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Based on the premise of coastal-dependency, this definition excludes 

 oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and electric generating plants 

 since they do not have to be in the coastal zone and might better be 

 located elsewhere in most cases. It also provides a detailed list of the 

 Outer Continental Shelf support activities which would be covered, 

 to avoid possible absurd links in the supply chain that might result in 

 impact aid being provided for a plant making items which are used for 

 OCS development even though most of the company's business involves 

 manufacturing these items for other purposes. 



With this approach, then, the Committee feels that it has achieved 

 the four goals for the impact fund section. Impact grants based on the 

 concept of net adverse impacts and coastal energy activity in combi- 

 nation with the OCS formula method provides, in the judgment of 

 the Committee, the most reasonable and efficient structure for a Coastal 

 Energy Activity Impact program. 



Three new planning processes for section 305 



(5) This section adds three requirements to the program develop- 

 ment authorization under section 305. To the six existing lequirements 

 in subsection (b) for state management programs, the following ele- 

 ments are added : 



In subsection 305(b)(7), a definition of liow each state defines 

 "beach" is called for recognizing that different methods of measuring 

 the beginning point of beaches varies in different sections of the 

 country, and a planning process is required for the protection of such 

 beaches and provision for public access thereto, as well as planning 

 for access to and protection of other public attractions in the coasts 

 such as areas of environmental, recreational, historic, esthetic, eco- 

 logical or cultural value. 



The Committee wants, by this requirement, for state coastal zone 

 management programs to identify their publicly held coastal areas 

 and to devise policies which will either provide for their protection, 

 where that is appropriate as with ecologically significant wildlife 

 areas, or for their ready access, as is appropriate with a public beach. 

 Whereas the present management programs must include an inven- 

 tory and designation of "areas of particular concern," this new re- 

 quirement focuses particular attention on publicly held properties 

 and directs that plans for their best management be included in the 

 state program. 



In subsection 305(b) (8), the Committee has added the requirement 

 that an energy facility planning process be included in state manage- 

 ment programs. This reflects the Committee's finding that increasing 

 involvement of coastal areas in providing energy for the nation is 

 likely, as can be seen in the need to expand Outer Continental Shelf 

 petroleum development. State coastal zone programs should, there- 

 fore, specifically address how major energy facilities are to be located 

 in the coastal zone if such sitino: is necessary. Second, the program 

 shall include methods of handling the anticipated impacts of such 

 facilities. The Committee in no way wishes to accelerate the location 

 of energy facilities in the coasts; on the contrary, it feels a dispropor- 

 tionate share are there now. For those facilities which necessarily 

 will be in the coasts, however, a specific planning process for siting 

 sucji facilities and dealing with their socio-economic and environ- 

 mental impacts is desired. There is no intent here whatever to involve 



