[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR923.20]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 923--COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C--Special Management Areas
 
Sec. 923.20  General.

    Source: 61 FR 33806, June 28, 1996, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This subpart sets forth the requirements for management program 
approvability with respect to areas of particular concern because of 
their coastal-related values or characteristics, or because they may 
face pressures which require detailed attention beyond the general 
planning and regulatory system which is part of the management program. 
As a result, these areas require special management attention within the 
terms of the State's overall coastal program. This special management 
may include regulatory or permit requirements applicable only to the 
area of particular concern. It also may include increased 
intergovernmental coordination, technical, assistance, enhanced public 
expenditures, or additional public services and maintenance to a 
designated area. This subpart deals with the following subsections of 
the Act: 306(d)(2)(C)--Geographic Areas of Particular Concern; 
306(d)(2)(E)--Guidelines on Priorities of Uses; 306(d)(2)(G)--Shorefront 
Access and protection Planning; 306(d)(2)(I)--Shoreline Erosion/
Mitigation Planning; and 306(d)(9)--Areas for Preservation and 
Restoration.
    (b) The importance of designating areas of particular concern for 
management purposes and the number and type of areas that should be 
designated is directly related to the degree of comprehensive controls 
applied throughout a State's coastal zone. Where a State's general 
coastal management policies and authorities address state and national 
concerns comprehensively and are specific with respect to particular 
resources and uses, relatively less emphasis need be placed on 
designation of areas of particular concern. Where these policies are 
limited and non-specific, greater emphasis should be placed on areas of 
particular concern to assure effective management and an adequate degree 
of program specificity.