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izes him to terminate and withdraw financial assistance after notice 

 and opportmiity to present evidence have been given a coastal State 

 where such coastal State unjustifiably fails to adhere to the program 

 approved by the Secretary. 



Section 19 (f) authorizes the Secretary to establish advisory com- 

 mittees in the Department of the Interior to consult with and make 

 recommendations to him on matters of policy concerning the coastal 

 zone. The Secretary is authorized to compensate such members who are 

 not full time Federal employees. 



Section 19(g) requires the Secretary, before approving a State's 

 management plan, to solicit the views of the Federal agencies princi- 

 pally affected by the plan or to be satisfied that sucli views were pro- 

 vided the State in the development of the plan. It directs all Federal 

 agencies conducting or supporting activities in coastal areas to make 

 such activities consistent with the approved plan for the area, and 

 requires such agencies to refrain from approving proposed projects 

 that are inconsistent with the plan without making investigation and 

 finding that the proposals, on balance, are sound. 



Section 19(h) establishes that the bill is not intended: to diminish 

 Federal or State jurisdiction, responsibility, or rights in water re- 

 source planning, development, or control or to affect any interstate 

 compact or joint agency or two or more States, or two or more States 

 and the Federal Government, or the authority of the Congress to 

 authorize and fund projects; to affect the authority of any Federal of- 

 ficial except as may be required to carry out the provisions of the bill ; 

 to affect existing law applicable to Federal agencies except as may be 

 required to carry out the provisions of the bill ; or to affect the author- 

 ity of certain named international bodies. 



The Secretary is authorized by section 19 (i) , after consultation with 

 other interested parties, to promulgate rules for submission and review 

 of the grants authorized by the bill and to require reports concerning 

 the status and application of Federal funds and the operation of the 

 approved management program. Access to books and records of grant 

 recipients by the Secretary, heads of other Federal agencies, and the 

 Comptroller General is provided by section 19 (i) (3) . 



The bill authorizes the appropriation of $2 million for fiscal year 

 1971 and such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years thereafter 

 June 30, 1975, for program development grants ; such sums as may be 

 necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each suc- 

 ceeding fiscal year thereafter for operating grants; and such funds 

 as may be necessary for the Secretary to carry out the provisions of 

 the bill. 



Federal MARmME Commisbiox, 



Office or ttie Chairmax, 

 Washington, D.C., May 13, 1970. 

 Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 

 Chairman, Cormmttee on Convmerce, 

 U.S. /Senate, Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. Chairman : Reference is made to your request for tlie 

 views of the Federal Maritime Commission with respect to S. 3183, a 

 bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for 

 the establishment of a national policy and comprehensive national pro- 



