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"(c) Prior to granting approval of a management program submitted by a 

 •coastal state, the Secretary shall find that : 



"(1) The state, has developed and adopted a management program for its 

 coastal zone in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Sec- 

 retary, after notice, and with the opportunity of full participation by relevant 

 Federal agencies, state agencies, local governments, regional organizations, port 

 authorities, and other interested parties, public and private, which is adequate 

 to carry out the purposes of this title and is consistent with the policy declared in 

 section 303 of this title. 



"(2) The state has: 



"(A) coordinated its program with local, area wide, and interstate plans ap- 

 plicable to areas within the coastal zone existing on January 1 of the year in 

 which the state's management program is submitted to the Secretary, which 

 plans have been developed by a local government, an areawide agency designated 

 pursuant to regulations established under section 204 of the Demonstration Cities 

 and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, a regional agency, or an interstate 

 agency ; and 



"(B) establish an effective mechanism for continuing consultation and coordi- 

 nation between the management agency designated pursuant to paragraph (5) 

 of this subsection and with local governments, interstate agencies, and areawide 

 agencies within the coastal zone to assure the full participation of such local 

 governments and agencies in carrying out the puri>oses of this title. 



"(3) The state has held public hearings in tlie development of the management 

 program. 



"(4) The management program and any changes thereto have been reviewd 

 and approved by the Governor. 



"(5) The Governor of the state has designated a single agency to receive and ad- 

 minister the grants for implementing the management program required under 

 paragraph (1) of this subsection. 



" (6) The state is organized to implement the management program required 

 xinder paragraph (1) of this subsection. 



"(7) The state has the authorities necessary to implement the program, in- 

 cluding the authority required under subsection (d) of this section. 



"(8) The management program provides for adequate consideration of the 

 national interest involved in the siting of facilities necessary to meet require- 

 ments which are other than local in nature. 



"(9) The management program makes provision for procedures whereby spe- 

 cific 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 governments. areav\ade agencies designated under section 204 of the Demon- 

 stration Cities and Metropolitan Development 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 povi^er — 



"(1) to administer land and water use regulations, control development in order 

 to insure compliance with the management program, and to resolve conflicts 

 among competing uses ; and 



"(2) to acquire fee simple and less than fee simple interests in lands, waters, 

 and other property through condemnation or otlier means when necessary to 

 achieve conformance with the management program. 



"(e) Prior to granting approval, the Secretary shall also find that the pro- 

 gram provides : 



"(1) for any one or a combination of the following general techniques for 

 control of land and water uses ; 



"(A) State establishment of criteria and standards for local implementation, 

 subject to administrative review and enforcement of compliance ; 



"(B) Direct state land and water use planning and regulation ; or 



"(C) State administrative review for consistency with the management pro- 

 gram of all development plans, projects, or land and water use regulations, in- 

 cluding exceptions and variances thereto, proposed by any state or local authority 

 or private developer, with i)ower to approve or disapprove after public notice 

 and an opportunity for hearings. 



