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"allotments 



"Sec. 306. (a) In making the grants pursuant to section 305, the Council may 

 malie available to a coastal authority up to 50 per centum of the costs of develop- 

 ing a long-range master plan and implementing a developing program, and, for 

 a period of up to three years, up to 50 per centum of administering such a program, 

 pursuant to such section. The actual amount of the allotment to each coastal 

 authority shall be determined, in accordance with the Council's regulations, on 

 the basis of (1) the population of the State, (2) the area of public water within 

 the State's coastal zone, and (3) the need for comprehensive planning and 

 development of such coastal zone. 



"(b) In adition to grants-in-aid, the Council is authorized, under such terms 

 and conditions as the Council may prescribe, to enter into agreements with coastal 

 authorities to underwrite by guaranty thereof bond issues or loans for the purpose 

 of land acquisition or land and water development and restoration projects. 



"payments 



"Sec. 307. The method of computing and paying amounts pursuant to this title 

 shall be as follows : 



"(1) The Council shall, prior to the beginning of each calendar quarter or other 

 period prescribed by it, estimate the amount to be paid to each coastal authority 

 under the provisions of this title for such period, such estimate to be based on 

 such records of the coastal authority and information furnished by it, and such 

 other investigation, as the Council may find necessary. 



"(2) The Council shall pay to the coastal authority from tlie allotment avail- 

 able therefor, the amount so estimated by it for any period, reduced or increased, 

 as the case may be, by any sum (not previously adjusted under this paragi-aph) 

 by which it finds that its estimate of the amount to be paid such coastal 

 authority for any prior period under this title was greater or less than the 

 amount which should have been paid to such coastal authority for such prior 

 period under this title. Such payments shall lie made through the disbursing 

 facilities of the Treasury Department, at such times and in such installments 

 as the Council may determine. 



"review 



"Sec. 308. Whenever the Council after reasonable notice and opportunity for 

 hearing to a coastal authority finds that — 



"(a) the program submitted by such coastal authority and approved 

 under section 305 has been so changed that it no longer complies with a 

 requirement of such section ; or 



"(b) in the administration of the program there is a failure to comply 

 substantially with such a requirement, the Council shall notify such coastal 

 authority that no further payments will be made under this title until it is 

 satisfied that there will no longer be any such failure. Until the Council is 

 so satisfied, it shall make no further payments to such coastal authority 

 under this title. 



"records 



"Sec. 309. (a) Each recijuent of a grant under this Act shall keep such 

 records as the Chairman of the Council shall prescribe, including records which 

 fully disclose the amount and disposition of the funds received under the grant, 

 and the total cost of the project or imdertaking supplied by other sources, and 

 such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. 



"(b) The Chairman of the Council and the Comptroller General of the United 

 States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the 

 purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records 

 of the recipient of the grant that are pertinent to the determination that funds 

 granted are used in accordance with this title. 



"advisory committees 



"Sec. 310. (a) The Chairman of the Council is authorized and directed to 

 establish coastal zone management advisory committees to advise, consult with, 



