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program submitted by a state pursuant to section 

 1455 of this title unless the views of Federal agencies 

 principally affected by such program have been ade- 

 quately considered. 



(c) Consistency of Federal activities with state man- 

 agement programs; certification. 



(1) Each Federal agency conducting or support- 

 ing activities directly affecting the coastal zone 

 shall conduct or support those activities in a man- 

 ner which is, to the maximum extent practicable, 

 consistent with approved state management pro- 

 grams. 



(2) Any Federal agency which shall undertake 

 any development project in the coastal zone of a 

 state shall insure that the project is, to the maxi- 

 mum extent practicable, consistent with approved 

 state management programs. 



(3) (A) Alter final approval by the Secretary of a 

 state's management program, any applicant for a 

 required Federal license or permit to conduct an 

 activity affecting land or water uses in the coastal 

 zone of that state shall provide in the application to 

 the licensing or permitting agency a certification 

 that the proposed activity complies with the state's 

 approved program and that such activity will be 

 conducted in a manner consistent with the program. 

 At the same time, the applicant shall furnish to the 

 state or its designated agency a copy of the certi- 

 fication, with all necessary information and data. 

 Each coastal state shall establish procedures for 

 public notice in the case of all such certifications 

 and, to the extent it deems appropriate, procedures 

 for public hearings in connection therewith. At the 

 earliest practicable time, the state or its designated 

 agency shall notify the Federal agency concerned 

 that the state concurs with or objects to the appli- 

 cant's certification. If the state or its designated 

 agency falls to furnish the required notification 

 within six months after receipt of its copy of the 

 applicant's certification, the state's concurrence 

 with the certification shall be conclusively pre- 

 sumed. No license or permit shall be granted by the 

 Federal agency until the state or its designated 

 agency has concurred with the applicant's certifica- 

 tion or until, by the state's failure to act, the con- 

 currence is conclusively presumed, unless the Secre- 

 tary, on his own initiative or upon appeal by the 

 applicant, finds after providing a reasonable oppor- 

 tunity for detailed comments from the Federal 

 agency involved and from the state, that the activ- 

 ity is consistent with the objectives of this chapter 

 or is otherwise necessary in the interest of na- 

 tional security. 



(B) After the management program of any 

 coastal state has been approved by the Secretary 

 under section 1455, any person who submits to the 

 Secretary of the Interior any plan for the explora- 

 tion or development of, or production from, any 

 area which has been leased under the Outer Conti- 

 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) 

 and regulations under such Act shall, with respect 

 to any exploration, development, or production 

 described in such plan and affecting any land use 

 or water use in the coastal zone of such state, at- 



tach to such plan a certification that each activity 

 which is described in detail in such plan complies 

 with such state's approved management program 

 and will be carried out in a manner consistent with 

 such program. No Federal official or agency shall 

 grant such person any license or permit for any 

 activity described in detail in such plan until such 

 state or its designated agency receives a copy of 

 such certification and plan, together with any 

 other necessary data and information, and until — 

 (i) such state or its designated agency, in ac- 

 cordance with the procedures required to be 

 established by such state pursuant to subpara- 

 graph (A), concurs with such person's certifi- 

 cation and notifies the Secretary and the 

 Secretary of the Interior of such concurrence; 

 (ii) concurrence by such state with suh certi- 

 fication is conclusively presumed, as provided 

 for In subparagraph <A); or 



(iii) the Secretary finds, pursuant to sub- 

 paragraph (A), that each activity which is 

 described in detail in such plan is consistent 

 with the objectives of this title or is otherwise 

 necessary in the interest of national security. 

 If a state concurs or is conclusively presumed to 

 concur, or if the Secretary makes such a finding, 

 the provisions of subparagraph (A) are not ap- 

 plicable with respect to such person, such state, 

 and any Federal license or permit which is re- 

 quired to conduct any activity affecting land uses 

 or water uses in the coastal zone of such state 

 which is described in detail in the plan to which 

 such concurrence or finding applies. If such state 

 objects to such certification and if the Secretary 

 fails to make a finding under clause liii) with re- 

 spect to such certification, or if such person fails 

 substantially to comply with such plan as sub- 

 mitted, such person shall submit an amendment to 

 such plan, or a new plan, to the Secretary of the 

 Interior. With respect to any amendment or new 

 plan submitted to the Secretary of the Interior 

 pursuant to the preceding sentence, the appli- 

 cable time period for purposes of concurrence by 

 presumption under subparagraph (A) is 3 months. 



(d) Application of local governments for Federal as- 

 sistance; relationship of activities with approved 

 management programs. 



State and local governments submitting applica- 

 tions for Federal assistance under other Federal pro- 

 grams affecting the coastal zone shall indicate the 

 views of the appropriate state or local agency as to 

 the relationship of such activities to the approved 

 management program for the coastal zone. Such 

 applications shall be submitted and coordinated in 

 accordance with the provisions of title IV of the 

 Intergovernmental Coordination Act of 1968. Fed- 

 eral agencies shall not approve proposed projects 

 that are inconsistent with a coastal state's manage- 

 ment program, except upon a finding by the Secre- 

 tary that such project is consistent with the pur- 

 poses of this chapter or necessary in the interest of 

 national security. 



(e) Construction with other laws. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed — 



