MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  3069

IMPACT AND WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS. THE STATE,
THEREFORE, REQUIRES A SYSTEM OF ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC,
FISCAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH FACILITIES, AS
A LACK OF PROPER ASSESSMENT MAY CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE
TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE COASTAL AREA IF THESE FACILITIES
ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE COASTAL AREA.

(D)    MEETING THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE
AND NATION AND PLANNING FOR THE PROPER USE OR DEVELOPMENT
OF THE COASTAL AREA IS IMPERATIVE. TO THAT END THE STATE
IS DEVELOPING A COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PLAN, PURSUANT TO
THE FEDERAL COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1972. WHICH
WILL RECOMMEND PERMISSIBLE LAND AND WATER USES WITHIN THE
COASTAL ZONE AND WHICH MUST PROVIDE FOR ADEQUATE
CONSIDERATION OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST IN THE SITING OF
FACILITIES NECESSARY TO MEET REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE OTHER
THAN LOCAL IN NATURE, AND WHICH MUST FURTHER PROVIDE FOR
A METHOD OF ASSURING THAT LOCAL LAND AND WATER USE
REGULATIONS WITHIN THE COASTAL ZONE DO NOT UNREASONABLY
RESTRICT OR EXCLUDE LAND AND WATER USES OF REGIONAL
BENEFIT. IT IS IN THE STATE'S INTEREST THAT ALL PARTIES
INCLUDING ALL UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, COUNTY
GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUSINESS. INDUSTRY.
AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING THE USES
FOR MARYLAND'S COASTAL AREA. THE COMPLETION OF THE PLANS
WILL ENABLE MARYLAND TO PROPERLY USE, DEVELOP, AND
PROTECT THE COASTAL AREA.

(E)    WITHOUT ADEQUATE PLANNING. THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF CERTAIN OIL-RELATED FACILITIES IN THE COASTAL AREA MAY
HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC,
FISCAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE
RESIDING IN THE AREA WHERE THESE FACILITIES ARE
ESTABLISHED. THEREFORE, LOCAL CONCERN SHOULD BE
REFLECTED IN MAKING DECISIONS AS TO LOCATION OF THESE
FACILITIES AND TO THAT END, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING FOR THE COASTAL AREAS.
IF, HOWEVER, THE EXTENT OF OIL-RELATED FACILITIES
CONTEMPLATED AFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND
CULTURAL FACTORS BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE PARTICULAR
SUBDIVISION INVOLVED, IN ADDITION TO INVOLVING POTENTIAL

EXPENDITURE___OF STATE FUNDS IN EXCESS OF TAX REVENUES

DERIVED FROM THE FACILITIES, THEN THE STATE INTEREST AND
THE NATIONAL INTEREST BECOME A FACTOR IN THE
CONSIDERATION OF WHERE THESE OIL-RELATED FACILITIES SHALL
BE LOCATED.

(F)         THE NATIONAL PUBLIC INTEREST IN ASSURING

ADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY
RESOURCES REQUIRES THAT THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
PROMPTLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THESE
FACILITIES AND DETERMINE, AT THE EARLIEST PRACTICABLE
TIME, WHETHER TO GRANT NECESSARY STATE AND LOCAL