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1 appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Gov- 



2 emment as he shall determine; (2) the employment of pri- 



3 vate individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, or other 



4 suitable institutions, under contracts entered into for such 



5 purposes; or (;]) annual grants to the coastal States not to 



6 exceed 66f per centum of the costs of such assistance. As- 



7 sistance under this section is for the purpose of conducting or 



8 encouraging research and studies into the problems of coastal 



9 zone management and to provide for the training of persons 



10 to carry on further research or to obtain employment in 



11 private or public organizations which are concerned with 



12 coastal zone management.". 



13 Sec. 5. Section 316 of the Coastal Zone Management 



14 Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1462) , as redesignated by this Act, 



15 is amended by (1) deleting "and" at the end of paragraph 



16 (8) thereof immediately after the semicolon ; (2) renumber- 



17 ing paragraph " (9) " thereof as paragraph " (11) " thereof; 



18 and ( 3 ) inserting the following two new paragraphs : 



19 "(9) a general description of the economic, en viron- 



20 mental, and social impacts of the development or pro- 



21 duction of energy resources or the siting of energy facili- 



22 ties affecting the coastal zone ; 



23 " (10) a description and evaluation of interstate and 



24 regional planning mechanisms developed by the coastal 



25 States; and". 



