SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal State Renew-
able Energy Promotion Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE OCEAN AND COASTAL RENEWABLE ENERGY 
PLANNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 306A the following: 
‘‘OCEAN AND COASTAL RENEWABLE ENERGY STATE SUR-
VEYS; RENEWABLE
ENERGY
SITE
IDENTIFICATION 
AND PLANNING 
‘‘SEC. 306B. (a) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Sec-
retary may make grants to eligible coastal States to sup-
port voluntary State efforts to initiate and complete sur-
veys of portions of coastal State waters and Federal wa-
ters adjacent to a State’s coastal zone, in consultation 
with the Minerals Management Service, to identify poten-
tial areas suitable or unsuitable for the exploration, devel-
opment, and production of renewable energy that are con-
sistent with the enforceable policies of coastal manage-
ment plans approved pursuant to section 306(d). 
‘‘(b) SURVEY ELEMENTS.—Surveys developed with 
grants under this section shall include consideration of— 
‘‘(1) hydrographic and bathymetric surveys; 
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‘‘(2) oceanographic observations and measure-
ments of the physical ocean environment, especially 
seismically active areas; 
‘‘(3) identification and characterization of sig-
nificant or sensitive marine ecosystems or other 
areas 
possessing 
important 
conservation, 
rec-
reational, ecological, historic, or aesthetic values; 
‘‘(4) surveys of existing marine uses in the 
outer Continental Shelf and identification of poten-
tial conflicts; 
‘‘(5) inventories and surveys of shore locations 
and infrastructure capable of supporting renewable 
energy development; 
‘‘(6) inventories and surveys of offshore loca-
tions and infrastructure capable of supporting re-
newable energy development; and 
‘‘(7) other matters as may be necessary. 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION.—To the ex-
tent practicable, coastal States shall provide opportunity 
for the participation in surveys under this section by rel-
evant Federal agencies, State agencies, local governments, 
regional organizations, port authorities, and other inter-
ested parties and stakeholders, public and private, that is 
adequate to develop a comprehensive survey. 
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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 
2009 through 2012, 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 a renewable 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
2011.—The Sec-
retary shall not require any State matching fund 
contribution for grants awarded under this section 
for any fiscal year before fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(2) AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2011.—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 2011; and 
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‘‘(B) a 1-to-1 ratio of Federal-to-State 
contributions for fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(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 3 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 renewable 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 pursuant 
to State or Federal law. 
‘‘(k) PRIORITY.—Any area that is identified as suit-
able for potential renewable 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 renewable 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. 
‘‘(m) RENEWABLE ENERGY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion the term ‘renewable energy’ means wind, wave, cur-
rent, tidal, or ocean thermal energy.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
318(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1464) is amended— 
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(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 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) for grants under section 306B such sums 
as are necessary; and’’. 
Æ 
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