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(9) The management program makes provision for procedures 

 whereby specific areas may be designated for the purpose of preserv- 

 ing or restoring them for their conservation, recreational, ecological, 

 or esthetic values. 



(d) Prior to granting approval of the management program, the 

 Secretary shall find that the state, acting through its chosen agency or 

 agencies, including local governments, areawide agencies designated 

 under section 204 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 

 Development Act of 1966, regional agencies, or interstate agencies, 

 has auththority for the management of the coastal zone in accordance 

 with the management program. Such authority shall include power — 



(1) to administer land and water use regulations, control devel- 

 opment in order to ensure compliance with the management pro- 

 gram, and to resolve conflicts among competing uses; and 



(2) to acquire fee simple and less than fee simple interests in 

 lands, waters, and other property through condemnation or other 

 means when necessary to achieve conformance with the manage- 

 ment program. 



(e) Prior to granting approval, the Secretary shall also find that 

 the program provides: 



(1) for any one or a combination of the following general tech- 

 niques for control of land and w^ater uses within the coastal zone : 



(A) State establishment of criteria and standards for local 

 implementation, subject to administrative review and enforce- 

 ment of compliance; 



(B) Direct state land and water use planning and regula- 

 tion; or 



(C) State administrative review for consistency with the 

 management program of all development plans, projects, or 

 land and water use regulations, including exceptions and 

 variances thereto, proposed by any state or local authority or 

 private developer, with power to approve or disapprove after 

 public notice and an opportunity for hearings. 



(2) for a method of assuring that local land and water use 

 regulations within the coastal zone do not unreasonably restrict 

 or exclude land and water users of regional benefit. 



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

 local government, an areawide agency designated under section 204 

 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 

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

 under this section for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this 

 section: Provided^ That such allocation shall not relieve i\\^ state of 

 the responsibility for ensuring that any funds so allocated are applied 

 in furtherance of such state's approved management program. 



(g) The state shall be authorized to amend the management pro- 

 gram. The modification shall be in accordance with the procedures 

 required under subsection (c) of this section. Any amendment or modi- 

 fication of the program must be approved by the Secretary before 

 additional administrative grants are made to the state under the pro- 

 gram as amended. 



(h) At the discretion of the state and with the approval of the 

 Secretary, a management program may be developed and adopted in 



