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(c) The grants shall not exceed 66% per centum of the costs of the 

 program in any one year and no state shall be eligible to receive more 

 than three annual grants pursuant to this section. Federal funds 

 received from other sources shall not be used to match such grants. In 

 order to qualify for grants under this section, the state must reasonably 

 demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretar}^ tliat such grants will 

 be used to develop a management program consistent with the require- 

 ments set forth in section 306 of this title. After making the initial 

 grant to a coastal state, no subsequent graiit shall be made under this 

 section unless the Secretary finds that the state is satisfactorily devel- 

 oping such management program. 



(d) Upon completion of the development of the state's management 

 program, the state shall submit such program to the Secretary for 

 review and approval pursuant to tlie provisions of section 306 of this 

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

 such program by the Secretary, the state's eligibility for further grants 

 under this section shall terminate, and the state shall be eligible for 

 grants under section 306 of this title. 



(e) Grants under this section shall be allocated to the states based 

 on rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary : Provided^ 

 however^ That no management program development grant under this 

 section shall be made in excess of 10 per centum nor less than 1 per 

 centum of the total amount appropriated to carry out the purposes of 

 this [section.3 section: And Provided further^ That the Secretar'y 

 shall waive the application of the 1 per centum minimum require'inent 

 as to any grant under this section^ when tlie coastal State involved 

 requests such a waiver. 



(f ) Grants or portions thereof not obligated by a state during the 

 fiscal year for which they were first authorized to be obligated by the 

 state, or during the fiscal year immediately following, shall revert to 

 the Secretary, and shall be added by him to the funds available for 

 grants under this section. 



(g) With the approval of the Secretary, the state may allocate to a 

 local government, to an areawide agency designated under section 204 

 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Developmeiit Act of 

 1966, to a regional agency, or to an interstate agency, a portion of the 

 grant under this section, for the purpose of carrying out the provi- 

 sions of this section. 



(h) The authority to make grants under this section shall expire on 

 June 30, 1977. 



ADMIXISTRATIVE GRANTS 



Sec. 306. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make annual grants to 

 any coastal state for not more than 66% per centum of the costs of 

 administering the state's management progiam, if he approves sucli 

 program in accordance with subsection (c) hereof. Fedeial funds 

 received from other sources shall not be used to pay tlie state's share 

 of costs. 



(b) Such grants shall be allocated to the state witli a]:)proved pro- 

 grams based on rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary 

 which shall take into account the extent and nature of tlie shoreline 

 and area covered by the plan, population of the area, and otlier rele- 

 vant factors: ^Pt'ovided, however, That no annual admiiiisti-ative 



