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to fTOvide scientists and students the opportunity to examine over a 

 'period of time the ecological relationships within the area. 



(/) '■''Secretary'''' means the Sea^etary of Commerce. 



{g) '■'■Management programx''' includes^ hut is not limited to., a com- 

 prehensive statement in words., maps., illustrations.^ or other media of 

 communication^ prepared and adopted, hy the state in accordance with 

 the provisions of this title., setting forth ohjiectives., policies., and stand- 

 ards to guide public and private uses of lands and, waters in the coastal 

 zone. 



(h) '■'■'Water use''"' means activities which are conducted in or on the 

 water: hut does not mean or include the estahlishment of any water 

 quality stand-ard or criteria or the regulation of the discharge or runoff 

 of water pollutants except the standards., criteria., or regulations vihich 

 are incorporated in any program as required hy the provisiotis of sec- 

 tion 307 {f). 



(i) '■'■Land use'''' means activities which are coTiducted in or on the 

 shorelands within the coastal zone, subject to the require7nepts out- 

 lined in Sec. 307(g). 



MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 



Sec. 305. (a) The Secretary is authorized, to make annual grants to 

 any coastal state for the purpose of assisting in the development of a 

 management program for the land and water resources of its coastal 

 zone. 



(h) Such management program shall include : 



(1) an identification of the houndaries of the coastal zone sub- 

 ject to the management program-: 



(2) a definition of what shall constitute permissible Imid and 

 water u,ses within the coastal zone lohich have a direct and signifi- 

 cant impact 0^1 the coastal waters; 



(3) an inventory and designation of areas of particular con- 

 ceim ivithin the coastal zone: 



[If.) an identification of the means by ivhich the state proposes 

 to exert control over the land and water uses o^ef erred to in para- 

 graph {%') of this subsection, including a listing of relevant con- 

 stitutional provisions, legislative enactments, regulations, and ju- 

 dicial decisions. 



(5) broad giddelines on pHority of uses in particidar areas, in- 

 cluding specifically those uses of lowest pAority : 



(6) a description of the organizational stnwture proposed to 

 implement the management program-, including the res pons ihili- 

 ties and interrelationships of local, areawide, state, regional, and 

 interstate agencies in the management process. 



(c) The grants shall not exceed ^^% per centum, of the costs of the 

 program in any one year and no state shall be eligible to receive more 

 than three annual grants pursuant to this section. Federal funds re- 

 ceived from other sources shall not be used to match such grants. In 

 order to qualify for grants under this section, the state must reasonably 

 dem^onstrate to the satisfaction of tlw Secretary that such grants will 

 he used to develop a management program consistent ivith the ^re- 

 quirements set forth in section 306 of this title. After making the initial 



