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 90 STAT. 1018 Notice.

PUBLIC LAW 94-370—JULY 26, 1976
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"(i) Such management agency is required, before implementing any management program decision which would conflict with any local zoning ordinance, decision, or other action, to send a notice of such management program decision to any local government whose zoning authority is affected thereby. " (ii) Any such notice shall provide that such local govern•' ment may, within the 30-day period commencing on the date of receipt of such notice, submit to the management agency • written comments on such management program decision, and any recommendation for alternatives thereto, if no action is taken during such period which would conflict or interfere with such management program decision, unless such local government waives its right to comment. "(iii) Such management agency, if any such comments are submitted to it, with such 30-day period, by any local government— " (I) is required to consider any such comments, " ( II) is authorized, in its discretion, to hold a public hearing on such comments, and ^ ^ "(III) ma^y not take any action within such 30-day period to implement the management program decision, whether or not modified on the basis of such comments."; (3) by amending subsection (c)(8) to read as follows— "(8) The management program provides for adequate consideration of the national interest involved in planning for, and in the siting of, facilities (including energy facilities in, or which significantly affect, such state's coastal zone) which are necessary '' i ^ to meet requirements which are other than local in nature. In the case of such energy facilities, the Secretary shall find that the state has given such consideration to any applicable interstate energy plan or program."; (4) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows: '' "(g) Any coastal state may amend or modify the management program which it has submitted and which has been approved by the Secretary under this section, pursuant to the required procedures described in subsection (c). Except with respect to any such amendment which is made before October 1, 1978, for the purpose of complying with the Ante, p. 1015. requirements of paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) of section 305(b), no grant shall be made under this section to any coastal state after the date of such an amendment or modification, until the Secretary ! < ".:n • approves such amendment or modification.". SEC. 6. CONSISTENCY AND MEDIATION. Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456) is amended— (1) by striking out "INTERAGENCY" in the title of such section; (2) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (b); (3) by amending subsection (c)(3) by inserting "(A) "immediately after "(3)", and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(B) After the management program of any coastal state has been 16 USC 1455. approved by the Secretary under section 306, any person who submits to the Secretary of the Interior any plan for the exploration or development of, or production from, any area which has been leased under the Outer Continental 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, attach to such

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