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remain available for five years, until vTime 30. 1977, and would be lim- 

 ited to no more than 10 percent or less than 1 percent of the total 

 amount appropriated per fiscal year. The authorization for this section 

 was set at $30 million per year. 



The estuarine sanctuary grants established pursuant to section 312 

 of the Act are administered on a 50 percent matchino; fund basis, and 

 a maximum P>deral contribution of $2 million for any single sanctuary 

 is imposed. The authorization for this section is limited to $6 million 

 for the first fiscal year after enactment only, and therefore recently 

 expired on June 30, 1974. 



The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

 in the Department of Commerce, which is the agency authorized to 

 administer the coastal zone program, did not receive funding for the 

 Act until more than a year after it passed the Congress. The fiscal year 

 1974 budget, which was sent to Congress in January 1973, contained no 

 recommendations for funding the Coastal Zone Management Act. In 

 an effort to obtain a budget amendment to get the program started, 

 inembers of the Committee on Commerce negotiated for several months 

 with the Administration until a budget request was forwarded 

 to Congress by the Office of Management and Budget in August of 

 1973. Congress moved quickly to meet the request with appropriations 

 and by October, 1973, $12 million was appropriated for the program. 

 The bulk of the appropriation, $7.2 million, was to be used for section 



305 grants, $800,000 for administration of the Act, and the remaining 

 $4 million for estuarine sanctuaries. The entire $7.2 million available 

 for section 305 grants was utilized during fiscal year 1974 for grants to 

 28 coastal States and 1 territory, and grants amounting to $890,000 

 were postponed until fiscal year 1975 because sufficient funds were not 

 available. The $7.2 million for fiscal year 1974 was $2 million less than 

 the total of original grant applications of States receiving grants dur- 

 ing that fiscal year. 



An additional $12 million has been appropriated for fiscal year 1975 

 of which $9 million is being used for section 305 grants, $2 million for 

 estuarine sanctuaries and the remainder for administrative purposes. 



In the short period since appropriations were first made available 

 for the coastal zone program in December of 1973, the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has moved expeditiously to 

 fill pending section 305 grant applications. With grants for implemen- 

 tation of the Act having been available for less than a year, 31 of 34 

 States and territories have already applied and received grants and are 

 moving to develop their coastal zone management programs. 



As yet, no coastal State is far enough advanced in developing its 

 coastal zone management program to qualify for section 306 adminis- 

 trative grants. At the most, four or five are expected to qualify for 

 grants during fiscal year 1975. The $2 million appropriated for section 



306 appears adequate to fund the management of programs in these 

 first few States that qualify. 



During the course of general review of various programs of the 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it developed that 

 there were certain changes in the Act which should be made to improve 

 implementation. S. 3922 was introduced on Aucfust 19. 1974. by Senator 

 Hollings. The bill was made available for public comment for a short 



