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applicanfs certification. If the state or its designated agency fails to 

 furnish the required notifucation within six months after recei])t of 

 its copy of the a.pplicant's certification^ the staters concurrence with 

 the certification shall be conclusively presumed. No license or permit 

 shall he granted hy the Federal agency until the state or its designated 

 agency ha^ concui^red with the applicant''s certification or until., hy 

 the state'^s failure to act. the concurrence is conclusively presumed., 

 unless the Secretary., on his own initiative or upon appeal hy the ap- 

 plicant., finds., after providing a reasonable opportunity for detailed 

 coTTiments from the Federal agency involved, a,nd from the state., that 

 the activity is cmisistent toith the objectives of this title or is other- 

 wise necessary in the interest of national security. 



(d) State and local governments suhrrvitting applications for Fed- 

 eral assistance under other Federal programs affecting the coastal 

 zone shall indicate the views of the appropriate state or local agency 

 as to th^ relationship of such acti/vities to the approved managetnent 

 program, for the coastal zone. Such applications shall he submitted 

 and coordinated in accordance with the provisions of title IV of the 

 Intergovernmental Goordination Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1098). Federal 

 agencies shall not approve proposed projects that are inconsistent 

 with a coastal staters management program, except upon a finding by 

 the Secretary that such project is consistent with the purposes of this 

 title or necessary m the interest of national security. 



(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed — 



(7) to diminish either Federal or state jurisdiction., responsi- 

 hility., or rights in the field of planning, development., or control 

 of water resources and navigable waters; nor to displace., super- 

 sede., limit., or modify any interstate compact or the junsdiction 

 or responsibility of any legally established 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 Gongress to 

 authorize and fund projects; 



(£) as superseding, modifying, or repealing existing laws appli- 

 cable to the various Federal agencies; nor to affect the jurisdic- 

 tion, powers, or prerogatives of the International Joint Gommis- 

 sion. United States and Ganada, the Permanent Engineering 

 Board, and, the United States operating entity or entities estah- 

 lished pursuant to the Golumbia River Basin Treaty, signed at 

 Washington. Januanj 17. 1961 . on the International Boundary 

 and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. 



PUBLIC HEARINGS 



Sec. 308. All puhlic hearings required under this title must he an- 

 nounced at least thirty days prior to the hearing date. At the time of 

 the announcement, all agency materials pertinent to the hearings, in- 

 cluding documents, studies, and other data, must he made arailahle to 

 the puhlic for review and study. As similar materials are subsequently 

 developed, they shall he made available to the puhlic as they become 

 available to the agency. 



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