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receive ojnd adtninister the grants for hnplementing the management 

 'program required under yaragra'ph (1) of this subsection. 



(7) The state has the authorities necessary to implement the pro- 

 gram, including the authority required under subsection (d) of this 

 section. 



(8) The managcTnent program provides for adequate consideration 

 of the national interest involved in the siting of facilities necessary to 

 nneet I'equirements which are other thajn local in nature. 



(9) The m-anagement program makes provision for procedures 

 wherehy specific areas may be designated for the purpose of preserving 

 or restoring them for their conservation, recreational, ecological, or 

 esthetic values. 



{d) Prior to granting approval of the management program, the 

 Secretary shall find that the state, acting through its chosen agency or 

 agencies, including local government, areawide agencies designated 

 under section '20 Jf. of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan De- 

 velopment Act of 1966, regional agencies, or interstate agencies, has 

 authority for the management of the coastal zone in accordance with 

 the management program. Such authority shall include power — 



{!) to administer land and water use regulations, control de- 

 velopment in order to insure compliance toith the managenfient 

 program^, and to resolve conflicts among com^peting uses; and 



(2) to acquire fee simple and less than fee simple interests in 



lands, waters, and other property through condemnation or other 



means when necessary to achieve conformance with the manage- 



ment program,. 



(e) P7'ior to granting approval, the Secretary shall also find that 



the program provides : 



(1) for any one or a combinalion of the following general tech- 

 niques for control of land and water uses : 



{A) State establishment of criteria and standards for local 

 implementation, subject to administrative review and en- 

 forcement of compliance ; 



(B) Direct state land and water use planning and regida- 

 tion: or 



(C) State administrative review for consistency with the 

 Tnanagement 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 

 pid)lic notice and an opportunity for hearings. 



(2) for a method of assuring that local land and water use regu- 

 lations within the coastal zone do not unreasonably restrict or ex- 

 clude land, and water uses of regional benefit. 



{/) IVith the approval of the Secretary, a state may allocate to a 

 local government, or an a,reawide agency designated under section 20!i. 

 of the Demonstration. Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 

 1966, a regional agency, or an interstate agency, a portion of the grant 

 under this section for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 

 thiji section: Provided, That such allocation shall not relieve the state 

 of the respo7islbility for Insuring that any funds so allocated are ap- 



