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"becoeds 



"Sec. 310. (a) Each recipient of a grant under this title shall keep such records 

 as the Secretary 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 undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records 

 as will facilitate an effective audit. 



"(b) The Secretary and tiie 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 gi-ant that are pertinent to the determination that funds granted 

 are used in accordance with this title. 



"advisoby committee 



"Sec. 311. (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish a coastal 

 and estuarine zone management advisory committee to advise, consult with, 

 and make recommendations to the Secretary on matters of policy concerning 

 the coastal and estuarine zones of the coastal States of the United States. Such 

 committee shall be composed of not more than fifteen persons designated by the 

 Secretary and shall perform such functions and operate in such a manner as the 

 Secretary may direct. 



"(b) Members of said advisory committee who are not regular full-time 

 employees of the United States, while serving on the business of the committee, 

 including traveltime, 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 indi- 

 viduals in the Government service employed intermittently. 



"estuaeine sanctuabies 



"Sec. 312. The Secretary, in accordance with his regulations, is authorized to 

 make available to a coastal State 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 vrithin the estuaries of the coastal 

 and estuarine zone. The number of estuarine sanctuaries provided for under 

 this section shall not exceed fifteen, and the Federal share of the cost for each 

 such sanctuary shall not exceed $2,000,000. No Federal funds received pursuant 

 to section 306 shall be used for the purjjose of this section. 



"inte:eagency cooedination and coopebation 



"Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary shall not approve the management plan and pro- 

 gram submitted by the State pursuant to section 306 unless the views of Federal 

 agencies principally affected by such plan and program have been adequately 

 considered. In case of serious disagreement between any Federal agency and 

 the State in the development of the plan the Secretary, in cooperation with the 

 Executive Office of the President, shall seek to mediate the differences. 



"(b) (1) All Federal agencies conducting or supporting activities in the coastal 

 and estuarine zone shall seek to make such activities consistent with the ap- 

 proved State management plan and program for the area. 



" (2) Federal agencies shall not undertake any development project in a coastal 

 and estuarine zone which, in the opinion of the coastal State, is inconsistent with 

 the management plan of such costal state unless the Secretary, after receiving 

 detailed comments from both the Federal agency and the coastal State, finds that 

 such project is consistent with the objectives of this title, or is informed by the 

 Secretary of Defense and finds that the project is necessary in the interest of 

 national security. 



"(3) Any applicant for a Federal license or permit to conduct any activity in 

 the coastal and estuarine zone subject to such license or permit, shall provide 

 in the application to the licensing or permitting agency a certification from the 

 appropriate State agency that the proposed activity complies with the State 

 coastal and estuarine zone management plan and program, and that there is 

 reasonable assurance, as determined by the State, that such activity will be con- 



