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"(B) Direct state land and water use planning and regulation; or 

 . "(C) State administrative review for consistency with the manage- 



, ment program of all development plans, projects, or land and water use 



regulations, including exceptions and variances thereto, proposed by 

 any state or local authority or private developer, with power to approve 

 or disapprove after public notice and an opportunity for hearings. 

 "(2) for a method of assuring that local laud and water use regulations 

 within the coastal zone do not unreasonably restrict or exclude land and 

 water uses of regional benefit. 

 "(f) With the approval of the Secretary, a state may allocate to a local gov- 

 ernment, an areawide agency designated under section 204 of the Demonstration 

 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, a regional agency, or an in- 

 terstate agency, a portion of the grant under this section for the purpose of 

 carrying out the provisions of this section: Provided. That such allocation shall 

 not relieve the state of the responsibility for insuring that any funds so allocated 

 are applied in furtherance of such state's approved management program. 



"(g) The State shall be authorized to amend the management program. The 

 modification shall be an accordance v*'ith the procedures required under subsec- 

 tion (c) of this section. Any amendment or modification of the program must 

 be approved by the Secretary before additional administrative grants are to be 

 made to the state under the program as amended. 



"(h) At the discretion of the state and with the approval of the Secretary, a 

 management program may be developed and adopted in segments so that im- 

 mediate attention may be devoted to those areas of the coastal zone which most 

 urgently need management programs : Provided, That the state adequately al- 

 lows for the ultimate coordination of the various segments of the management 

 program into a single unified program and that the unified program will be com- 

 pleted as soon as is reasonably practicable. 



"interagency coordination and cooperation 



"Sec. 307. (a) In carrying out his functions and responsibilities under this 

 title, the Secretary shall consult with, cooperate with, and, to the maximum 

 extent practicable, coordinate his activities with other interested Federal 

 agencies. 



'■ (b) The Secretary shall not approve the management program submitted by a 

 state pui-suant to section 306 unless the views of Federal agencies principally 

 affected by such program have lieen adequately considered. In case of serious 

 disagreement between any Federal agency and the state in tlie development of 

 the program the Secretary, in cooperation with the Executive Office of the 

 President, shall seek to mediate the differences. 



"(c) (1) Each Federal agency conducting or supporting activities in the coastal 

 zone shall conduct or support those activities in a manner which is, to the 

 maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved state management 

 programs. 



"(2) Any Federal agency which shall undertake any development project in 

 the coastal zone of a state shall insure that the project is, to the maximum ex- 

 tent practicable, consistent with approved state management programs. 



"(3) After final approval by the Secretary of a state's management program, 

 any applicant for a required Federal license or permit to conduct an activity 

 affecting land or water uses in the coastal zone of that state shall provide 

 in the application to the licensing or permitting agency a certification that the 

 proposed activity complies with the state's approved program and that such 

 activity will be conducted in a manner consistent with the program. At the 

 same time, the applicant shall furnish to the state or its designated agency 

 a copy of the certification, with all necessary information and data. Each 

 coastal state shall establish procedures for public notice in the case of all 

 such certifications and, to the extent it deems appropriate, procedures for public 

 hearings in connection therewith. At the earliest practicable time, the state or 

 its designated agency .shall notify the Federal agency concerned that the stale 

 concurs with or objects to the applicant's certification. If the state or its desis- 

 nate'l agency fails to furnish the required notification within six months after 

 receipt of its copy of the applicant's certification, the state's concurrence with 

 the certification shall be conclusively presumed. No license or permit shall be 

 grfuited liy th<^ Federal agency until tiif> state or its designatetl ageru-y lias con- 

 curred with the applicant's certification or until, by the state's failure to act. 

 the concurrence is conclusively presumed, unless the Secretary, on his own 



