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(6) A description of the organizational structure proposed to 

 implement the management program, including the responsibili- 

 ties and interrelationships of the area wide, coastal State, and re- 

 gional agencies in the management process. 

 Subsection (g) permits a coastal State to allocate a portion of its 

 managem.ent program development grant to a local government, an 

 areawide agencv designated under section 204 of the Demonstration 

 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-754, 

 80 Stat. 1255) or to an interstate agency. The intent of this subsection 

 is to acknowledge the important contributions to planning being made 

 on the local and regional level. In addition, this subsection will permit 

 regional economic development commissions, whose jurisdiction in- 

 cludes the coastal zones of certain States, to assist the coastal States 

 in the planning. The committee does not intend at this point to limit 

 what should be included in a management program. However, the fol- 

 lowing suggestions are made for guidance purposes : 



(1) Tides and currents, including their effect upon beaches and 

 other shorelines areas; 



( 2 ) Floods and flood damage prevention ; 



(3) Erosion, land stability, climatology, and meteorology^ ; 



(4) Ecology, including estuarine habitants of fish, shellfish, and 

 wildlife ; 



(5) Eecreation, including beaches, parks, wildlife preserves, 

 sport fishing, swimming, and pleasure boating ; 



(6) Open space, including educational and natural preserves, 

 scenic beauty, and public access to the coastline and coastal and 

 estuarine areas, both visual and physical ; 



(7) Navigation; 



( 8 ) Commercial fishing ; 



(9) Present uses, known proposals for changes, and long-term 

 requirements ; 



(10) Present ownerships, including administration of publicly 

 owned properties ; 



(11) Present laws and regulations on land and water uses, and 

 activities by all levels of government ; 



(12) Present population and future trends, including impact 

 of population growth on the coastal and estuarine zone environ- 

 ment ; and 



( 13 ) Such other factors as may be considered relevant. 



Section 306. Administrative grants 



This section authorizes the Secretary to make annual grants to any 

 coastal State for not more than 66% percent of the cost of administer- 

 ing the coastal State's management program, if he approves the pro- 

 gram. The grants are to be allocated to the States based on rules and 

 regulations established by the Secretary. These rules must take into 

 account the extent and nature of the shoreline involved and the area 

 covered by the plan, the population of the area and other relevant 

 factors. No annual administrative grant shall exceed 10 percent nor be 

 less than 1 percent of the total amount appropriated. Before granting 

 approval of the management program the Secretary must make seven 

 specific findings: 



(1) That the State has developed a management program for its 

 coastal zone in accordance with the rules and regulations set up by the 



