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"advisobt committee 



"Sec. 312. (a) The Secretary is authorized to establish a Coastal Zone Man- 

 agement Advisory Committee (hereafter referred to as 'the Committee') to advise, 

 consult with, and malie recommendations to the Secretary on matters of policy 

 concerning the coastal zone. Such committee shall be composed of not more than 

 fifteen persons designated by the Secretary and shall perform such functions 

 and operate in such a manner as the Secretary may direct. 



"(b) Members of the committee who are not regular full-time employees of 

 the United States, while serving on the business of the committee, including 

 traveltime, may receive compensation at rates not exceeding $100 per diem; and 

 while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business may be 

 allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized 

 by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the Government 

 service employed intermittently. 



"estuarine sanctuaries 



"Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary, in accordance with rules and regulations pro-- 

 mulgated by him, is authorized to make available to a coastal State grants up 

 to 50 per centum of the costs of acquisition, development, and operation of 

 estuarine sanctuaries for the purpose of creating natural field laboratories to 

 gather data and make studies of the natural and human processes occurring 

 within and directly affecting the estuarines of the coastal zone. The Federal 

 share of the cost for each such sanctuary shall not exceed $2,000,000. No Federal 

 funds received pursuant to section 306, shall be used for the purpose of this 

 section. 



"interagency coordination and cooperation 



"Sec. 314. (a) The Secretary shall not approve the management program 

 submitted by a coastal State pursuant to section 306 unless the views of Fed- 

 eral isgeneies principally affected by such program have been adequately con- 

 sidered. In case of serious disagreement between any Federal agency and a 

 coastal State in the development of the program the Secretary, in cooperation 

 with the National Coastal Resources Board, shall seek to mediate the differences. 



"(b) (1) All Federal agencies conducting or supporting activities in the 

 coastal zone shall administer their programs consistent with approved coastal 

 State management programs except in cases of overriding national interest as- 

 determined by the President. Procedures provided for in regulations issued 

 pursuant to section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Develop- 

 ment Act of 1966 and title IV of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 

 3 968 shall be applied in determining whether Federal projects and activities are 

 consistent with approved management programs. 



"(2) Federal agencies shall not undertake any development project in the 

 coastal zone of a coastal State which, in the opinion of the coastal State, is in- 

 consistent with the management program of the coastal State unless the Sec- 

 retary, after receiving detailed comments from both the Federal agency and 

 the coastal State and affected loc-al governments, finds that such project is con- 

 sistent with the objectives of this title, or is informed by the Secretaiy of 

 Defense and finds that the project is necessary in the interest of national security. 



"(3) After the final approval by the Secretary of a coastal State's management 

 progi-am any ai)plicant for a Federal license or pemiit to conduct any activity in 

 the coastal and estuarine zone subject to such license or permit, shall provide 

 in the application of the licensing or permitting agency a certification from the 

 appropriate State agency that the proposed activity complies with the State's 

 approved management program, and that tliere is reasonable assurance, as deter- 

 mined by the State, that such activity will be conducted in a manner consistent 

 with the State's approved management program. The State shall establish pro- 

 cedures for public notice in the cnse of all applications for certification by it, 

 and to the extent it deems approi)riate, i)rocedures for public hearings in con- 

 nection with specific applications. If the State agency fails or refuses to act on 

 a request for certification within six months after receipt of such request, the 

 certification requirements of this subsection shall be waived with respect to 

 such Federal application. No license or permit shall be granted until the cei-tifica- 

 tion required l)y this section has Iieen obtained or has been waived as provided 

 in the preceding sentence, unless, after receipt of detailed connnents from the 

 relevant Federal and State agencies, and the provision of an niiporturiity for a 

 public hearing, the activity is found by the Secretary to be consistent with the 



