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general purpose units of local government allocations from the section 

 808(b) funds. Once the local government has received such funds, the 

 local government may spend the money on the entire cost of a project, 

 even though only a small percentage of the need for the new facility 

 is specifically attributed to new or expanded OCS activity. 



Mr. Johnston. What is the meaning of tlie term "expended or com- 

 mitted" with regard to section ;308 ( b ) ( 5 ) ? 



Mr. Rollings. The concept of "expended or committed" gives the 

 State 2 years from the date of receipt to make a binding administrative 

 earmarking of the funds for a specific project. 



Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that an additional, brief 

 description of the conference report on 8. 586 be printed in the record. 



There being no objection the material was ordered to be printed in 

 the record, as follows : 



S. 586 : Conference Report 



This bill provides assistance to coastal states and local communities to plan 

 for energy impacts affecting the coastal zone. It also provides aid to build public 

 facilities and to ameliorate adverse environmental impacts caused by certain 

 energy facilities. 



I. Energy facilities covered by planning : 



Planning grants ($50 million) are available so that states and local govern- 

 ments can plan for all types of energy impacts affecting the coastal zone, 

 including : 



(a ) coal-fired, oil-fired, and nuclear power plants ; 



( b) liquified natural gas facilities and equipment ; 



(c) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas facilities such as platform 

 construction yards, crew and supply bases, port facilities, drilling equipment, 

 production platforms, pipelines, and tank farms ; 



(d) refineries; 



(e) deepwater ports ; 



(f ) uranium enrichment and nuclear fuel processing plants ; and 



(g) coal mining, transportation, and gasification facilities. 



II. Energy facilities covered by loans, grants and bond guarantees ($1.2 

 billion). 



(a) Funds are available for financing public facilities and services (schools, 

 hospitals, etc.) required because of coastal energy activity, including : 



(1) OCS oil and gas activity, including platform construction yards, crew and 

 supply bases, port facilities, drilling equipment, producton platforms, pipelines, 

 and tank farms, etc. ; 



(2) coastal transportation of oil, natural gas, and coal, including deepwater 

 ports, liquified natural gas facilities, and docks for loading and unloading coal. 



(b) Grants are available for financing the prevention and or repair of unavoid- 

 able damage caused by such energy activity to valuable coastal environmental 

 and recreational resources such as beaches, wetlands and fresh water supplies. 



(c) OCS formula grants are available to coastal states adjacent to onshore oil 

 operations to : 



(1) retire state and local bonds which finance public facilities and services 

 for new population when tax revenues are inadequate ; 



(2) plan for and provide new OCS-related public facilities and services when 

 there are unavailable Federal loans and guarantees ; and 



(3) for preventing and repairing unavoidable damage to valuable coastal 

 environmental recreational resources. 



Mr. ]\Iagnuson. Mr. President, after several months of intense nego- 

 tiations, House and Senate conferees have agreed on a conference 

 report on S. 586, the Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 

 1976, I paiticipated in that conference and concur in the report. I urge 

 my colleagues to vote favorably on the report. Congratulations are 

 in order for Senator p]rnest Hollings, chairman of the National Ocean 

 Policy, and Senator Ted Stevens, for their steady effort in obtaining 



