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or other means to assure compliance with plans and resolve conflicts in uses;

"(5) fosters coordination with local, State, and Fed

eral agencies, research institutions, private organizations,

and other groups as appropriate to provide a focus for effective management;

"(6) provides for a continuing inventory of shoreline and estuarine resources, encourages studies, and sponsors or otherwise conducts research as a contributing link in the decisionmaking process;

"(7) provides an opportunity for all interested parties to participate in the development of any plan or program through public hearings; and

"(8) takes into account the rights and interests of other States and respects Federal rights and international agreements.

"(c) Subject to the limitations contained in section

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"(1) to enter into agreement with any coastal State to underwrite, by guarantee, bonds issued, or

21 loans obtained, by such State for land acquisition, wa

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ter development, or restoration projects undertaken by

such State in connection with the implementation of a

coastal or estuarine area management plan, and

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"(2) to make payments to any coastal State to

enable such State to meet the amortization charges, or

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loan interest, incurred by it with respect to bonds or

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loans guaranteed by the United States under paragraph (1).

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7 "SEC. 304. (a) (1) The Administrator is authorized 8 to make grants under subsection (a) or (b) of section 303 9 from sums appropriated to carry out such subsections, sub10 ject to the following limitations:

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"(A) Sums so appropriated to carry out each of such subsections shall be allotted from time to time among participating coastal States in accordance with regulations prescribed by him and with the objectives of this title based on—

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"(i) the populations of such States,

"(ii) the size of the coastal or estuarine areas,

"(iii) the respective financial needs of such States.

"(B) Grants made under section 303 (a) to a

coastal authority may not be made to defray any operat

ing expenses other than those incurred by such coastal

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authority during the initial two-year period of its operation and may not cover more than 50 per centum of the

cost of such expenses incurred during that period.

"(C) Grants made under section 303 (b) to s

coastal anthority may not cover more than 30 per centam of the total cost incurred by such coastal authority with

respect to long-range planning and the implementation of such planning.

"(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1) (A), the 10 populations of the States shall be determined on the basis of 11 the latest estimates available from the Department of Com12 merce, and the size of the coastal or estuarine areas shall be 13 determined on the basis of the official records of the United 14 States Geological Survey.

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(b) (1) Any agreement entered into by the Administrator under section 303 (e) (1) with respect to the Fed17 eral guarantee of the obligations of a coastal State shall be 18 subject to such conditions and limitations as he deems necessary to protect the interest of the United States. The interest on any obligation which is secured in whole or in part

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section 303 (c) (1) is not exempt from Federal taxation. "(2) Payments made by the Administrator to any

24 coastal State under section 303 (c) (2) for amortization 25 charges or loan interest with respect to any obligation of

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1 such State may not be made for a period exceeding five 2 years, and may not exceed 25 per centum of the total 3 charges or interest incurred by such State with respect to 4 such obligation.

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"(c) The Administrator shall prescribe such regula

6 tions, establish such requirements and procedures, and make 7 such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out the 8 purposes of this title. In the administration of this title, the 9 Administrator shall take such action as may be necessary in 10 order to assure

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"(1) the coordination of this title with related Federal assistance programs, including the Water Resources Planning Act, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act

of 1965, the Commercial Fisheries Research and Developinent Act of 1964, National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966, and the Housing Act of 1954, and

"(2) the appropriate utilization of other Federal agencies administering programs which may contribute to achieving the purpose of this title.

"REVIEW

"SEC. 305. Whenever the Administrator, after reason

able notice and opportunity for hearing, finds that—

“(1) a proposal submitted by a coastal authority

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and approved under section 303 (b) of this title has been so changed that it no longer complies with the require

ments or the objectives of this title, or

"(2) in the administration of such a proposal there

is a failure to comply substantially with such a requirement, the Administrator shall notify such coastal authority that no further payments will be made under this title until the deficiency is corrected.

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"DEFINITIONS

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SEC. 306. For purposes of this title—

"(1) The term ‘estuarine area' means an environmental 12 system including the estuary and its transitional areas. Tran13 sitional areas include areas influenced or affected by water 14 from an estuary such as, but not limited to, salt marshes, 15 coastal and intertidal areas, sounds, embayments, harbors, 16 lagoons, inshore waters, and channels.

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"(2) The term 'estuary' means all or part of the mouth 18 of a navigable or interstate river or stream or other body of 19 water, including, but not limited to, a bay, sound, and chan20 nel, having unimpaired natural connection with the open 21 sea and within which sea water is measurably diluted with 22 fresh water derived from land areas.

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"(3) The term 'coastal area' means the lands, waters,

24 and lands beneath the waters in close proximity to the coast

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