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This bill would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to award 

 grants to coastal States for the development of management plans and 

 programs for the land and water resources of the coastal zone. Such 

 grants would not exceed 66% percent of the planning costs. If the 

 Secretary fomid that a plan was consistent with implementation plans 

 mider the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 

 and the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 ; that provision for public 

 notice and hearings on the plan and program had been made ; that the 

 X)lan and program had been reviewed and approved by the Governor ; 

 that a single agency would administer and implement the manage- 

 ment plan and program; that the State had the necessary authority to 

 implement the program, including controls over public and private de- 

 velopment ; and that the program would carry out the purposes of the 

 bill, he would be authorized to make annual grants for the costs of ad- 

 ministering the program, with the same maximum percentages as 

 planning grants. 



With the Secretary's approval, States would be authorized to de- 

 velop plans in segments so as to focus attention on j)roblem areas, and 

 to revise plans to meet changed conditions. Grants could be terminated 

 if the Secretary determined that a State was failing to implement its 

 plan and program. 



Additional provisions would require the Secretary, before approv- 

 ing programs, to consult with Federal agencies principally involved. 

 Federal agencies conducting or supporting activities in the coastal 

 zone would be required to "seek to make such activities consistent with 

 the approved State management plan and program for the area." Fed- 

 eral development activities in the coastal zone would be prohibited if 

 the coastal State deemed such activities inconsistent with a manage- 

 ment plan unless the Secretary found such project consistent with the 

 objectives of the bill, or in cases where the Secretary of Defense de- 

 terminated that the project was necessary in the interests of national 

 security. Applicants for Federal licenses or pennits to conduct any 

 activity in the coastal zone would be required to obtain a certification 

 from the appropriate State agency that the proposed activity was con- 

 sistent with the coastal zone management plan and program. 



The Secretary would be required to submit an annual report to the 

 President for transmittal to the Congress on the administration of 

 the act. 



H.R. 2493 would also authorize the establishment of "estuarine sanc- 

 tuaries" for the purpose of studies of natural and human processes 

 occurring within the coastal zone, and would provide for grants by 

 the Secretary of up to 50 percent of the costs of acquisition, develop- 

 ment, and operation of such sanctuaries. 



H.R. 3615 



This bill is derived from S. 31 S3, the administration's proposed 

 coastal zone management bill introduced in the 91st Congress. 



H.R. 3615 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make 

 program development grants to the coastal States to assist in develop- 

 ing comprehensive management programs for their coastal zones. 



