[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: 15CFR923.56]

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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 F--Coordination, Public Involvement and National Interest
 
Sec. 923.56  Plan coordination.

    (a) The management program must be coordinated with local, areawide, 
and interstate plans applicable to areas within the coastal zone--
    (1) Existing on January 1 of the year in which the state's 
management program is submitted to the Secretary; and
    (2) Which have been developed by a local government, an areawide 
agency, a regional agency, or an interstate agency.
    (b) A State must insure that the contents of its management program 
has been coordinated with local, areawide and interstate plans 
applicable to areas within the coastal zone existing on January 1 of the 
year in which the State's management program is submitted to the 
Assistant Administrator for approval. To document this coordination, the 
management program must:
    (1) Identify local governments, areawide agencies and regional or 
interstate agencies which have plans affecting the coastal zone in 
effect on January 1 of the year in which the management program is 
submitted;

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    (2) List or provide a summary of contacts with these entities for 
the purpose of coordinating the management program with plans adopted by 
a governmental entity as of January 1 of the year in which the 
management program is submitted. At a minimum, the following plans, 
affecting a State coastal zone, shall be reviewed: Land use plans 
prepared pursuant to section 701 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1968, as amended; State and areawide waste treatment facility or 
management plans prepared pursuant to sections 201 and 208 of the Clean 
Water Act, as amended; plans and designations made pursuant to the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster 
Protection Act of 1973, as amended; hazard mitigation plans prepared 
pursuant to section 409 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act; any applicable interstate energy plans or 
programs developed pursuant to section 309 of the Act; regional and 
interstate highway plans; plans developed by Regional Action Planning 
Commission; and fishery management plans developed pursuant to the 
Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.
    (3) Identify conflicts with those plans of a regulatory nature that 
are unresolved at the time of program submission and the means that can 
be used to resolve these conflicts.