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areas. Mr. President, this act has been recognized by the coastal States, 

 by Members of Congress, and by the administration as the one essential 

 tool available to coastal States to assist them in the planning, manag- 

 ing, and accommodating secondary impacts of OCS development. 

 Furthermore, all coastal States which expect to have drilling olf their 

 coasts are presently participating in the coastal zone management pro- 

 gram, and many are working feverishly to complete their programs 

 before leasing begins. 



But, Mr. President, the Coastal Zone Managernent Act is primarily 

 a planning and management tool. While it has stimulated the creation 

 of new institutions and processes at the State level for planning for 

 coastal impacts, the act is underfunded at best, and does not provide 

 the broad assistance the States and local governments are going to need 

 to accommodate the massive growth impacts of OCS development. 

 And while it does contain strong language requiring consistency of 

 Federal licenses and permits with any approved State coastal zone 

 management program, the applicability of this provision to Federal 

 OCS activities has yet to be fonnally established by the courts. 



Mr. President, this bill would amend the Coastal Zone Management 

 Act to include the following new features : 



A coastal impact fund to provide up to $200 million in annual 

 grants to States for alleviating coastal impacts of offshore drilling 

 and the siting of all types of energy facilities and for providing neces- 

 sary public services and facilities ; 



Language which would make the "Federal consistency provision" 

 in the Coastal Zone Management Act more specific with regard to 

 Federal oil and gas leasing, development, production, and energy 

 facilities siting activities which, directly or indirectly, affect a State 

 coastal zone program; 



Incentives to increase the capability of coastal States to accomplish 

 the interstate and regional coastal zone management responsibilities 

 of the Coastal Zone Management Act, especially as it pertains to 

 energy-related activities; 



Creation of a grant program to provide quick turnaround research 

 and technical assistance to Coastal States; 



Encouragement and incentives for coastal States to include in their 

 coastal zone management programs the necessary policies and proce- 

 dures to provide for adequate access to public beaches and preserva- 

 tion of coastal islands: and 



An extension of the existing authority for administering grant pro- 

 grams for the development and management of State coastal zone pro- 

 grams for an additional 5 fiscal years beyond the present fiscal year 

 1977 deadine contained in the act. 



One major rationale behind the creation of a Coastal Impact Fund 

 is the recognition of the need for onshore support facilities for Outer 

 Continental Shelf drilling and the likelihood that secondary growth 

 will occur in the onshore areas near such facilities. Experience has cer- 

 tainly shown that OCS development creates onshore impacts. It has 

 been shown conclusively, during hearings and investigations by the 

 National Ocean Policy Study of the Senate, that in most cases. States 

 have not been properly prepared in coping with these impacts. The 

 fund would provide Federal assistance to be granted by the Secretary 



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