[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR923.20]

[Page 198-199]
 
                  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

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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.