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 94 STAT. 2066

Ante, p. 2060. Meetings; comments.

16 USC 1455.

Approval withdrawal.

Notice; hearing.

Regulations. 16 USC 1458 note.

PUBLIC LAW 96-464—OCT. 17, 1980

and detailed findings concerning the extent to which the state has implemented and enforced the program approved by the Secretary, addressed the coastal management needs identified in section 303(2) (A) through (I), and adhered to the terms of any grant, loan, or cooperative agreement funded under this title. "(b) For the purpose of making the evaluation of a coastal state's performance, the Secretary shall conduct public meetings and provide opportunity for oral and written comments by the public. Each such evaluation shall be prepared in report form and the Secretary shall make copies thereof avaolable to the public. "(c) The Secretary shall reduce any financial assistance extended to any coastal state under section 306 Osut not below 70 per centum of the amount that would otherwise be available to the coastal state under such section for any year), and withdraw any unexpended portion of such reduction, if the Secretary determines that the coastal state is failing to make significant improvement in achieving the coastal management objectives specified in section 303(2)(A) through (I). "(d) The Secretary shall withdraw approval of the management program of any coastal state, and shall withdraw any financial assistance available to that state under this title as well as any unexpended portion of such assistance, if the Secretary determines that the coasted state is failing to adhere to, is not justified in deviating from (1) the management program approved by the Secretary, or (2) the terms, of any grant or cooperative agreement funded under section 306, and refuses to remedy the deviation. "(e) Management program approval and financied assistance may not be withdrawn under subsection (d), unless the Secretary gives the coastal state notice of the proposed withdrawal and an opportunity for a public hearing on the proposed action. Upon the withdrawal of management program approval under this subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide the coastal state with written specifications of the actions that should be taken, or not engaged in, by the state in order that such withdrawal may be canceleaby the Secretary. "(f) The Secretary shall carry out research on, and offer technical assistance of the coastal states with respect to, those activities, projects, and other relevant matters evaluated under this section that the Secretary considers to offer promise toward improving coastal zone management." (b) Within two hundred and seventy days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to administer section 312 of the Coastm Zone Management Act of 1972 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section). SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT.

Section 316 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1462) is amended— (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: "COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT REPORT"; Submittal to President and Congress.

(2) by amending subsection (a)— (A) by amending the matter appearing before clause (1) to read as follows: (a) The Secretary shall consult with the Congress on a regular basis concerning the administration of this title and shall prepare and submit to the President for transmittal to the Congress a report summarizing the administration of this title during each period of two consecutivefiscalyears. Each report, which shall be transmitted

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