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"interagency coordination and cooperation 



"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 Secreiary, in cooperation with the 

 Executive OfBce 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 approved 

 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 St;ite, is inci insist- 

 ent with the management plan of such coastal State unless the Secretary, after 

 receiving detailed comments from both the Federal agency and ti:e 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 siich activity will be 

 conducted in a manner consistent with the State's coastal and estuarine 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 connection with specific 

 applications. If the State agency fails or refuses to act on a request for cer- 

 tification 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 prei'eding 

 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 immediately 

 notify the Secretary of such application and certification. 



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

 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 managemerit 

 plan and program for the coastal and estuarine 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 inconsistent 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 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 oflScial in the discharge of the duties of his ofl3ce 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 



