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(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 pro- 

 tection 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 antici- 

 pated 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 

 "662/^" and inserting in lieu thereof "80" ; by deleting in the first sentence thereof 

 "three" and inserting in lieu thereof "four" ; and by 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 pro- 

 gram submitted pursuant 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 in 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 proc- 

 ess, an energy facility planning process, and a shoreline erosion planning 

 process for its state management 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 set].) is amended— 



(A) by striking out the period at the end of subsection (e) thereof and 

 inserting in lieu thereof the following ": And provided further, That the 

 Secretary may waive the application of the 10 per centum maximum require- 

 ment as to any grant under this section when the coastal state is imple- 

 menting a management program pursuant to subsection (h) of this section.". 



(B) by redesignating subsection (h) thereof as subsection (i), and by 

 inserting immediately after subsection (g) the following : 



"(h) (1) The Secretary may make annual grants under this subsection to any 

 coastal state for not more than 80 per centum of the cost of implementing the 

 state's management program, if he preliminarily approves such program in 

 accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection. The limitation on the number 

 of annual development grants pursuant to subsection (c) of this section is not 

 applicable to this subsection. States shall remain eligible for implementation 

 grants pursuant to this subsection until September 30, 1979. 



"(2) Before granting preliminary approval of a management program sub- 

 mitted by a coa.stal state pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary shall find 

 that the coa.stal state ha.s — 



"(A) developed a management program which is in compliance with the 

 rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this section but is not yet 

 wholly in compliance with the requirements of section .3fX> of this title. 



"(B) in consultation with tlie Secretary, .specifically identified the de- 

 ficiencies in the program which would render the state ineligible for the 

 Secretary's approval pursuant to section 306 of this title, and deficiencies 

 such as the lack of an ade(inate organizational network or the lack of suffi- 

 cient state authority to administer effectively the state's program have been 

 .set forth with particularity, 



"(C) has established a reasonable time schedule during which it can 

 remedy the deficiencies identified under subparagraph (B) of this subsec- 

 tion ; and 



"(D) has specifically identified the types of program management ac- 

 tivities that it seeks to fund pursuant to this subsection. 



