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"declaration of policy 



"Sec. 303. Congress finds and declares that it is the policy of Congress to 

 preserve, protect, develop, and where possible to restore, the resources of tlie 

 Nation's coastal and estuarine zone for this and succeeding generations. The Con- 

 gress declares that it is necessary to encourage and assist the coastal States to 

 exercise effectively their responsibilities over the Nation's coastal and estuarine 

 zone through the preparation and implementation of management plans and pro- 

 grams to achieve wise use of the coastal and estuarine zone through a balance 

 between development and protection of the natural environment. Congress de- 

 clares that it is the duty and responsibility of all Federal agencies engaged in 

 programs affecting the coastal and estuarine zone to cooperate and participate 

 in the purjioses of this Act. P'urther, it is the policy of Congress to encourage the 

 participation of the public and Federal, State, and local goverrunents in the 

 development of coastal and estuarine zone management plans and programs. 



"definitions 



"Sec. 304. For the puriioses of this title — 



"(a) 'Estuary' means that part of a river or stream or other body of water 

 having unimjiaired natural connection with the open sea, where the sea water is 

 measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage, or with the 

 Great Lakes. 



"(b) 'Coastal and estuarine zone' means the land, waters, and lands beneath 

 the waters near the coastline (including the Great Lakes) and estuaries. For 

 purposes of identifying the objects of planning, management, and regulatory pro- 

 grams the coastal and estuarine zone extends seaward to the outer limit of the 

 United States territorial sea, and to the international boundary between the 

 United States and Canada in the Great Lakes. Within the coastal estuarine zone 

 as defined herein are included areas and lands influenced or affected by water 

 such as, but not limited to, beaches, salt marshes, coastal and intertidal areas, 

 sounds, embaynients. harbors, lagoons, in-shore waters, rivers, and channels. 



"(c) 'Coastal State' means any State of the United States in or bordering on 

 tlie Atlantic Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound, or 

 the Great Lakes, and includes Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and 

 American Samoa. 



"(d) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of Commerce. 



"(c) 'Estuarine sanctuary' is a research area, which may include waters, 

 land?? beneath such waters, and adjacent xiplands, within the coastal and estu- 

 arine zone, and constituting to the extent feasible a natural unit, set aside to 

 provide scientist.? the opportunity to examine over a period of time the ecological 

 relationships Viithin estuaries. 



"management plan and pkogram development grants 



"Sec. 305. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make annual grants to any coastal 

 State for the purpose of assisting in the development of a management plan and 

 program for the land and water resources of the coastal and estuarine zone. Such 

 grants shall not exceed 66% per centum of the costs of such program development 

 in any one year. Other Federal funds received from other sources shall not be 

 used to match such grants. In order to qualify for grants under this subsection 

 the coastal State must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such 

 grants will be u.«ed to develop a management plan and program consistent with 

 the requirements set forth in section 306(c) of this title. Successive grants may 

 be made annually for a period not to exceed two years : Provided, That no such 

 grant shall be made under this subsection imtil the Secretary finds that the 

 coastal State is adequately and expeditiously developing such management plan 

 and program. 



"(b) Upon completion of the development of the coastal State's management 

 plan and program, the coastal State shall submit .such plan and program to the 

 Secretary for review, approval pursuant to the provisions of section 306 of this 

 title, or such other action as he deems necessary. On final approval of such plan 

 and program by the Secretary, the coastal State's eligibility for further grants 

 imder this section shall terminate, and the coastal State shall be eligible for 

 grants under section 306 of this title. 



