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(1) to diminish either Federal or state jurisdic- 

 tion, responsibihty, or rights in the field of plan- 

 ning, development, or control of water resources, 

 submerged lands, or navigable waters ; nor to dis- 

 place, supersede, limit, or modify any interstate 

 compact or the jurisdiction or responsibility of 

 any legally established joint or common agency of 

 two or more states or of two or more states and 

 the Federal Government; nor to limit the au- 

 thority of Congress to authorize and fund proj- 

 ects; 



(2) as superseding, modifying, or repealing ex- 

 isting laws applicable to the various Federal agen- 

 cies; nor to affect the jurisdiction, powers, or pre- 

 rogatives of the International Joint Commission, 

 United States and Canada, the Permanent Engi- 

 neering Board, and the United States operating 

 entity or entities established pursuant to the 

 Columbia River Basin Treaty, signed at Washing- 

 ton, January 17, 1961, or the International Bound- 

 ary and Water Commission, United States and 

 Mexico. 



(f) Construction with existing requirements of water 

 and air pollution programs. 



Notwithstanding any other provision of this chap- 

 ter, <iothing in this chapter shall in any way affect 

 any requirement (D established by the Federal 

 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, or the 

 Clean Air Act, as amended, or (2) established by the 

 Federal Government or by any state or local govern- 

 ment pursuant to such Acts. Such requirements 

 shall be incorporated in any program developed pur- 

 suant to this chapter and shall be the water pol- 

 lution control and air pollution control requirements 

 applicable to such program. 



(g) Concurrence with programs which affect inland 

 areas. 



When any state's coastal zone management pro- 

 gram, submitted for approval or proposed for modi- 

 fication pursuant to section 1455 of this title, in- 

 cludes requirements as to shorelands which also 

 would be subject to any Federally supported na- 

 tional land use program which may be hereafter 

 enacted, the Secretary, prior to approving such pro- 

 gram, shall obtain the concurrence of the Secretary 

 of the Interior, or such other Federal ofBcial as 

 may be designated to administer the national land 

 use program, with respect to that portion of the 

 coastal zone management program affecting such 

 inland areas. 



(h) In case of serious disagreement between any 

 Federal agency and a coastal state — 



(1) in the development or the initial imple- 

 mentation of a management program under sec- 

 tion 1454; or 



(2) in the administration of a management 

 program approved under section 1455 ; 



the Secretary, with the cooperation of the Execu- 

 tive Office of the President, shall seek to mediate 

 the differences involved in such disagreement. The 

 process of such mediation shall, with respect to any 

 disagreement described in paragraph (2), include 

 public hearings which shall be conducted in the 

 local areas concerned. (Pub. L. 89-454, title III, 

 § 307, as added Pub. L. 92-583, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 



Stat. 1285 ; and Pub. L. 94-370, § 6, July 26. 1976, 

 90 Stat. 1018.> 



§ 1456a. Coastal energy impact program. 



'a)(l) The Secretary shall administer and co- 

 ordinate, as part of the coastal zone management 

 activities of the Federal Government provided for 

 under this chapter, a coastal energy impact pro- 

 gram. Such program shall consist of the provision 

 of financial assistance to meet the needs of coastal 

 states and local governments in such states result- 

 ing from specified activities involving energy de- 

 velopment. Such assistance, which includes — 



(A) grants, under subsection (b), to coastal 

 states for the purposes set forth in subsection 

 (b) (4) with respect to consequences resulting 

 from the energy activities specified therein; 



(B) grants, under subsection (c), to coastal 

 states for study of, and planning for, conse- 

 quences relating to new or expanded energy facil- 

 ities in, or which significantly affect, the coastal 

 zones ; 



(C) loans, under subsection (d) (1), to coastal 

 states and units of general purpose local govern- 

 ment to assist such states and units to provide 

 new or improved public facilities or public serv- 

 ices which are required as a result of coastal 

 energy activity ; 



(D) guarantees, under subsection (d)(2) and 

 subject to the provisions of subsection (f), of 

 bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued 

 by coastal states and units of general purpose 

 local government for the purpose of providing 

 new or improved public facilities or public serv- 

 ices which are required as a result of coastal 

 energy activity; 



(E) grants or other assistance, under sub- 

 section (d)(3), to coastal states and units of 

 general purpose local government to enable such 

 states and units to meet obligations under loans 

 or guarantees under subsection (d) (1) or (2) 

 which they are unable to meet as they mature, 

 for reasons specified in subsection (d)(3); and 



(F) grants, under subsection (d) (4) , to coastal 

 states which have suffered, are suffering, or will 

 suffer any unavoidable loss of a valuable environ- 

 mental or recreational resource; 



shall be provided, administered, and coordinated by 

 the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of 

 this section and under the rules and regulations 

 required to be promulgated pursuant to paragraph 

 (2). Any such financial assistance shall be subject 

 to audit under section 1459. 



(2) The Secretary shall promulgate, in accord- 

 ance with section 1463, such rules and regulations 

 (including, but not limited to, those required under 

 subsection (e) ) as may be necessary and appro- 

 priate to carry out the provisions of this section. 



(b) (1) The Secretary shall make grants annually 

 to coastal states, in accordance with the provisions 

 of this subsection. 



(2) The amounts granted to coastal states under 

 this subsection shall be. with respect to any such 

 state for any fiscal year, the sum of the amounts 



