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"(C) sucli master plan shall include studies, conclusions, and explana- 

 tory diagrams with respect to (i) the estimated future population 

 growth within and adjacent to the coastal zone, including an indication 

 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 diagrams, 

 of the probable effect of such currents and tides on the interrelationship 

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

 the coastal zone for commercial, industrial, residential, conservation, and 

 esthetic purposes, including diagrams for the most efificient, beneficial, 

 and livable interrelationship of these various uses, so that the plan may 

 serve to direct the course of future development in a manner which 

 promotes economic efficiency 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 

 master plans in order to obtain all points of view in the final preparation 

 of the master plan ; 



"(E) the coastal authority shall be authorized to amend such master 

 plan at any time that it determines the condtions which existed or were 

 foreseen at the time of the formulation of such master plan have changed 

 to such a degree as to justify modification of such plan, and authority for 

 such modification shall provide for adoption of amendments only after a 

 full opportunity for comment, including hearings at the affected areas, 

 have been afforded to inter'ested parties ; and 



"(F) at the discretion of the coastal authority and with the approval 

 of the Council, a master plan may be developed and adopted in segments 

 so that concerted and early attention may be devoted to those areas of the 

 coastal zone which most urgently need comprehensive planning and 

 development: Provided, That each such segment does not exclude any 

 portion of the coastline which is substantially interrelated economi- 

 cally, socially, or by peculiar geographic configuration or movement of 

 ocean tides or currents with the area which is included within such 

 planning segment : And provided further, That the coastal authority 

 adequately allows for the ultimate coordination of the various segments 

 of the master plan into a single unified plan and that such unified plan 

 will be completed as soon as is reasonably practicable ; 

 "(2) provides authority for the development of the coastal zone in accord- 

 ance with such master plan, and such authority shall include power — 



"(A) to draw up land use and zoning regulations which shall control 

 public and private development of the coastal zone in order to assure 

 compliance with the master plan and to resolve conflicts among com- 

 peting uses ; 



"(B) to acquire lands within the coastal zone through condemnation 

 or other means when necessary to achieve conformance with the master 

 plan ; 



"(C) to develop land and facilities and to operate such public facilities 

 as beaches, marinas, and other waterfront developments, as may be 

 required to carry out such master plan ; 



"(D) to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of land 

 acquisition or land and water development and restoration projects ; and 

 "(E) to exercise such other functions as the Council determines are 

 necessary to enable the orderly development of the coastal zone in 

 accordance with such master plan ; and 

 "(3) provides authority for the coastal authority to review all develop- 

 ment projects or regulations proposed by any State or local authority or 

 private developer to determine whether such project or regulation is con- 

 sistent with the principles and standards set forth in the master plan and 

 to reject a development plan which fails to comply with such principles 

 and standards : Provided, That such determination shall be made only after 

 there has been a full opportunity for hearings : And provided further, That 

 such determination shall be subject to judicial review. 



