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vide not only for adequate notice of proposed hearings, in order to 

 provide ample time for preparation, but also require all relevant docu- 

 ments, materials, studies, and proposed actions to be available to the 

 public for advance study and preparation. 



Section 308. Rules and regulations 



Provision for making rules and regulations to carry out the pur- 

 poses of the act also requires an opportunity for full participation 

 by relevant Federal agencies, State agencies, local governments, re- 

 gional organizations, port authorities, and other interested public and 

 private parties. 



Section 309. Review of performance 



Subsection (a) requires the Secretary to conduct a continuing re- 

 view of the States' management programs and the performance of 

 each State. The planning process and development of the manage- 

 ment programs for each coastal State is essentially a continuing proc- 

 ess, requiring continuing review. Procedures are required for program 

 modification and updating. Connoted therein is an ongoing process re- 

 flective of changes in technology, of funding levels, of social expecta- 

 tions and understandings. The committee is concerned that a static 

 plan might be offered and then shelved, without recognizing the dy- 

 namics of the political process, the changing biophysical nature of 

 the coastal and estuarine zone, and the institutional-management 

 framework. Thus, the committee has not only provided for a con- 

 tinuing process of review and updating of management programs by 

 the States, but also for a continuing review by the Secretary. 



(b) Where the Secretary determines that a State is failing to 

 adhere to its approved coastal and estuarine zone management pro- 

 gram and is not justified in deviating from that program, and where 

 he has given notice of proposed termination and given an opportunity 

 to present evidence on the proposed changes, he may terminate any 

 financial assistance extended as an administrative grant under sec- 

 tion 306. The Committee has considered and rejected several different 

 proposals for penalties and sanctions for noncompliance with the terms 

 of this legislation. Until experience dictates the need for greater 

 sanctions than termination of financial assistance imder section 306, 

 the Committee believes that this sanction will suffice. 



Section 310. Records 



Each grant recipient is required to keep prescribed records, includ- 

 ing those which fully disclose the amount and disposition of grants 

 funds, the total cost of the program supplied from other sources, and 

 other records to ease effective audit. The section requires that the Sec- 

 retary and the Comptroller General of the United States, or their 

 representatives, shall have access to records of the grant recipient that 

 are pertinent to the determination that funds are used in accordance 

 with the legislation. 



Section 311. National Coastal Resources Board 



The Committee has created in section 311 (a) a new National Coastal 

 Resources Board within the executi^^e office of the President. ^Slember- 

 ship on this Board shall include the Vice rPesident, who shall be 

 chairman, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Navy, the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chairman of 



