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carrying out the provisions of this section, provided such interstate agency has 

 the authority otlierwise required of the coastal State under subsection (c) of this 

 section, if delegated by the coastal State for purposes of carrying out specific 

 projects under this section. 



"(e) The coastal State shall be authorized to amend the management plan 

 and program at any time that it determines the conditions which existed or 

 were foreseen at the time of the formulation of the management plan and 

 program have changed so as to justify modification of the plan and prorgam. 

 Such modification shall be in accordance with the procedures required under 

 subsection (c) of this section. Any amendment or modification of the coastal 

 State's management plan and program must be approved by the Secretary before 

 additional administrative grants are made to the coastal State under the plan 

 and program as amended 



"(f) At the discretion of the coastal State and with the ^approval of the Secre- 

 tary, a management plan and program may be developed and adopted in segments 

 so that immediate attention may be devoted to those areas of the coastal zone 

 which most urgently need comprehensive management plans and progi'ams: 

 Provided, That the coastal State adequately allows for the ultimate coordina- 

 tion of the various segments of the management plan into a single unified plan 

 and program and that such unified plan and program will be completed as 

 soon as is reasonably practicable, and in no event more than three years from 

 inception 



"(g) Prior to granting approval of the management plan and program, the 

 Secretary shall find that the coastal State, acting through its chosen agency 

 or agencies (including local governments), has authority for the management 

 of the coastal and estuarine zone in accoi'dance with the management plan and 

 program and such authority shall include power — 



"(1) to administer land and water use regulations, control public and 

 private development of the coastal and estuarine zone in order to assure 

 compliance with the management plan and program, and to resolve conflicts 

 among competing uses ; 



"(2) to acquire fee simple and less than fee simple interests in lands, 

 waters, and other property within the coastal and estuarine zone through 

 condemnation or other means when necessary to achieve conformance with 

 the management plan and program ; 



"(3) to develop land and facilities and to operate such public facilities as 

 beaches, marinas, and other waterfront developments, as may be required to 

 carry out the management plan and program ; 



"(4) to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of land acquisition 

 or land and water development and restoration projects ; and 



"(5) to exercise such other functions as the Secretary determines are 

 necessary to enable the orderly development of the coastal and estuarine zone 

 in accordance with the management plan and program. 

 "(h) Prior to granting approval, the Secretary shall find that the coastal 

 State, acting through its chosen agency or agencies (including local governments), 

 has authority to review all development plans, projects, or land and water 

 use regulations, including execptions and variances thereto, proposed by any 

 State or local authority or private developer to determine whether such plans, 

 projects, or regulations are consistent with the principles and standards set forth 

 in the management plan and program and to reject a development plan, project, 

 or regulation which fails to comply with such principles and standards : Provided, 

 That such determination shall be made only after there has been a full oppor- 

 tunity for hearings. 



"(i) No annual administrative grant to a coastal State shall be made under 

 this section in excess of 15 per centum of the total amount appropriated to carry 

 out the purposes of this section. 



"bond and loan gxtaranties 



"Sec. 307. In addition to grants-in-aid, the Secretary is authorized under such 

 terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to enter into agreements with coastal 

 States to underwrite by guaranty thereof bond issues or loans for the purposes 

 of land acquisition, or land and water development and restoration projects : 



