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under this title. Such payments shall be made through the disbursing facilities 

 of the Treasury Department, at such times and in such installments as the Couq- 

 cil may determine. 



"beview 



"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 wnth 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. 



"recoeds 



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

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

 fully dii^close the amount and disposition of the funds received under the grant, 

 and the total cost of the project or undertaking 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, 

 and make recommendations to the Council on matters of policy concerning the 

 coastal zone resource. Any such committee shall be composed of persons desig- 

 nated by the Chairman and shall perform such functions and operate in such a 

 manner as the Chairman may direct. 



"(b) Membei"s of such advisory committees who are not regular full-time em- 

 ployees of the United States, while serving on the business of the committees, 

 including travel-time, may receive compensation at rates not exceeding the daily 

 rate for GS-18; and while so serving away from their homes or regular places 

 of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub- 

 sistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individ- 

 uals in the Government service employed intermittently. 



"estuabine sanctuaries 



"Sec. 311. The Council, in accordance with its regulations, is authorized to 

 make available to a coastal authority grants up to 50 per centum of the costs of 

 acquisition, development, and operation of estuarine sanctuaries for the purpose 

 of creating natural field laboratories to gather data and make long-term studies 

 of the natural and human processes occurring within the estuaries of the coastal 

 zone : Provided, That no State funds received pursuant to section 306 shall be 

 used for this purpose. 



"federal projects 



"Sec 312. (a) All Federal agencies conducting or supiwrting research or other 

 activities in a coastal zone shall seek to make such activities support and be con- 

 sistent with the program of the appropriate coastal authority and shall consult 

 with such authority prior to such activity. 



"(b) Federal agencies shall not undertake any development project In a coastal 

 zone which, in the opinion of the appropriate coastal authority, are inconsistent 

 with the master plan of such coastal authority unless the Cooincil, after receiving 

 detailed comments from both the Federal agency and the coastal authority and 

 investigating the proposed development project, finds that such project is, on 

 balance, consistent with the general objectives of this title. 



