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(1) under subsection (c) for the purpose of 

 assisting such state in the development of a 

 management program for the land and water 

 resources of its coastal zone; and 



(2) under subsection (d) for the purpose of 

 assisting such state in the completion of the 

 development, and the initial implementation, of 

 its management program before such state quali- 

 fies for administrative grants under section 1455. 

 (b) The management program for each coastal 



state shall include each of the following require- 

 ments: 



(1) An identification of the boundaries of the 

 coastal zone subject to the management pro- 

 gram. 



(2) A definition of what shall constitute per- 

 missible land uses and water uses within the 

 coastal zone which have a direct and significant 

 impact on the coastal waters. 



(3) An inventory and designation of areas of 

 particular concern within the coastal zone. 



(4) An identification of the means by which 

 the state proposes to exert control over the land 

 uses and water uses referred to in paragraph 

 (2), including a listing of relevant constitu- 

 tional provisions, laws, regulations, and judicial 

 decisions. 



(5) Broad guidelines on priorities of uses in 

 particular areas, including specifically those uses 

 of lowest priority. 



(6) A description of the organizational struc- 

 ture proposed to implement such management 

 program, including the responsibilties and inter- 

 relationships of local, areawide, state, regional, 

 and interstate agencies in the management 

 process. 



(7) A definition of the term "beach" and a 

 planning process for the protection of, and access 

 to, public beaches and other public coastal areas 

 of environmental, recreational, historical, esthet- 

 ic, ecological, or cultural value. 



(8) A planning process for energy facilities 

 likely to be located in, or which may significantly 

 affect, the coastal zone, including, but not limited 

 to, a process for anticipating and managing the 

 impacts from such facilities. 



(9) A planning process for (A) assessing the 

 effects of shoreline erosion (however caused), 

 and (B) studying and evaluating ways to con- 

 trol, or lessen the impact of, such erosion, and 

 to restore areas adversely affected by such 

 erosion. 



No management program is required to meet the 

 requirements in paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) be- 

 fore October 1, 1978. 



(c) The Secretary may make a grant annually 

 to any coastal state for the purposes described in 

 subsection (a) (1) if such state reasonably demon- 

 strates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such 

 grant will be used to develop a management pro- 

 gram consistent with the requirements set forth in 

 section 306. The amount of any such grant shall 

 not exceed 80 per centum of such state's costs 

 for such purposes in any one year. No coastal state 



is eligible to receive more than four grants pur- 

 suant to this subsection. After the initial grant 

 is made to any coastal state pursuant to this sub- 

 section, no subsequent grant shall be made to such 

 state pursuant to this subsection unless the Secre- 

 tary finds that such state is satisfactorily develop- 

 ing its management program. 



(d) <1) The Secretary may make a grant annually 

 to any coastal state for the purposes described in 

 subsection (a) (2) if the Secretary finds that such 

 state meets the eligibility requirements set forth 

 in paragraph (2). The amount of any such grant 

 shall not exceed 80 per centum of the costs for such 

 purposes in any one year. 



(2) A coastal state is eligible to receive grants 

 under this subsection if it has — 



(A) developed a management program 

 which — 



(i) is in compliance with the rules and 

 regulations promulgated to carry out subsec- 

 tion (b) , but 



(ii) has not yet been approved by the Secre- 

 tary under section 1455; 



(B) specifically identified, after consultation 

 with the Secretary, any deficiency in such pro- 

 gram which makes it ineligible for approval by 

 the Secretary pursuant to section 306, and has 

 established a reasonable time schedule during 

 which it can remedy any such deficiency; 



(C) specified the purposes for which any such 

 grant will be used; 



(D) taken or is taking adequate steps to meet 

 any requirement under section 1455 or 1456 

 which involves any Federal official or agency; 

 and 



(E) complied with any other requirement 

 which the Secretary, by rules and regulations, 

 prescribes as being necessary and appropriate to 

 carry out the purposes of this subsection. 



(3) No management program for which grants 

 are made under this subsection shall be considered 

 an approved program for purposes of section 1456. 



(e) Grants under this section shall be made 

 to, and allocated among, the coastal states pur- 

 suant to rules and regulations promulgated by the 

 Secretary; except that — 



(1) no grant shall be made under this section 

 In an amount which is more than 10 per centimi 

 of the total amount appropriated to carry out 

 the purposes of this section, but the Secretary 

 may waive this limitation in the case of any 

 coastal state which is eligible for grants under 

 subsection (d) ; and 



(2) no grant shall be made under this section 

 in an amount which is less than 1 per centum 

 of the total amount appropriated to carry out the 

 purposes of this section, but the Secretary shall 

 waive this limitation in the case of any coastal 

 state which requests such a waiver. 



(f) The amount of any grant (or portion 

 thereof) made under this section which is not 

 obligated by the coastal state concerned during the 

 fiscal year for which it was first authorized to be 

 obligated by such state, or during the fiscal year 



