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must also determine, prior to tlie disbursement of funds, that par- 

 ticular environmental losses cannot be attributed to identifiable per- 

 sons, and that grants for public facilities are used only to the extent 

 that loans or loan guarantee assistance is not available. 



The Secretary of Commerce will act expeditiously to implement 

 the energy development impact provisions so that we can accelerate 

 OCS energy development to meet our Nation's energy needs in an 

 environmentally responsible manner and to work closely with the 

 30 coastal States which are now participating in the Coastal Zone 

 Management Program. 



It is appropriate that this new program, established by this major 

 innovative piece of legislation, is being signed in the first year of 

 our Nation's third centui-y. The issues of energy and our environ- 

 ment — to which this bill is directed — will surely be high on our 

 Nation's list of priority concerns throughout the decades ahead. 



Note. — As enacted, the bill (S. 586) Is Public Law 94-370, approved July 26, 1976. 



