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coastal authority during ttie initial two-year period of its operation and 

 may not cover more than 50 per centum of the cost of such expenses incurred 

 during that period. 



"(C) Grants made under section 303(b) to a coastal authority may not 



cover more than 50 per centiun of the total cost incurred by such coastal 



authority with respect to long-range planning and the implementation of 



such planning. 



"(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1) (A), the populations of the 



States shall be deterfuined on the basis of the latest estimates available from the 



Department of Commerce, and the size of the coastal or estuarine areas shall be 



determined on the basis of the official records of the United States Geological 



Survey. 



"(b) (1) Any agreement entered into by the Administrator under section 303- 

 (c) (1) with respect to the Federal guarantee of the obligations of a coastal 

 State shall be subject to such conditions and limitations as he deems necessary 

 to protect the interest of the United States. The interest on any obliagtion which 

 is secured in whole or in part by an agreement entered into by the Administra- 

 tor under section 303(c) (1) is not exempt from Federal taxation. 



"(2) Payments made by the Administrator to any coastal State under section 

 303(c) (2) for amortization charges or loan interest with respect to any obliga- 

 tion of such State may not be made for a period exceeding five years, and may 

 not exceed 25 per centum of the total charges or interest incurred by such State 

 with respect to such obligation. 



"(c) The Administrator shall prescribe such regulations, establish such re- 

 quirements and procedures, and make such arrangements as may be necessary 

 to carry out the purposes of this title. In the administration of this title, the 

 Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary in order to assure — 

 "(1) the coordination of this title with related Federal assistance pro- 

 grams, including the Water Resources Planning Act, Federal Aid in Wild- 

 life Restoration Act, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, 

 the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964, National 

 Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966, and the Housing Act of 1954, and 

 "(2) the appropriate utilization of other Federal agencies administering 

 programs which may contribute to achieving the purpose of this title. 



"eeview 



"Sec. 305. Whenever the Administrator, after reasonable notice and opportunity 

 for hearing, finds that — 



"(1) a proposal submitted by a coastal authority and approved under sec- 

 tion 303(b) of this title has been so changed that it no longer complies with 

 the requirements or the objectives of this title, or 



"(2) in the administration of such a proposal there is a failure to comply 

 substantially with such a requirement, the Administrator shall notify such 

 coastal authority that no further payments will be made under this title until 

 the deficiency is corrected. 



"definitions 



"Sec. 306. For purposes of this title — 



"(1) The term 'estuarine area' means an environmental system including the 

 estuary and its transitional areas. Transitional areas include areas influenced or 

 affected by water from an estuary such as, but not limited to, salt marshes, coastal 

 and intertidal areas, sounds, embayments, harbors, lagoons, inshore waters, and 

 channels. 



"(2) The term 'estuary' means all or part of the mouth of a navigable or inter- 

 state river or stream or other body of watei* including, but not limited to, a bay, 

 sound, and channel, having unimpaired natural connection with the open sea and 

 within which sea water is measurably diluted with fresh watei' derived from land 

 areas. 



"(3) The term 'coastal area' means the lands, waters, and lands beneath the 

 waters in close proximity to the coastline (including Great Lakes) and strongly 

 influenced by each other. 



"(4) The term 'coastal authority' means any governmental entity, groups or 

 portions of such entities, established or identified by a coastal State with a broad 

 interest in the development of coastal areas within its jurisdiction. Coastal States 



