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agency that the proposed activity complies with the State coastal zone manage- 

 ment plan and program, and that there is reasonable assurance, as determined 

 by the State, that such activity will be conducted in a manner consistent with 

 the State's coastal zone management 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 appropriate, procedures for public hearings in connec- 

 tion 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 subsection shall be waived with respect to such 

 Federal application. No license or permit shall be granted until the certification 

 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 provision of an opportunity for a public 

 hearing, the activity is found by the Secretary to be consistent with the objectives 

 of this title or necessary in the interest of national security. Upon receipt of 

 such application and certification, the licensing or permitting agency shall imme- 

 diately notify the Secretary of such application and certification. 



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

 ance in coastal 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 zone. Such applications shall be submitted in 

 accordance with the provisions of title IV of the Intergovernmental Coordination 

 Act of 1968. Federal agencies shall not approve proposed projects that are incon- 

 sistent with the coastal State's management plan and program, except upon 

 a finding by the Secretary that such project is consistent with the purposes of 

 this title or necessary in the interest of national security. 

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



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

 rights in the field of planning, development, or control of water resources 

 and navigable waters ; nor to displace, supersede, limit, or modify any inter- 

 state 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 Gvemment ; nor to limit the authority of Congress to authorize 

 and fund projects ; 



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

 Federal official in the discharge of the duties of his office 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 

 established pursuant to the Columbia River Basin Treaty, signed at Wash- 

 ington, January 17, 1961, or the International Boundary and Water Com- 

 mission, United States and Mexico. 



"annual report 



"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 this 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 the 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 develop- 

 ment projects which the Secretary has reviewed under section 313 of this title 

 and a summary of the final action taken by the Secretary with respect to each 

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



