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"(g) Interagency Coordination and Cooperation. — 



"(1) The Secretary shall not approve the plan submitted by the State pursuant 

 to subsection (d) until he has solicited the views of Federal agencies principally 

 affected by such plan in accordance with the provisions of section 102 of the 

 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. In case of serious disagreement 

 between any Federal agency and the State in the development of the plan the 

 Secretary shall seek to mediate the differences. 



"(2) All Federal agencies conducting or supporting activities in the coastal 

 area shall seek to make such activities consistent with the approved plan for 

 the area. States and local governments submitting applications for Federal 

 assistance in coastal areas shall indicate the views of the appropriate State or 

 local agency as to the relationship of sucli activities to the approved plan for 

 the coastal area. Federal agencies shall not approve proposed projects that are 

 inconsistent with the plan without making investigation and finding that the 

 proposal is, on balance, sound. The Secretary shall be advised by the heads of 

 other agencies of such problems and be provided an opportunity to participate in 

 any investigation. 



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



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

 rights in the field of water resources planning, development, or conti'ol ; nor 

 to displace, supersede, limit, or modify any interstate compact or the juris- 

 diction or responsibility of any legally established joint or common agency 

 of two or more States, or of two or more States and the Federal Gov- 

 ernment; 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 oflSce except as required 

 to carry out the provisions of this section ; 



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

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

 of this section ; nor to affect the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogative of the 

 International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the Perma- 

 nent Engineering Board and the United States Operating Entity of Entities 

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

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

 mission, United States and Mexico ; 

 "(i) Miscellaneous. — 



"(1) The Secretary shall develop, after appropriate consultation with other 

 interested parties, both Federal and non-Federal, such rules and regulations 

 covering the submission and review of applications for grants authorized by 

 subsection (c) and (d) as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 

 section. 



"(2) A coastal State receiving a grant under the provisions of subsections 

 (c) and (d) of this section, the agency designated by the Governor to admin- 

 ister such grant, and an interstate agency allocated a portion of a grant under 

 the provisions of subsection (d) shall make reports and evaluations in such 

 form, at such times, and containing such information concerning the status and 

 application of Federal funds and the operation of the approved management 

 program as the Secretary may require, and shall keep and make available such 

 records as may be required by the Secretary for the verification of such reports 

 and evaluations. 



"(3) The Secretary, the head of another Federal agency concerned, and the 

 Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized rep- 

 resentatives, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to 

 any books, documents, papers, and records of a grant recipient that are pertinent 

 to the grant received under the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this 

 section. 



"(j) Comprehensive Federal Plan fob Portion of Coastal Zone Beyond 

 Territorial Sea. — 



"The Secretary shall develop, after appropriate consultation with other inter- 

 ested parties, both Federal and non-Federal, a comprehensive management plan 

 for development of all resources of this portion of a coastal zone beyond the 

 territorial sea for the benefit of industry, commerce, recreation, conservation, 

 transportation, navigation, and the public interest in the preservation of the 

 environment. Such plan shall include provisions for the exploitation of fish and 



