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management program of all development plans, projects, or land and 

 water regulations, including exceptions and variances thereto, pro- 

 posed by any State or local authority or private developer, with power 

 to approve or disapprove after public notice and an opportunity for 

 hearings. 



Additionally, the program must provide for a method of assuring 

 that local land and water use regulations within the coastal zone will 

 not unreasonably restrict or exclude land and water uses of regional 

 benefit. Section 306 (e) requires that State government exei-cise any one 

 or a combination of the general techniques enumerated, without dele- 

 gation to local, regional, or other forms of government. The three gen- 

 eral techniques vary in the authority that the State would exercise. 

 One or two States already provide for direct State land use planning 

 and regulation; most States do not repose such authority in State gov- 

 ernment, but have delegated such authority to local governments. 

 Wliere such authority is delegated to local governments, or where the 

 State constitution provides that local government is to exercise such 

 authority, the State may opt for either of the two remaining general 

 techniques and still qualify for administrative grants under the pro- 

 visions of this act. 



Section 306(f) permits a State, with approval of the Secretary, to 

 allocate a portion of the administrative grants to local governments, 

 interstate agencies, or to areawide agencies designated under section 

 204 of the Demonstration Cities and ISIetropolitan Development Act 

 of 1966. However, such allocation is subject to the proviso that the 

 State is not relieved of responsibility for insuring that any funds so 

 allocated are applied in furtherance of the State's approved manage- 

 ment program. 



Section 306(g) authorizes a State to amend its management pro- 

 gram, subject to the procedures required under section 306(c). The 

 Secretary must approve any amendment of modification before addi- 

 tional administrative grants are made to the State under the amended 

 program. 



Some States have already adopted programs for management of 

 portions of their coastal zone. Others might find comprehensive plan- 

 ning for the entire coastal zone too great an undertaking even with 

 the assistance provided under this legislation. Accordingly, section 

 306(h) provides that with the approval of the Secretary a State man- 

 agement program may be developed and adopted in segments so as to 

 permit immediate attention to those areas which most urgently need 

 management programs. However, the State must provide for the ulti- 

 mate coordination and unification of the various segments of tlie man- 

 agement program into a single program and for completion of the 

 total unified program as soon as is reasonably practicable. 



Section 307. PiibUc hearings 



All public hearings required by non-Federal entities under 

 this title must be announced at least 30 days before they take place, 

 and all relevant materials, documents, and studies must be made read- 

 ily available to the public at least 30 days before the hearing. Broad- 

 based public participation in the plnnning for the coastal and estuarine 

 zone is basic to this legislation. Unfortunate experience with com- 

 parable provisions of other legislation prompts the committee to pro- 

 vide explicit standards for notice and hearings. Those standards pro- 



