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Section 8. Interstate Grants 



Section 8 of the conference substitute follows the Senate bill and 

 the House amendment in adding a new section 309 to the Coastal Zone 

 Management Act of 197:2. This new section 309, which is entitled, "In- 

 terstate Grants'-, follows the content of the new section 309 added by 

 the Senate bill and the new section 309 added by the House amend- 

 ment. 



Subsection (a) encourages the coastal states to coordinate coastal 

 zone planning, policies, and programs with respect to contiguous areas 

 of such states and to study, plan and implement unified coastal zone 

 policies with respect to such areas. Such coordination, study, plamiing 

 and implementation may be conducted pursuant to intei^state agree- 

 ments or compacts. The Secretary is authorized to assist therein 

 through the making of grants in an amount not to exceed 90 per centum 

 of the cost of such coordination, study, planning, or implementation. 

 Such grants may only be made if the Secretary finds that the proceeds 

 thereof will be used for purposes consistent with sections 305 and 30G 

 of the Coastal Zone ^Management Act of 1972. 



In subsection (b), the Congress grants its consent to any two or 

 more coastal states to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts 

 for coordinated coastal zone activities and the establishment of such 

 executive instrumentalities or agencies as such states deem desirable 

 for implementation of such agreements or compacts; so long as such 

 agreement or compact is not in conflict with any law or treaty of the 

 United States. 



Subsection (c) encourages each executive instrumentality or agency 

 which is established by such an interstate agreement or compact to 

 adopt a Federal-State consultation procedure as to mutual problems 

 affecting the coastal zone. Specified Federal officials are authorized 

 and directed to participate in such consultations whenever requested 

 by such an instrumentality or agency. 



Subsection (d) provides for coordination by the Secretary of coastal 

 zone activities described in sul)section (c) and for the making of grants 

 for temporary planning and coordinating agencies established and 

 maintained by any interstate instrumentality or any group of coastal 

 states, if no applicable interstate agreement or compact exists, to 

 provide, inter alia, an effective mechanism and a Federal-State con- 

 sultation procedure. 



Section 9. Research aiul Technical Assistance 



Section 9 of the conference substitute follows the Senate bill and 

 the House amendment in adding a new section 310 to the Coastal Zone 

 Management Act of 1972. (The conference substitute renumbers ex- 

 isting sections 308 through 315 of the 1972 Act as sections 311 through 

 318, respectively.) This new section 310, which is entitled, "Coastal 

 ^Research and Technical Assistance for Coastal Zone Management", 

 follows the content of the new section 310 added by the Senate bill 

 and subsections (a) and (b) of the new section 310 added by the 

 House amendment. 



Subsection (a) authorizes the Secretary to conduct a program of 

 research, study, and training to support the development and im- 



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