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ducted in a manner consistent with the State's coastal and estuarine zone manage- 

 ment plan and program. The State shall establish procedures for public notice in 

 the case of all applications for certification by it, and to the extent it deems appro- 

 priate, procedures for public hearings in connection with specific applications. If 

 the State agency fails or refuses to act on a request for certification within six 

 months after receipt of such request, the certification requirements of this subsec- 

 tion shall be waived with respect to such Federal application. No license or permit 

 shall be granted until the cerification required by this section has been obtained 

 or has been waived as provided in the preceding sentence, unless, after receipt of 

 detailed comments from the relevant Federal and State agencies, and the provi- 

 sion of an opportunity for a public hearing, the activity is found by the Secre- 

 tary to be consistent with the objectives of this title or necessary in the interest 

 of national security. Uix>n receipt of such application and certification, the licens- 

 ing or permitting agency shall immediately notify the Secretary of such applica- 

 tion and certification. 



"(c) State and local governments submitting applications for Federal assist- 

 ance in coastal and estuarine areas shall indicate the views of the appropriate 

 State or local agency as to the relationship of such activities to the approved 

 management plan and program for the coastal and estuarine zone. Such applica- 

 tions shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of title IV of the Inter- 

 governmental Coordination Act of 1968. Federal agencies shall not approve pro- 

 posed projects that are inconsistent with the coastal State's management plan 

 and program, except upon a finding by the Secretary that such project is con- 

 sistent with the purposes of this title or necessary in the interest of national 

 security. 



"(d) Nothing in this section sliall be construed — 



"(1) to diminish either Federal or State jurisdiction, responsibility, or 

 rights in the field of planning, de\elopment, or control of water resources and 

 navigable waters ; nor to displace, supersede, limit, or modify any interstate 

 compact or the jurisdiction or responsibility of any legally established joint 

 or common agency of two or more States, or of two or more States and the 

 Federal Government ; nor to limit the authority of Congress to authorize 

 and fund projects ; 



"(2) to change or otherwise affect the authority or responsibility of any 

 Federal ofiicial in the discharge of the duties of his oflice except as required 

 to carry out the provisions of this title ; 



"(3) as superseding, modifying, or repealing existing laws applicable to 

 the various Federal agencies, except as required to carry out the provisions 

 of this title ; nor to affect the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of the 

 International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the Permanent 

 Engineering Board, and the United States Operating Entity or Entities estab- 

 lished pursuant to the Columbia River Basin Treaty, signed at Washington, 

 January 17, 1961, or the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

 United States and Mexico. 



"annual eeport 



"Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the President for 

 transmittal to the Congress not later than January 1 of each year a report on 

 the administration of this title for the preceding Federal fiscal year. Such report 

 shall include but not be restricted to (1) an identification of the State programs 

 approved pursuant to this title during the preceding Federal fiscal year and a 

 description of those programs; (2) a listing of the States participating in the 

 provisions of tliis title and a description of the status of each State's programs 

 and its accomplishments during the preceding Federal fiscal year ; (3) an itemiza- 

 tion of the allotment of funds to the various coastal States and a breakdown of 

 tiie major projects and areas on which these funds were expended; (4) an 

 identification of any State programs which have been reviewed and disapproved 

 or with respect to which grants have been terminated under this title, and a 

 statement of the reasons for such action ; (5) a listing of the Federal development 

 projects wbich the Secretary has reviewed under section 313 of this title and a 

 summary of the final action taken by the Secretary with respect to eacb sncb 

 project ; (6) a summary of the regulations issued by the Secretary or in effect 

 during the preceding Federal fiscal year; (7) a f-iimmary of a coordinated 

 national strategy and program for the Nation's coastal and estuarine zones 



