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"(1) rapid and significant population clianges or economic development requir- 

 ing expenditures for public facilities and public services which cannot be financed 

 entirely through its usual and reasonable means of generating state and local 

 revenues, or through availability of Federal funds including those authorized 

 by this title; 



"(2) unavoidable loss of unique or unusually valuable ecological or recrea- 

 tional resources when such loss cannot be replaced or restored through its 

 usual and reasonable means of generating state and local revenues, or through 

 availability of Federal funds including those authorized by this title. 



"(o) 'Coastal energy activity' means any of the following activities if it is 

 carried out in, or has a significant effect on, the coastal zone of any coastal state 

 or coastal states — 



"(1) the exploration, development, production, or transportation of oil and 

 gas resources from the outer Continental Shelf and the location, construction, 

 expansion, or operation of supporting equipment and facilities limited to explor- 

 atory rigs and vessels ; production platforms ; subsea completion systems ; marine 

 service and supply bases for rigs, drill ships, and supply vessels ; pipelines, pipe- 

 laying vessels and pipeline terminals, tanks receiving oil or gas from the outer 

 Continental Shelf for temporary storage ; vessel loading docks and terminals 

 used for the transportation of oil or gas from the outer Continental Shelf; and 

 other facilities or equipment required for the removal of the foregoing or made 

 necessary by the foregoing when such other facilities or equipment are deter- 

 mined by the coastal state affected to have technical requirements which would 

 make their location, construction, expansion, or oi>eration in the coastal zone 

 unavoidable. 



"(2) the location, construction, expansion, or operation of vessel loading docks, 

 terminals, and storage facilities used for the transportation of liquefied natural 

 gas. coal, or oil or of conversion or treatment facilities necessarily associated 

 with the processing of liquefied natural gas ; or 



"(3) the location, construction, expansion, or operation of deepwater ports and 

 directly associated facilities, as defined in the Deepwater Port Act (33 U.S.C. 

 1501-1524; Public Law 93-627).". 



(5) Section 305(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1454(b) ) is amended by deleting the 

 period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon, and by 

 adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs : 



"(7) a definition of the term 'beach' and a planning process for the protection 

 of, and access to, public beaches and other public coastal areas of environmental, 

 recreational, historical, esthetic, ecological, and cultural value ; 



"(8) a planning process for energy facilities likely to be located in the coastal 

 zone and a process for the planning and management of the anticipated impacts 

 from any energy facility ; and 



"(9) a planning process that will assess the effects of shoreline erosion and 

 evaluate methods of control, lessen the impact of, or otherwise restore areas 

 adversely affected by such erosion, whether caused by natural or man-induced 

 actions.". 



(6) Section 305(c) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1454(c)) is amended by deleting 

 "66%" and inserting in lieu thereof "80" ; by deleting in the first sentence thereof 

 "three" and inserting in lieu thereof "four" ; and hy deleting the second sentence 

 thereof. 



(7) Section 305(d) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1454(d) ) is amended— 



(A) by deleting the period at the end of the first sentence thereof and inserting 

 in lieu thereof the following " : Provided, That notwithstanding any provision 

 of this section or of section 306 no state management program submitted pur- 

 suant to this subsection before October 1, 1978. shall be considered incomplete, 

 nor shall final approval thereof be delayed, on account of such state's failure 

 to comply with any regulations that are issued by the Secretary to implement 

 subsection (b)(7), (b)(8), or (b)(9) of this section."; and 



(B) by deleting the period at the end thereof and inserting m lieu thereof 

 the following " : Provided, That the state shall remain eligible for grants under 

 this section through the fiscal year ending in 1978 for the purpose of developing 

 a public beach and public coastal area access planning process, an enerby facihty 

 planning process, and a shoreline erosion planning process for its state manage- 

 ment program, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Secretary to implement 

 subsections (b) (7), (b) (8), and (b) (9) of this section.". 



(8) Section 305 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1454 et seq.) is amended— 



