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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 127

"(2) Financial assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the United States, including requiring coastal States to execute suitable title documents setting forth the property interest or interests of the United States in any lands and waters acquired in whole or part with such financial assistance. "(3)(A) The amount of the financial assistance provided under paragraph (l)(A)(i) of subsection (e) with respect to the acquisition of lands and waters, or interests therein, for any one national estuarine reserve may not exceed an amount equal to 50 per centum of the costs of the lands, waters, and interests therein or $4,000,000, whichever amount is less. "(B) The amount of the financial assistance provided under paragraph (1)(A) (ii) and (iii) and paragraph (1)(B) of subsection (e) may not exceed 50 per centum of the costs incurred to achieve the purposes described in those paragraphs with respect to a reserve. "(f) EVALUATION OF SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.—(1) The Secretary shall periodically evaluate the operation and management of each national estuarine reserve, including education and interpretive activities, and the research being conducted within the reserve. "(2) If evaluation under paragraph (1) reveals that the operation and management of the reserve is deficient, or that the research being conducted within the reserve is not consistent with the research guidelines developed under subsection (c), the Secretary may suspend the eligibility of that reserve for financial assistance under subsection (e) until the deficiency or inconsistency is remedied. "(3) The Secretary may withdraw the designation of an estuarine area as a national estuarine reserve if evaluation under paragraph (1) reveals that— "(A) the basis for any one or more of the findings made under subsection (b)(2) regarding that area no longer exists; or "(B) a substantial portion of the research conducted within the area, over a period of years, has not been consistent with the research guidelines developed under subsection (c). "(g) REPORT.—The Secretary shall include in the report required under section 316 information regarding— "(1) new designations of national estuarine reserves; "(2) any expansion of existing national estuarine reserves; "(3) the status of the research program being conducted within the System; and "(4) a summary of the evaluations made under subsection (f).". SEC. 6045. REPEALS.

The following are repealed: (1) Section 310 (16 U.S.C. 1456c; relating to research and technical assistance programs and grants). (2) Section 314 (16 U.S.C. 1460; establishing the Coastal Zone Management Advisory Committee). (3) Subsection (c) of section 15 of the Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1976, Public Law 94-370 (16 U.S.C. 1451 note; relating to certain additional personnel positions). SEC. 6046. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 318 (16 U.S.C. 1464) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

State and local governments,

Education, Research and development,

Research and development.

16 USC 1462.

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