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‘‘(d) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall, within 180 
days after the date of enactment of this section and after 
consultation with the coastal States, publish guidelines for 
the application for and use of grants under this section. 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL GRANTS.—For each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2011, the Secretary may make a grant to 
a coastal State under this section if the coastal State dem-
onstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the 
grant will be used to develop an alternative energy survey 
consistent with the requirements set forth in this section. 
‘‘(f) GRANT AMOUNTS.—The amount of any grant 
under this section shall not exceed $750,000 for any fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(g) STATE MATCH.— 
‘‘(1) BEFORE
FISCAL
YEAR
2010.—The Sec-
retary shall not require any State matching fund 
contribution for grants awarded under this section 
for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2010. 
‘‘(2) AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2010.—The Secretary 
shall require a coastal State to provide a matching 
fund contribution for a grant under this section for 
surveys of a State’s coastal waters, according to— 
‘‘(A) a 2-to-1 ratio of Federal-to-State con-
tributions for fiscal year 2010; and 
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‘‘(B) a 1-to-1 ratio of Federal-to-State 
contributions for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not re-
quire any matching funds for surveys of Federal wa-
ters adjacent to a State’s coastal zone. 
‘‘(h) SECRETARIAL REVIEW.—After an initial grant 
is made to a coastal State under this section, no subse-
quent grant may be made to that coastal State under this 
section unless the Secretary finds that the coastal State 
is satisfactorily developing its survey. 
‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—No coastal State 
is eligible to receive grants under this section for more 
than 4 fiscal years. 
‘‘(j) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the surveys 
conducted with assistance under this section shall not be 
construed to convey any new authority to any coastal 
State, or repeal or supersede any existing authority of any 
Federal agency, to regulate the siting, licensing, leasing, 
or permitting of alternative energy facilities in areas of 
the outer Continental Shelf under the administration of 
the Federal Government. Nothing in this section repeals 
or supersedes any existing coastal State authority pursu-
ant to State or Federal law. 
‘‘(k) PRIORITY.—Any area that is identified as suit-
able for potential alternative energy development under 
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surveys developed with assistance under this section shall 
be given priority consideration by Federal agencies for the 
siting, licensing, leasing, or permitting of alternative en-
ergy facilities. Any area that is identified as unsuitable 
under surveys developed with assistance under this section 
shall be avoided by Federal agencies to the maximum ex-
tent practicable. 
‘‘(l) ASSISTANCE
BY
THE SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) under section 307(a) and to the extent 
practicable, make available to coastal States the re-
sources and capabilities of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to provide technical as-
sistance to the coastal States to develop surveys 
under this section; and 
‘‘(2) encourage other Federal agencies with rel-
evant expertise to participate in providing technical 
assistance under this subsection.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
318(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1464) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
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