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"(g) The term 'Council' means the National Council on Marine Resources 

 and Engineering Development. 



"(h) The term 'coastal authority' means a commission, council, center, 

 agency or other governmental entity, broadly representative of coastal needs, 

 problems, and uses, designated by the Governor of a coastal State through 

 legislative or other processes. Coastal States may jointly designate an inter- 

 state agency of which they are a member, including a river basin commission, 

 to serve as' a coastal authority, in which case such an authority shall be sub- 

 ject to the same provisions as a State agency for the purposes of this title, 

 and shall be entitled to funding equivalent to the sum of the allotments of its 

 member States. 



"approval of state programs 



"Sec. 304. (a) In recognition of the need for increased participation by the 

 States in the comprehensive planning and development of the coastal zone, the 

 Council shall review any planning and development program submitted by a 

 coastal authority and may, in accordance with the provisions of this title, make 

 grants to such authorities in order to assist them in developing a long-range 

 master plan for the coastal zone and implementing a development program based 

 upon such master plan. 



"(b) The Council shall approve any planning and development program for 

 the coastal zone which is submitted by a coastal authority, if such program — 

 "(1) provides for the formulation of a master plan for the coastal zone 

 over which such authority has jurisdiction as follows : 



"(A) such master plan shall include general planning principles 

 and provide a statement of desired goals and standards to help shape 

 and direct future development of the coastal zone, and such standards 

 shall be leased on a study of current population and development 

 trends and existing or potential problems within the coastal zone, 

 and be design.ed to promote the balanced development of natural, com- 

 mercial, industrial, recreational, and esthetic resources and to 

 accommodate a wide variety of beneficial uses ; 



"(B) in preparing such master plan, the coastal authority shall ex- 

 amine the land use regulations and plans of the various governmental 

 bodies whose jurisdiction extends over territory located in the coastal 

 zone ; shall consult with interested parties, including local governmental 

 bodies, regional development agencies, port authorities, and other in- 

 trastate agencies, the various Federal agencies affected by the develop- 

 ment of the coastal zone, adjacent coastal States or authorities, and 

 private groups concerned with the commercial, industrial, recreational 

 and esthetic development of the coastal zone ; shall examine to the ex- 

 tent possible land use plans and regulations of any adjacent foreign 

 countries ; and shall conduct or support such research, studies, surveys, 

 and interviews as are necessary to assist it in making informed deci- 

 sions on the most beneficial allocation of uses of coastal waters and 

 lands ; 



"(C) such master plan shall include studies, conclusions, and ex- 

 planatory diagrams with respect to (i) the estimated future popula- 

 tion growth within and adjacent to the coastal zone, including an indica- 

 tion of those areas which may anticipate the greatest future growth ; 

 (ii) a description of the location and characteristics of water currents 

 and tidal movements in the coastal zone, and an analysis, including dia- 

 grams, of the probable effect of such currents and tides on the interrela- 

 tionship of various types of uses ; (iii) an estimate of the future need for 

 . use of the coastal zone for commercial, industrial, residential recrea- 

 tional, conservation, and esthetic purposes, including diagrams for the 

 most eflScient, beneficial, and livable interrelationship of these various 

 ■uses, so that the plan may serve to direct the course of future develop- 

 ment in a manner which promotes economic eflBciency and the general 

 •welfare; and (iv) such additional information as the Council deems 

 necessary to promote the orderly and beneficial development of the 

 coastal zone ; 



"(D) in formulating such master plan, the coastal authority shall hold 

 public hearings on the proposed master plan or on various alternative 



