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July 26, 1976 



16 use 1456b, 



Ante, p, 1015, 

 1017. 



Agreements or 

 compacts. 



"(B) cannot be paid for with funds which are available 



under, or pursuant to, any provision of Federal law other 



than this section. 



" (3) The term 'unit of general purpose local government' means 



any political subdivision of any coastal state or any special entity 



created by such a state or subdivision which (in whole or part) 



is located in, or has authority over, such state's coastal zone, and 



which (A) has authority to levy taxes or establish and collect 



user fees, and (B) provides any public facility or public service 



which is financed in whole or part by taxes or user fees.". 



SEC. 8. INTERSTATE GRANTS. 



The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is further amended by 

 adding immediately after section 308 (as added by section 7 of this 

 Act) the following: 



"iNTEHSTATE GRANTS 



"Sec. 309. (a) The coastal states are encouraged to give high 

 priority — 



"(1) to coordinating state coastal zone planning, policies, and 



programs with respect to contiguous areas of such states; and 

 "(2) to studying, planning, and implementing unified coastal 



zone policies with respect to such areas. 

 Such coordination, study, planning, and implementation may be con- 

 ducted pursuant to interstate agreements or compacts. The Secretary 

 may make grants annually, in amounts not to exceed 90 per centum of 

 the cost of such coordination, study, planning, or implementation, if 

 the Secretary finds that the proceeds of such grants will be used for 

 purposes consistent with sections 305 and 306. 



"(b) The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more 



coastal states to negotiate, and to enter into, agreements or compacts, 



which do not conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for — 



"(1) developing and administering coordinated coastal zone 



planning, policies, and programs pursuant to sections 305 and 



306 ; and 



"(2) establishing executive instrumentalities or agencies which 



such states deem desirable for the effective implementation of such 



agreements or compacts. 

 Such agreements or compacts shall be binding and obligatory upon 

 any state or party thereto without further approved by the Congress. 

 "(c) Each executive instrumentality or agency which is established 

 by an interstate agreement or compact pursuant to this section is 

 encouraged to adopt a Federal-State consultation procedure for the 

 identification, examination, and cooperative resolution of mutual prob- 

 lems with respect to the marine and coastal areas which affect, directly 

 or indirectly, the applicable coastal zone. The Secretary, the Secretary 

 of the Interior, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Qual- 

 ity, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

 Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 

 and the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, or their 

 designated representatives, shall participatie ex officio on behalf of the 

 Federal Government whenever any such Federal-State consultation is 

 requested by such an instrumentality or agency. 



"(d) If no applicable interstate agreement or compact exists, the 

 Secretary may coordinate coastal zone activities described in sub- 

 section (a) and may make grants to assist any group of two or more 

 coastal states to create and maintain a temporary planning and 

 coordinating entity to — 



.90 STAT, 1028 



