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considered. In case of serious disagreement between any Federal 

 agency and the state in the development of the program the Secre- 

 tary, in cooperation with the Executive Office of the President, shall 

 seek to mediate the differences. 



(c) (1) Each Federal agency conducting or supporting activities 

 directly affecting the coastal zone shall conduct or support those 

 activities in a manner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, 

 consistent with approved state management programs. 



(2) Any Federal agency which shall undertake any development 

 project in the coastal zone of a state shall insure that the project is, 

 to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with approved state 

 management programs. 



(3) After final approval by the Secretary of a state's management 

 program, any applicant for a required Federal [license or permit] 

 license, lease, or permit to conduct an activity affecting land or water 

 uses in the coastal zone of that state shall provide in the application 

 to the [licensing or permitting] licensing, leasing, or permitting 

 agency a certification that the proposed activity complies with the 

 state's approved program and that such activity will be conducted 

 in a manner consistent with the program. At the same time, the appli- 

 cant shall furnish to the state or its designated agency a copy of 

 the certification, with all necessary information and data. Each coastal 

 state shall establish procedures for public notice in the case of all such 

 certifications and, to the extent it deems appropriate, procedures for 

 public hearings in connection therewith. At the earliest practicable 

 time, the state or its designated agency shall notify the Federal agency 

 concerned that the state concurs with or objects to the applicant's 

 certification. If the state or its designated agency fails to furnish the 

 required notification within six months after receipt of its copy of the 

 applicant's certification, the state's concurrence with the certification 

 shall be conclusively presumed. No [license or permit] license, lease, 

 or permit shall be granted by the Federal agency until the state or its 

 designated agency has concurred with the applicant's certification or 

 \mtil, by the state's failure to act, the concurrence is conclusively pre- 

 sumed, unless the Secretary, on his own initiative or upon appeal by 

 the applicant, finds, after providing a reasonable opportunity for 

 detailed comments from the Federal agency involved and from the 

 state, that the activity is consistent with the objectives of this title or is 

 otherwise necessary in the interest of national security. 



(4-) In case of serious disagreement hetiveen any Federal agency 

 and the state in the implementation of an avproved state manapement 

 program, the Secretary, in cooperation loith the Executive Office of 

 the President, shall seek to mediate the differences. 



(d) State and local governments submitting applications for Fed- 

 eral assistance under other Federal progrrams affectins: the coastal zone 

 shall indicate the views of the appropriate state or local agency as to 

 the relationship of such activities to the approved management pro- 

 gram for the coastal zone. Such applications shall be submitted and 

 coordinated in accordance with the provisions of title IV of the Inter- 

 governmental Coordination Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1098). Federal agen- 

 cies shall not approve proposed projects that are inconsistent with a 

 coastal state's management program, except upon a finding by the 



