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The same provisions are applicable to any development projects 

 which are undertaken by a Federal agency in the contiguous zone. In 

 addition, this subsection provides for a concurrent State review of ap- 

 plications for Federal licenses or permits in the coastal zone to insure 

 that the proposed activity is consistent with the State's approved pro- 

 gram. A review and appeal procedure is provided whereby the Secre- 

 tary may, in effect, overrule a State's objection when he finds that the 

 activity for which the license is being sought is consistent with the 

 purposes of this title or is otherwise necessary in the interest of na- 

 tional security. 



Subsection (d) provides essentially the same procedure and possi- 

 bility for an overriding decision by the Secretary as to applications 

 for Federal licenses or permits ivhen State and local governments sub- 

 mit applications for Federal assistance under other Federal programs. 



Subsection (e) emphasizes that whatever coordinating procedures 

 are required by this section in order to carry out the purposes of tliis 

 title, there is nothing in those requirements which shall be construed 

 to diminish either Federal or State jurisdiction, responsibility, or 

 rights in the field of planning, development, or control of water re- 

 sources and navigable waters. Nor is anything in the coordinating 

 mechanism intended to displace, supersede, limit, or modify any duly 

 constituted interetate compact or the jurisdiction of any legally estab- 

 lished joint or common agency of two or more States or of two or 

 more States and the Federal Government, nor to limit the authority of 

 the Congress to authorize and fund projects. 



In addition, the subsection specifically provides that the coordinat- 

 ing requirements of this section shall not be construed as superseding, 

 modifying, or repealing existing laws applicable to the various Fed- 

 eral agencies. Those laws continue to apply, and the specific require- 

 ments as to their implementation must be taken into account in the 

 development of the States' programs. The laws referred to would in- 

 clude, among others, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the 

 Clean Air Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Kefuse Act of 1899, 

 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. 



Finally, nothing in the coordinating mechanism is intended to 

 change the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of certain entities 

 created under international agreements between the United States 

 and Canada and the United States and Mexico, the two countries bor- 

 dering the coastal zone of the United States. 



Section 308. Public Hearings. — This section provides that, when 

 public hearings are required under this title, such as in the develop- 

 ment or amendment of the State program, the hearings must be pub- 

 licly announced at least 30 days prior to the date on which the hear- 

 ings are held. At the time of the announcement, all pertinent agency 

 materials must be made available to the public for review and study. 

 In addition, similar materials subsequently developed must also be 

 made available to the public expeditiously. To the extent feasible, it 

 is the committee's intention that the same procedures be followed when 

 public hearings are held, even though not specifically of applications 

 for Federal licenses or permits under section 307(c) (3). The require- 

 ments for public hearings under this section are in addition to any 

 other requirements of law and are not in any way intended to replace 

 or supersede remedies otherwise available to the i^ublic, whether 



