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

 and approved bj' the Governor. 



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

 and administer tlie grants for implementing the management program required 

 under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 



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

 under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 



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

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



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

 tional interest involved in the siting of facilities necessary to meet requirements 

 which are other than local in nature. 



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

 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 governments, areawide agencies designated under section 204 of the Demon- 

 stration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1.966, 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 — 



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

 order to insure compliance with the management program, and to resolve con- 

 flicts among competing 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 management program. 



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

 proTides : 



"(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 author- 

 ity or private developer, with power to approve or disapprove after public notice 

 and an opportunity for hearings. 



"(2) for a method of assuring that local land and water use regulations with- 

 in the coastal zone do not unreasonably restrict or exclude land and water uses 

 of regional benefit. 



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

 ment, an areawide agency designated under section 204 of the Demonstration 

 Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 11)66, a regional agency, or an inter- 

 state agency, a portion of the grant under this section for the purpose of carry- 

 ing out the provisions of this section : Provided, That such allocation shall not 

 relieve the state of the responsibility for insuring that any funds so allocated are 

 applied in furtherance of such state's approved management program. 



*'(g) The state shall be authorized to amend the management program. The 

 modification shall be in accordance with the procedures required under subsec- 

 tion (c) of this section. Any amendment or modification of the program must be 

 approved by the Secretary before additional administrative grants are to be made 

 to the state under the program as amended. 



"(h) At the discretion of the state and with the approval of the Secretary, a 

 management program may be developed and adopted in segments so that im- 

 mediate attention may be devoted to those areas of the coastal zone which most 

 urgently need management programs : Prnvided, That the state adequately al- 

 lows for the ultimate coordination of the various segments of the management 

 program into a single unified program and that the unified program will be com- 

 pleted as soon as is reasonably practicable. 



