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tion figure included in the conference substitute is the lower amount 

 authorized as between the amounts authorized for the same purpose 

 in sections 308, 319, and 320 as redesignated and amended by the Senate 

 bill and in sections 308, 319, and 320 as redesignated and amended by 

 the House amendment. 



Section 318(c) sets forth existing law and follows the House amend- 

 ment by providing that Federal funds from other sources shall 

 not be used to pay a coastal state's share of costs under section 305, 306, 

 309 or 310. 



Section 15. Administration 



Section 15 of the conference substitute follows section 103 of the 

 Senate bill and section 3 of the House amendment in creating in the 

 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a new officer to be 

 known as the Associate Administrator for Coastal Zone Management, 

 This Associate Administrator shall be an individual who is especially 

 qualified to direct the implementation and administ ration ot the 

 Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. The section also authorizes 

 the Secretary to create four new management positions to carry out 

 the provisions of the amendments made by this legislation. 



Section 16. ShcUfsh Satiifaflon Regulations 



Section 16 of the conference substitute follows new section 310(c) 

 and (d) of the House amendment in pioviding for a special study 

 of shellfish. The Secretary of Commerce is directed to undertake a 

 comprehensive leview of all aspects of the molluscan shellfish indus- 

 try and to evaluate the impact upon such industry of Federal law 

 concerning water quality.' By not later than April 30. 1977, the Secre- 

 tary is required to submit to tlie Congress a report of the findings, com- 

 ments, and recommendations (if any) which result from this review 

 and evaluation. The section further provides that the Secretary of 

 Health, Education and Wei "are shall not promulgate final regulations 

 concerning the national shellfish safety program before J\me 30, 1977 

 and that such Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Com- 

 merce, shall publish an analysis of the economic impact of such regula- 

 tion on the domestic shellfish industry and of the cost of the national 

 shellfish sanitation program relative to the benefits that it is expected 

 to achieve. This analysis shall be published at least 60 days j^rior to 

 the promulgation of any such final regulations. This analysis, with 

 respect to cost relative to the benefits means the publication in the 

 Federal Register of (1) an estimate, based on the best data available 

 to the Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare, of tlie probable 

 cost (in terms of annual impact oi- other appropriate measure) to 

 the shellfish industry, the consuming public, and the Federal Govern- 

 ment which is likely as a consequence of the implementation of these 

 final reirulations and (2) a description of the probable benefits which 

 might be expected from such implementation in terms, for exam])le, of 

 the ])i'eventioH of serious illness oi- death or in the reduction of the 

 risk of illness to consumers of shellfish. Since the conferees are aware' 

 that in the area of food safety rejjulation the quantification of public 

 health benefits is extremely difficult, if not impossible, this provision 



