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The conference substitute follows the Senate l)ill and the House 

 amendment in adding additional requirements to the listing within 

 section 305(b) of the mandatory provisions to be included in a coastal 

 zone management program: (1) a definition of the term beach and a 

 ])lanning process for the protection of, and access to, public beaches 

 and other public coastal areas of specified value; and (2) a planning 

 process for energy facilities likely to be located in, or which may sig- 

 nificantly affect, the coastal zone, including impact management. The 

 conference substitute also follows the House amendment in adding 

 another requirement to the section 305(b) list: a planning process for 

 assessing the effects of shoreline erosion and for evaluating ways to 

 control or lessen the consequences of such erosion or to restore areas 

 adversely affected thereby. 



The conference substitute also amends section 305 by inserting as a 

 new subsection (d) (existing subsection (d) is redesignated as subsec- 

 tion (h)) an authorization for the Secretary of Commerce to make 

 grants annually to coastal states ( in amounts up to 80 per centum of the 

 costs) for the purpose of assisting such a state to complete and initially 

 implement its coastal zone management program, before it qualifies 

 for administrative grants under section 306. 



Paragraph (2) of this new subsection (d) sets forth the eligibility 

 prerequisites for these initial implementation grants. A coastal state 

 is eligible to receive grants under this subsection if (1) it has devel- 

 oped a management program which meets the requirement of sec- 

 tion 305(b), but which has not yet been approved under section 

 306; (2) it has specifically identified, after consultation with the 

 Secretary, any deficiencies in its management program which make 

 it ineligible for such approval and has established a reasonable time 

 schedule for remedying any such deficiencies; (3) it has specified the 

 purposes for which these grants will be used; (4) it is taking or has 

 taken adequate steps to meet requirements involving Federal officials 

 or agencies as set forth in section 306 or 307; and (5) it has complied 

 with any other requirement prescribed by regulation to carry out this 

 subsection. 



Subsection (h) (formerly subsection (d)) is modified to permit a 

 coastal state whose management program is approved under section 

 306 (qualifying it for section 306 administrative grants) to receive 

 grants under section 305(c) for the sole purpose of assisting it in de- 

 veloping planning processes that will satisfy the new subsection (b) 

 requirements indicated above. 



Subsection (i) (formerly subsection (h)) is amended to extend the 

 date of expiration of authority to make grants under this section from 

 June 30, 1977 to September 30,' 1979. 



Sectio7i5. Administrative Grants 



The conference substitute follows both the Senate bill and the House 

 amendment in amending subsection (a) to raise from 66% per 

 centum to 80 per centum, the Federal shaiv of grants under section 306. 



The conference substitute follows the House amendment in specify- 

 ing what is meant by "effective" in the provision in subsection (c) (2) 

 (B) which requires that the Secretary find, before a state's manage- 

 ment program can be approved, that the state has "established an 

 effective mechanism for continuing" consultation and coordiiuition" 



