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set forth in section 306 of this title. Successive grants may be made annually for 

 a period not to exceed two years : Provided, That no second grant shall be made 

 under this subsection unless the Secretary finds that the state is satisfactorily 

 developing such management program. 



'•(d) Upon completion of the development of the state's management program, 

 the state shall submit such program to tlie Secretary for review and appixtval 

 pursuant to the provisions of section 306 of this title, or such other action as 

 he deems necessary. One final approval of such program by the Secretary, the 

 states' eligibility for further grants under this section shall terminate, and the 

 state shall be eligible for grants under section 306 of this title. 



"(e) Grants under this section shall be allocated to the states based on rulee 

 and regulations promulgated by the Secretary : Provided, however, That no 

 management program development grant under this section shall be made in 

 excess of 15 per centum of the total amount appropriated to carry out the pur- 

 poses of this section. 



"(f) Grants or portions thereof not obligated by a state during the fiscal year 

 for which they were first authorized to be obligated by the state, or during the 

 fiscal year immediately following, shall revert to the Secretary, and shall be 

 added by him to the funds available for grants under this section. 



"(g) With the approval of the Secretary, the state may allocate to a local gov- 

 ernment, to an areawide agency designated under section 204 of the Demonstration 

 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, to a regional agency, or to 

 an intei-state agency, a portion of the grant under this section, for the purposes 

 of carrying out the provisions of this section. 



"(h) The authority to make grants under this section shall expire on June 30, 

 1975. 



"ADMINISTRATIVE GRANTS 



"Sec. 306. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make annual grants to any 

 coastal state for not more than 66% jyer centum of the costs of administering the 

 state's management program, if he approves such program in accordance with 

 subsection (c) hereof. Federal funds received from other sources shall not be 

 used to pay the state's sliare of costs. 



"(b) Such grants shall be allocated to the states with approved programs based 

 on rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary, which shall take into 

 account the extent and nature of the shoreline and area covered by the plan, 

 population of the area and other relevant factors: Provided, however. That no 

 annual administrative grant under this section shall be made in excess of 15 

 lier centum of the total amount appropriated to carry out the purposes of this 

 section. 



"(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 witli 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 se<'tion 303 of this title. 



"(2) The state has: 



""(A) coordinated its program with local, areawide 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 pursu- 

 ant 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) established an effective mechanism for continuing consultation and co- 

 ordination between the management agency designated pursuant to paragraph 

 (5) of this subsection and with local governments, interstate agencies, and area- 

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

 governments and agencies in carrying out the purposes of this title. 



"(3) The state has held public hearings in the development of the manage- 

 ment program. 



