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otherwise restore areas adversely affected hy such erosion^ whether 

 caused hy natural or 7nan-indu/)ed actions. 



(c) The grants shall not exceed [66%] 80 per centum of the costs 

 of the program in any one year and no state shall be eligible to receive 

 more than [three] four annual grants pursuant to this section. [Fed- 

 eral funds received from other sources shall not be used to match such 

 grants.] In order to qualify for grants under this section, the state 

 must reasonably demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that 

 such grants will be used to develop a management program consistent 

 with the requirements set forth in section 306 of this title. After mak- 

 ing the initial grant to a coastal state, no subsequent grant shall be 

 made under this section unless the Secretary finds that the state is satis- 

 factorily developing such management program. 



(d) Upon completion of the development of the state's manage- 

 ment program, the state shall submit such program to the Secretary 

 for review and approval pursuant to the provisions of section 306 of 

 this title, or such other action as he deems necessary[.] ,• Provided^ 

 That notwithstanding any provision of this section or of section 306 

 no state manageraent 'program submitted pursuant to this subsection 

 before October /, 7P75, shall be considered incomplete, nor shall fmal 

 approval thereof be delayed., on account of such state'' s failure to com- 

 ply with any regulations that are issued by the Secretary to im,plement 

 subsection (b) (7) , (b) (8) , or (b) (9) of this section. On final approval 

 of such program by the Secretary, the state's eligibility for further 

 grants under this section shall terminate, and the state shall be eligible 

 for grants under section 306 of this title [.] / 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 energy facility plan- 

 ning process, and a shoreline erosion plan/ning process for its state 

 management program, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Secre- 

 tary to implement subsections {b){7), {b)(8), and (b) (9) of this 

 section. 



(e) Grants under this section shall be allocated to the states based 

 on rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary: Provided, 

 however. That no management program development grant under this 

 section s^aH be m^de in p'^cess of 10 ner centum nor less than 1 per 

 centum of the total amount appropriated to carry out the purposes of 

 this section: And provided further. That the Secretarv shall waive 

 the application of the 1 per centum minimum requirement as to any 

 grant under this section, when the coastal State involved requests such 

 a waiver[.] ; And provided further. That the Secretary may waive 

 the application of the 10 per centum, maximum, requirement as to any 

 grant under this section when the coastal state is im piemen ting a man- 

 agement program pursuant to subsection (h) of this section. 



(i) Grants or portions thereof not obligated by a state during the 

 fiscal year for which thev were first authorized to be obligated by the 

 state, or during the fiscal year immediately following, shall revert to 

 the Secretarv. and shall be added by him tp the funds available for 

 grants under this section. 



(."■) With the approval of the Secretary, the state mav allocate to a 

 local government, to an areawide a^^ency desiimated under section 204 

 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 



