[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR643.33]

[Page 94]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER V--DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 643--REAL ESTATE--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart B--Policy
 
Sec. 643.33  Policy--Coastal zone management.

    (a) The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456), 
directs all Federal agencies conducting or supporting activities 
directly affecting the coastal zone of a state, to conduct or support 
those activities in a manner which is, to the maximum extent 
practicable, consistent with approved state management programs. The 
opinion of the Attorney General of the United States is that Federal 
lands are excluded from mandatory compliance with the state's coastal 
zone management program, regardless of the type of Federal jurisdiction 
exercised thereover. However, it is Army policy that its activities will 
comply, to the extent practicable, with a state's approved coastal zone 
management program.
    (b) Applications for grants for use of real estate affecting land or 
water uses in the coastal zone of a state will include a certification 
that the proposed activity complies with the state's approved program 
and that applicant's activity will be conducted in a manner consistent 
with the law.
    (c) An activity affecting land or water uses in the coastal zone of 
a state which will not be conducted in a manner consistent with an 
approved state program will be exempted from this certification 
requirement only if the Secretary of Commerce, on his own initiative or 
upon appeal of the applicant, determines that the activity is consistent 
with the objectives of the Coastal Zone Management Act or is otherwise 
necessary in the interest of national security.