or a “certified” municipality or county to controil 
specified land and water uses. The governor would 
designate the Illinois Department of Transportation 
as the State implementation agency under Section 
306 of the national act, and issue an executive 
order requiring State agency actions to be consistent 
with the coastal programs to the maximum extent 
practicable. The department would be responsible 
for certifying and decertifying local governments 
and for carrying out the State and Federal con- 
sistency elements of the State program. If HB 2118 
is passed, Illinois will submit its program for Fed- 
eral approval in July 1978. 
Indiana 
Federal Funding 
Program Preparation (Section 305) 
1974: 
1975: $220,000 
1976: 
1977: 342,280 
Total: $62,280 
Current Status 
The Indiana State Planning Services Agency is 
responsible for administering the State’s program 
development under Section 305 grants. The prob- 
lems and issues identified during the first year of 
program development are grouped into nine areas: 
shoreline erosion and property damage, recreational 
resources, ecological and environmental concerns, 
economic development, commercial ports, aesthetics, 
jurisdictional responsibilities, land-use compatibility, 
and inadequate transportation. The Indiana Depart- 
ment of Natural Resources and two Planning and 
Development Commissions covering the coastal area 
collected data relating to the major natural, eco- 
nomic, and social characieristics of Indiana’s Lake 
Michigan shoreland area during the first year. The 
planning agency organized a Technical Advisory 
Committee and a Citizens Advisory Committee. 
Indiana’s second-year application was delayed 
because of inadequate progress during the first year. 
Once the first-year products were completed satis- 
factorily, the Office of Coastal Zone Management 
made a second 305 grant to Indiana in September 
1977. 
Authorities 
Some State legislation probably will be attempted 
in Indiana, but the principal controls probably will 
be maintained at the local government level. 
Louisiana 
Federal Funding 
Program Preparation (Section 305) 
1974: $ 260,000 
1975: $ 485,000 
1976: 999,000 
1977: 1,000,000 
Total: 2,744,000 
Current Status 
Louisiana began its fourth year of program devel- 
opment on June 30, 1977. The Governor, in August 
1977, transferred responsibility for completing the 
coastal management program to the Louisiana De- 
partment of Transportation and Development, which 
had previously been designated as the State agency 
responsible for administration of the Coastal Energy 
Impact Program. Recent program development work 
has centered on assisting parishes (counties) in pre- 
paring local management programs, identifying cate- 
gories of uses subject to management and special 
Management areas, refining the boundary, and im- 
plementing the Coastal Energy Impact Program. 
Authorities 
In 1977, the Louisiana legislature enacted the 
State and Local Coastal Resources Act of 1977 (Act 
705), prepared by the Louisiana Coastal Commis- 
sion. This statute required each State agency and 
local parish to prepare management plans for the 
area within a 3-mile coastal boundary. The Office 
of Coastal Zone Management informed the governor 
that the bill was unsatisfactory in several areas and 
could not provide a basis for approval of a State 
program under the Federal act. The Department of 
Transportation and Development is drafting a new 
bill which will provide the authority for a State 
management program and permit system as well as 
procedures for approving local parish management 
programs that are consistent with State coastal pol- 
icies and guidelines. 
Maine 
Federal Funding 
Program Preparation (Section 305) 
1974: $ 230,000 
1975: 474,870 
1976: 457,970 
1977: 709,810 
Total: 1,872,650 
Current Status 
In 1976, Maine submitted and subsequently with- 
drew a proposed management program for its mid- 
coast area, extending from Casco Bay to Frenchman 
Bay. The proposal was recalled in order to bring 
about a greater level of participation by town gov- 
ernments. Maine completed a draft of its coastal 
zone management program and held five major pub- 
lic hearings concerning it in November 1977. 
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