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 Title III — Management of the Coastal Zone 



Sec. 302. (b) The coastal zone is rich in a variety of natural, commer- 

 cial, recreational, ecological^ industrial, and esthetic resources of im- 

 mediate and potential value to the present and future well-being of 

 the Nation ; 



DEFINITIONS 

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Sec. 304. (a) "Coastal zone" means the coastal waters (including the 

 lands therein and thereunder) and the adjacent shorelands (including 

 the waters therein and thereunder) , strongly influenced by each other 

 and in proximity to tlie shorelines of the several coastal States, and 

 includes islands^ transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes, wet- 

 lands, and beaches. The zone extends, in Great Lakes waters, to the in- 

 ternational boundary between the United States and Canada and, in 

 other areas, seaward to the outer limit of the United States territorial 

 sea. The zone extends inland from the shorelines only to the extent 

 necessary to control shorelands, the uses of which have a direct and 

 significant impact on the coastal waters. Excluded from the coastal 

 zone are lands the use of which is by law subject solely to the discretion 

 of or which is held in trust by the Federal iGrOvernment, its officers or 

 agents. 



(e) "Estuarine sanctuary" means a research area which may include 

 any part or all of an estuary, adjoining transitional areas, [andj 

 adjacent uplands, and isla/nds constituting to the extent feasible a 

 natural unit set aside to provide scientists and students the oppor- 

 tunity to examine over a period of time the ecological relationships 



within the area. 



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DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 



Sec. 305. (b) (6) a description of the organizational structure pro- 

 posed to implement the management program, including the responsi- 

 bilities and interrelationships of local, areawide. State, regional, and 

 interstate agencies in the management processf.] ; 



(c) The grants shall not exceed 80 r66%] per centum of the costs 

 of the program in any one year and no State shall be eligible to receive 

 more than four [three] annual grants pursuant to this section. Fed- 

 eral funds received from other sources shall not be used to match 

 such grants. In order to qualify for grants under this section, the 

 state must reasonably demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secre- 

 tary that such grants will be used to develop a management program 

 consistent with the requirements set forth in section 306 of this title. 

 After making the initial grant to a coastal State, no subsequent grant 

 shall I } made under this section unless the Secretary finds that the 

 state is satisfactorily developing such management program. 



(d) Upon completion of the development of the State's management 

 program, the state shall submit such program to the Secretary for 



