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lias been, or is likely to be impacted by the exploration for, or the 

 development of or production of. ener<xy resources or impacted by the 

 location, construction, expansion, or operation of an enero;y facility 

 or both. The fjrants authorized bv this subsection are to be provided 

 for the purpose of enablinof the coastal State to study and plan for the 

 consequences of such facilities and activities. Impacts which should 

 be beneficial can become adverse without proper planning and study. 

 Because of the importance of such planninof and study to the Nation's 

 coastal zone and because of the necessity of such planning and study 

 to assist the overall national energy effort which requires a knowl- 

 edgeable and comprehensive mechanism for dealing with the impacts 

 from such energy activities and facilities, the grants to be provided 

 under this subsection are authorized to be up to 100 percent grants, 

 depending on tlip avai'alOe funds. The Coinmi*^tee believes that provid- 

 ing maximimi Federal funding to permit each coastal State partici- 

 pating in tlie coastal zone management program to do its own plan- 

 ning and study, is not only necessary but preferable to having the 

 Federal Government undertake this planning and study even if it is 

 done for tlie States. It is believed that the coastal States are well aware 

 of the need to undertake such planning and studv as soon as possible 

 and in a scientific comprehensive form and that thev will do so. 



We expect that the Secretary of Commerce, utilizing the resources 

 of the Natioiuil Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will coop- 

 erate fully in providing necessary Federal assistance and guidance 

 to the coastal States in this most important undertaking. Of course, 

 the coastal zone management mechanism, under the 1972 Act,, was 

 designed to encourage and facilitate this type of activity by the 

 coastal States. The impacts which the States will address are those 

 which will be, or may be, experienced in the coastal zone including 

 those which are a result of energy activities and facilities which are 

 located outside of the coastal zone and the coastal States will carry out 

 this study and planning in conjunction with their othei- activities under 

 the Coastal Zone Management Act. As this section pertains to all 

 types of energy facilities and activities having an impact on the coastal 

 zone, it is expected by the committee that each coastal State will need 

 to receive the grants provided by subsection (a). Presently, all coastal 

 States are already participating in the coastal zone management pro- 

 gram. The regulations for these grants ai-e to be adopted pursuant to 

 subsection (d) and (e) of section 308. 



Section 308(b) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (through 

 NOAA) to make grants and/or loans to coastal States, upon a deter- 

 mination, pursuant to the criteria in subsections (d) and (e), that 

 the State's coastal zone has been, or is likely to be. adversely impacted 

 by the types of activities and facilities described in subsection (a). 

 The Secretary (through NOAA) is also required to find that such 

 adverse impacts will result as a consequence of a license, lease, ease- 

 ment or permit granted by the Federal Government which permits 

 (1) the exploration for. or the drilling, mining, removal or extraction 

 of, energy resources, or (2) the location, construction, expansion, or 

 operation of energy faculties including by a lessee, licensee or per- 

 mittee. (The committee does not intend this designation of "lessee, 

 licensee, or permittee'' to be exclusive) or (8) activities in (1) and (2) 

 when carried out by, or for. the Federal Government. 



