of Commerce, who has juris- 

 diction over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

 (NOAA). Administration of such a coastal zone management pro- 

 gram by NOAA was originally recommended in the final report of the 

 Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources. After 

 careful review the committee believes that NOAA is the best qualified 

 agency to undertake this complex task because of its capabilities for 

 dealing with the interaction of land and water problems. Enumeration 

 of the activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis- 

 tration of the Department of Commerce in the coastal zone indicates a 

 significant beginning capability to administer this legislation properly. 



Section 305. Management 'program development grants 



This section authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to 

 any coastal state to aid in the developing management programs for 

 the land and water resources of the coastal zone. The grants shall not 

 exceed 66% percent of the cost of such progi'am development in any 

 one year and are limited to a period of 3 years. From testimony re- 

 ceived it is estimated that a 3-year period will be adequate to arrive 

 at such a program. No doubt, the cost of preparing management pro- 

 grams will vary from State to State. So the committee has provided 

 a range of grants to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of the 

 management program development section, that is, not greater than 

 10 percent nor less than 1 percent of the total amount appropriated for 

 this purpose. 



Section 305(b) requires inclusion of the following six elements in 

 the management program. 



(1) An identification of the boundaries of the coastal zone of 

 the portions of the coastal State subject to the management 

 program ; 



(2) A definition of what shall constitute peraiissable land and 

 water uses within the coastal zone so as to prevent such uses 

 which have a direct significant or adverse impact upon the coastal 

 waters ; 



(3) An inventory and designation of areas of particular 

 concern ; 



(4) An identification of the means by which the coastal State 

 proposes to exert control over land and water uses within the 

 coastal zone as to prevent such uses which have a direct, significant, 

 and adverse impact on the coastal waters ; 



(5) Broad guidelines on priority of uses within the coastal 

 zone, and in particular, areas including those of lowest priority ; 

 and 



