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propriate 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 such 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 certiflcation 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 certihcation within six 

 months after receipt of such request, the certification requirements of this sub- 

 section 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 preceding 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 assist- 

 ance 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 

 management plan and program for the coastal and estuarine zone. Such ap- 

 plications 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 manage- 

 ment 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 official in the discharge of the duties of his office 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 

 of this title; nor to affect the jurisdiction, powers or prerogatives of the 

 International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, the Permanent 

 Engineering Board, and the United States Operating Entity or Entities 

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

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

 mission, United States and Mexico. 



"review of performance 



"Sec. 308. (a) The Secretary shall conduct a continuing review of the com- 

 prehensive management plans and programs of the coastal States and of the 

 performance of each coastal State. 



"(b) The Secretary shall have the authoritv to terminate anv financial 



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 or sucn assistance if (1) he determines that the coastal State is failing to 



le rTt'.rV^^"nV^rfhi"^il'r\ trr^'T '^'^"^ *^^ ^™^-''- approved bf the 



Hnn .^7 ■ '^f^ , ^ , coastal state has been given notice of proposed termlna- 



,THfin«l- V^'^'"'*,?'^ ^"*^ ^'^ opportunity to present evidence of adherence or 



.lustification for altering its program. ^ >^^ i^i duneience or 



"records 



n«"thf' 'SS' ^f ^ ^'""'u r^'^'''"* ""^ "" ^™"^ ""d<^i- fhis title shall keep such records 

 amann. nZ'T'^ ^^""^^ prescribe, including records which fullv d iscloS^ [he 

 amount and di.sposition of the funds received under the grant, and the to?al cost 



