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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 interrelation- 

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

 use of the coastal zone for commercial, industiial, residential, recrea- 

 tional, conservation, and esthetic purposes, including diagi'ams for the 

 most efScient, 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 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 alterna- 

 tive master plans in order to obtain all points of view in the final prepara- 

 tion of the master plan ; 



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

 plan at any time that it determines that conditions 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 amend- 

 ments only after a full opportunity for comment, including hearings, 

 have been afforded to interested parties ; and 



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

 proval 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 plan- 

 ning and development : Provided, That each such segment does not ex- 

 clude any portion of the coastal zone which is substantially interrelated 

 economically, socially, or by peculiar geographic configuration or move- 

 ment of ocean tides or cuiTents with the area which is included within 

 such planning segment : And provided further. That the coastal author- 

 ity adequately allows for the ultimate coordination of the various seg- 

 ments of the master plan into a single unified plan and that the coastal 

 authority satisfies the Council 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 con- 

 trol public and private development of the coastal zone in order to as- 

 sure compliance with the master plan and to resolve conflicts among 

 competing 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 facil- 

 ities 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 ac- 

 quisition 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 

 consistent wtih 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. 



