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"APPEOVAL OF STATE PKOGRAMS 



"Sec. 305, (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, development, and operating program sub- 

 mitted by a coastal autliority 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 based on a study of current population and development trends and 

 existing or potential problems within the coastal zone, and be designed 

 to promote the balanced development of natural, commercial, industrial, 

 recreational, and esthetic resources and to accommodate a \\-ide variety 

 of beneficial uses; 



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

 examine 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 govern- 

 mental bodies, regional development agencies, port authorities, and other 

 intrastate agencies, the various Federal agencies affected by the de- 

 velopment of the coastal zone, adjacent coastal States or authorities, 

 and private groups concerned with the commercial, industrial, recrea- 

 tional, and esthetic development of the coastal zone ; shall examine to 

 the extent possible land ues plans and regulations of any adjacent for- 

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

 surveys, and interviews as are necessary to assist it in making in- 

 foi-med decisions on the most beneficial allocation of uses of coastal 

 waters and lands ; 



"(C) such 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 descrip- 

 tion of the location and characteristics of water currents and tidal move- 

 ments 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 efiicient, 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 pro- 

 motes economic eflBciency and the general welfare; and (iv) such addi- 

 tional 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 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 sucli 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 interested 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 urgent need comprehensive planning and devel- 



