[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: 15CFR923.3]

[Page 197]
 
                  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 A--General
 
Sec. 923.3  General requirements.

    (a) The management program must be developed and adopted in 
accordance with the requirements of the Act and this part, after notice, 
and the opportunity for full participation by relevant Federal and State 
agencies, local governments, regional organizations, port authorities, 
and other interested parties and persons, and be adequate to carry out 
the purposes of the Act and be consistent with the national policy set 
forth in section 303 of the Act.
    (b) The management program must provide for the management of those 
land and water uses having a direct and significant impact on coastal 
waters and those geographic areas which are likely to be affected by or 
vulnerable to sea level rise. The program must include provisions to 
assure the appropriate protection of those significant resources and 
areas, such as wetlands, beaches and dunes, and barrier islands, that 
make the State's coastal zone a unique, vulnerable, or valuable area.
    (c) The management program must contain a broad class of policies 
for each of the following areas: resource protection, management of 
coastal development, and simplification of governmental processes. These 
three broad classes must include specific policies that provide the 
framework for the exercise of various management techniques and 
authorities governing coastal resources, uses, and areas. The three 
classes must include policies that address uses of or impacts on 
wetlands and floodplains within the State's coastal zone, and that 
minimize the destruction, loss or degradation of wetlands and preserve 
and enhance their natural values in accordance with the purposes of 
Executive Order 11990, pertaining to wetlands. These policies also must 
reduce risks of flood loss, minimize the impact of floods on human 
safety, health and welfare, and preserve the natural, beneficial values 
served by floodplains, in accordance with the purposes of Executive 
Order 11988, pertaining to floodplains.
    (d) The policies in the program must be appropriate to the nature 
and degree of management needed for uses, areas, and resources 
identified as subject to the program.
    (e) The policies, standards, objectives, criteria, and procedures by 
which program decisions will be made must provide:
    (1) A clear understanding of the content of the program, especially 
in identifying who will be affected by the program and how, and
    (2) A clear sense of direction and predictability for decisionmakers 
who must take actions pursuant to or consistent with the management 
program.