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energ:y activities in the coastal zone. The Committee would look for 

 a description of present impacts as well as a discussion of the projected 

 effects of prospective activity. As an example, a discussion of the 

 present effects on the coast of Alaska stemming from the prospect of 

 offshore oil discoveries would be in order as well as a report on what 

 that state anticipates will result if and when production begins. 



The second report requirement is for an evaluation of the mech- 

 anisms for interstate and regional planning that have been under- 

 taken. This will be particularly pertinent to the Committee in assessing 

 the effectiveness of the interstate cooperation incentive funding 

 authorized by section 309 of this legislation. 



It should also be noted that new section 310 on coastal research and 

 training provides that the Secretary include a summary and evalua- 

 tion of the research, study, and training conducted pursuant to that 

 section in the annual report. 



Authorization for appropriations 



(21) Section 320, as redesignated, provides authorizations for the 

 coastal zone management program as f oUows : 



(a)(1) The sum of $24 million is provided for fiscal years 1977 

 through 1979. This represents a doubling of the present level of 

 authorization for the program development phase, reflecting the 

 increased responsibility given the states in H.R. 3981 and the grow- 

 ing expense of preparing a complicated program as that mandated 

 by the Act. 



(a) (2) Authorizes $50 million annually from fiscal year 1977 to 

 fiscal year 1980 for the administrative phase of the program under 

 section 306, The increase from the present level of $30 million a year 

 represents the Committee's recognition that the task of operating 

 and administering state coastal zone management programs is going 

 to be more costly than originally envisioned. This factor, plus infla- 

 tions and the added complexity" of state programs which H.R. 3981 

 represents, justifies the increase. 



In both subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), H.R. 3981 has increased 

 the percentage of federal matching shares from two-thirds to 80 per- 

 cent which naturally involves a greater total amount of federal 

 funding. 



(a) (3) Authorizes $5 million a year beginning in fiscal year 1977 

 for the interstate cooperation funding established in section 309. 

 The federal share of this activity is 90 percent in order to encourage 

 states to give this activity the high priority the Committee attaches 

 to it. 



(a) (4) This subsection makes available $5 million per year for 

 four years, beginning in fiscal year 1977. for the research and train- 

 ing programs to be administered directly by the Secretary of Com- 

 merce under new section 310(a) . 



(a) (5) For matching funding at 80 percent federal participation 

 under subsection 310(b). the sum of $5 million is authorized for four 

 years beginning in fiscal year 1977. These funds are to enable states 

 to establish their own coastal research capabilities and to operate 

 personnel training programs to meet their program needs. 



(a) (6) For the continuation of the estuarine sanctuary program 

 authorized by subsection 315(a), the sum of $6 million per year for 



