Mr. Slack. You think the figure of $6,950,000 is a good figure for 1976? Mr. Knecht. No, Mr. Chairman. If you remember the deliberations of the committee last year, there was language put in by the Congress that allows reprograming from those funds to other needs this year, and we are now processing the reprograming requests through the Department of Commerce and OMB, and we will communicate with you as well, to reprogram $1.9 million of that $6,950,000. So the total section 306 grant requirement this year will be more like $5 million. Mr. Slack. Would you please provide the committee a list of States that will receive grants in fiscal year 1976 and fiscal year 1977? Mr. Knecht. We will be happy to do that. [The following information was supplied subsequent to the hearing:] COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT, FISCAL YEAR 1976 Basic Total State or territory grant 0CS grant Sec. 305: Alabama J120 J120 Alaska '900 • $300 1,200 American! _ 360 429 Maine 285 146 431 Maryland 25 135 160 Massachusetts 1 425 330 755 Michigan 500 500 Minnesota 200 200 Mississippi 150 240 390 New Hampshire 120 120 New Jersey 192 192 New York 700 373 1,073 North Carolina 425 73 498 Ohio 300 300 Oregon 350 80 430 Pennsylvania 250 67 317 Puerto Rico 350 350 Rhode Island 67 67 South Carolina 230 3 183 413 Texas 625 « 575 1,200 Virgin islands 120 120 Virginia '368 '36 404 Washington 4 520 150 670 Wisconsin 450 450 Total 10,719 4,281 15,000 'Grants awarded effective Jan. 11,1976. • Supplemental of {300,000 awarded. • Bask grant of {500,000 awarded. State Sec. 306: Grant amount Rhode Island $900 Washington 2,000 Oregon 1,500 California '450 Total 4,850 See footnotes it end of table. State—Continued Sec. 312; Grant amount Oregon > $610 Hawaii 190 Maryland 500 Georgia «50 Total.... 1,350 > Segmented grant. 1 Supplement to original grant. Note: All grants are awarded on a % Federal, H State sharing basis. Unless otherwise indicated, all grants are estimated. TRANSITION QUARTER Sec. 305: American Samoa $120 Connecticut > 100 Do 360 Delaware '100 Do 250 Indiana 230 Maryland 1300 Do 600 New Jersey 700 Texas '240 Total 3,000 Sec. 306: Puerto Rico «203 North Carolina 1,000 Total 1,203 Sec. 312 0 > Supplement to 305 grant for OCS work. 'Supplement. FISCAL YEAR 1977 Sec. 305: California "$500 Georgia '340 Alabama 1250 Massachusetts '400 Connecticut '300 Guam 200 Alaska 920 Hawaii '400 Florida '500 Mississippi '200 Louisiana '480 Puerto Rico '1250 New York 920 Virginia 850 Illinois '(100)500 Minnesota... '250 Ohio 500 Pennsylvania... '250 Wisconsin • 350 Indiana 400 American Samoa 240 Total 9,000 Sec. 306: Washington 1,000 Oregon 800 California 2,000 Rhode Island.. 400 Puerto Rico (Culebra) _ 200 North Carolina 750 Texas 900 Virgin Islands 200 Maine 700 New Hampshire 200 New Jersey 750 Delaware. 400 Maryland 650 Michigan 650 South Carolina 400 Total 10,000 Sec. 312: Michigan 400 Florida 1,500 Washington 1,000 Total 3,000 > Supplement to 3d 305 grant. 1 Supplement to 305 grant for OCS work. ESTUARINE SANCTUARY GRANTS Mr. Slack. Will you tell us about the $3 million increase for estuarine sanctuaries you have on page 183. Mr. Knecht. Yes, be happy to. That money will allow the estuarine sanctuary program to continue. There was an initial $4 million appropriation in fiscal year 1974. We anticipate that the carryover funds will be exhausted by fiscal 1977. The $3 million will allow additional sanctuaries which are proposed by the States to be federally assisted. We anticipate that will result in sanctuaries in Michigan, Florida, and the State of Washington. Mr. Slack. What is the authority in law for this? Mr. Knecht. Section 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act expressly authorizes and establishes this kind of a program. These grants from the Government assist States in establishing sanctuaries for research and educational purposes. Mr. Slack. Please provide a copy of that for the record at this point. Mr. Knecht. Be happy to. [Sec. 312 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (Public Law 92-583 of Oct. 27,1972) follows:] ESTUARINE SANCTUARIES Sec. 312. The Secretary, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by him, is authorized to make available to a coastal State grants of up to 50 per centum of the costs of acquisition, development, and operation of estuarine sanctuaries for the purpose of creating natural field laboratories to gather data and make studies of the natural and human processes occurring within the estuaries of the coastal zone. The Federal share of the cost for each such sanctuary shall not exceed $2 million. No Federal funds received pursuant to section 305 or section 306 shall be used for the purpose of this section. Coastal Zone Unobligated Balances Mr. Slack. What was the unobligated balance in this appropriation as of the end of fiscal year 1975? Dr. White. $6,328,000. Mr. Slack. What are you projecting for 1976? Dr. White. The answer for fiscal year 1977 is none, Mr. Chairman, and 1976 is none also. Mr. Slack. I don't understand that; $6,328 million for 1975, zero for 1976, and zero for 1977; is that right? Dr. White. Yes. Dr. Townsend. $3 million of that was in grants connected with the offshore gas and oil development supplemental which was made available to NOAA very late in the fiscal year 1976. Mr. Knecht. Two or three weeks before the end of fiscal year, Mr. Chairman. An additional $2 million was contained in section 306 funding which was available for the first time in 1975 and no State received Federal approval of this program; therefore those funds could not be obligated. Mr. Slack. Would you provide for the record some detail on how you came to that conclusion, if you will? Mr. Knecht. Zero with regard to 1976. Mr. Slack. And 1977. [The following information was submitted:] Coastal Zone Management Planned Obligations: 1976 Tbansition 1977 Obligational authority for Coastal Zone Management in fiscal year 1976 amounts to $24,328,000, of which $6,328,000 relates to fiscal year 1975 unobligated funds. Of the unobligated fiscal year 1975 funds, $4,350,000 was uncontrollable; $3 million being section 305 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) supplemental funding received in the final week of fiscal year 1975, thus too late for any actions; and $1,350,000 of section 312 funding held in reserve. The remaining $1,978,000 consisted of $50,000 of program management funds resulting from a delayed contract, and $1,928,000 of section 306 funds resulting from anticipated, first-year awards in fiscal year 1975 which did not materialize. Four States did, however, submit draft management programs to the Secretary of Commerce for approval but failed to meet the necessary Federal criteria of completing their basic development programs (section 305 grants) to qualify for program administration grants. The knowledge and experience gained by NOAA and the coastal States in these early years of growth has greatly improved their ability to project and administer program administration grant awards in the future. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT-PLANNED OBLIGATIONS: 1976, TRANSITION 1977 [Dollars in thousands; fiscal years] Total 1,350 3,000 1 Supplement to original grant. USE OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCE Mr. Slack. In the conference report on the .fiscal year 1976 bill, we directed you to reprogram unused funds provided for program administration grants into the program management area for States facing offshore energy activity. Was the unobligated balance in program administration grants sufficient to do this? Mr. Knecht. Yes. We anticipate it will be, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Slack. How much will be redirected? Mr. Knecht. We anticipate redirecting $1.9 million. It may be divided between the last quarter of fiscal 1976 and the transition quarter. Some of it may be allocated to the transition quarter. Mr. Slack. It is my understanding that Mrs. Burke has some questions for the record on coastal zone management which the committee will supply. Fishermen's Guaranty Fund Mr. Slack. The final item is Fishermen's Guaranty Fund on page 90 of the Committee Print. This appears on pages 188 through 191 of the justifications, which pages we shall insert at this point in the record. [The justification pages referred to follow:] |