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population of the area, present and predicted, and the anticipated 

 cost in developing the program. In order to be sure that the grants 

 are adequately divided among the States involved, a maximum of 

 15 percent of the amount appropriated in any 1 year may be allocated 

 to a single State. "Wliile no minimum percentage or amount is specified, 

 it is intended that the Secretary make funds available to every eligible 

 State, consistent with each State's overall needs and with its ability 

 and intention to proceed expeditiously with the development process. 



The authority of the Secretary under this section is deliberately 

 left broad and flexible in order that unforeseen contingencies may be 

 accommodated. The committee intends to carefully review the pro- 

 posed allocation regulations and if necessary, to take any corrective 

 action to insure that the allocations are fair and equitable for all 

 States concerned. 



As an additional incentive for expeditious action by the State, any 

 portion of an allocated grant not obligated by the State during the first 

 year of allocation, or the first year immediately following, will revert 

 to the Secretary to be added to the funds available for grants under 

 this section. Any portion of the funds allocated to a State may, with 

 the approval of the Secretary, be reallocated in turn to any recognized 

 agency or authority, whether a local government, a regional agency, 

 an areawide agency, or an interstate agency, which in the State pro- 

 cedures is qualified to assist the State in the development of its pro- 

 gram. This type of reallocation would be particularly appropriate 

 when the agency involved would later have responsibility in the pro- 

 gram administration. 



Subsection (b) lists certain items that must be included in the State's 

 program: (1) specification of the State's coastal zone boimdaries, (2) 

 a delineation of uses permissible within zone areas, (3) a designation 

 of particularly critical areas, (4) an identification of the State's in- 

 tended methods to control uses within the zone, (5) broad guidelines 

 on the priority of uses, including specifically those uses of lowest 

 priority, and (6) a description of the State's proposed implementation 

 structure, including the responsibilities and the interrelationships of 

 all the elements involved, whether State, interstate, regional, areawide, 

 or local. 



The items listed above are in no sense inclusive and there are many 

 additional subject areas that must be included if the program is to 

 be comprehensive. These to be considered for coverage should cer- 

 tainly include recreation, transportation, housing, fishing, power, com- 

 munication, industrial, and mineral resource needs; protective re- 

 quirements for water quality, fish and wildlife habitats, open space, 

 and esthetic values; present and long-range use requirements which 

 will not foreclose all options for future generations ; flood control and 

 shore line erosion prevention ; and all other matters impinging upon 

 coastal zone resource conservation — in the finest sense of that often 

 abused word. It bears repeating and cannot be overemphasized that 

 the above list is not intended to be exhaustive and that all additional 

 pertinent matters must be carefully considered, depending upon the 

 particular circumstances which prevail in the State involved. 



Section 306. Adininistrative Grants. — This section authorizes the 

 Secretary to make annual grants to assist the coastal States in adminis- 

 tering the State programs which the Secretary has approved. The 



