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paragraph (2), including a listing of relevant constitutional pro- 

 visions, laws, regulations, and judicial decisions. 



"(5) Broad guidelines on priorities of uses in particular areas, 

 including specifically those uses of lowest priority. 



"(6) A description of the organizational structure proposed to 

 implement such management program, including the responsi- 

 bilities and interrelationships of local, areawide, state, regional, 

 and interstate agencies in the management process. 



"(7) A definition of the term 'beach' and a planning process 

 for the protection of. and access to, public beaches and other public 

 coastal areas of environmental, recreational, historical, esthetic, 

 ecological, or cultural value. 



, " (8) A planning process for energy facilities likely to be located 

 in, or which may significantly affect, the coastal zone, including, 

 but not limited to, a process for anticipating and managing the 

 impacts from such facilities. 



"(9) A planning process for (A) assessing the effects of shore- 

 line erosion (however caused), and (B) studying and evaluating 

 ways to control, or lessen the impact of, such erosion, and to 

 restore areas adversely affected by such erosion. 

 No management program is required to meet the requirements in para- 

 graphs (7), (8), and (9) before October 1, 1978. 



"(c) The Secretary may make a grant annually to any coastal state 

 for the purposes described in subsection (a) (1) if such state reason- 

 ably demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such grant 

 will be used to develop a management program consistent with the 

 Post , p. 1017. requirements set forth in section 306. The amount of any such grant 

 shall not exceed 80 per centum of such state's costs for such purposes 

 in any one year. No coastal state is eligible to receive more than four 

 grants pursuant to this subsection. After the initial grant is made to 

 any coastal state pursuant to this subsection, no subsequent grant shall 

 be made to such state pursuant to this subsection unless the Secretary 

 finds that such state is satisfactorily developing its management 

 program. 



"(d) (1) The Secretary may make a grant annually to any coastal 

 state for the purposes described in subsection (a) (2) if the Secretary 

 finds that such state meets the eligibility requirements set forth in 

 paragraph (2). The amount of any such grant shall not exceed 80 per 

 centum of the costs for such purposes in any one year. 

 Eligibility. " (2) A coastal state is eligible to receive grants imder this subsec- 



tion if it has — 



" ( A) developed a management program which — 



"(i) is in compliance with the rules and regulations pro- 

 mulgated to carry out subsection (b) , but 



"(ii) has not yet been approved by the Secretary under 

 section 306 ; 

 "(B) specifically identified, after consultation with the Secre- 

 tary, any deficiency in such program which makes it ineligible 

 for approval by the Secretary pursuant to section 306, and has 

 established a reasonable time schedule during which it can remedy 

 any such deficiency; 



"(C) specified the purposes for which any such grant will be 

 used ; 



"(D) taken or is taking adequate steps to meet any require- 

 Post, p. 1018. ment under section 306 or 307 which involves an}' Federal official 

 or agency ; and 



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