[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: 15CFR923.60]

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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 G--Review/Approval Procedures
 
Sec. 923.60  Review/approval procedures.

    Source: 61 FR 33815, June 28, 1996, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) All state management program submissions must contain an 
environmental assessment at the time of submission of the management 
program to OCRM for threshold review. In accordance with regulations 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 
OCRM will assist the State by outlining the types of information 
required. (See 40 CFR Sec. 1506.5 (a) and (b).)
    (b) Upon submission by a State of its draft management program, OCRM 
will determine if it adequately meets the requirements of the Act and 
this part. Assuming positive findings are made and major revisions to 
the State's draft management program are not required, OCRM will prepare 
draft and final environmental impact statements, in accordance with 
National Environmental Policy Act requirements. Because the review 
process involves preparation and dissemination of draft and final 
environmental impact statements and lengthy Federal agency review; 
states should anticipate that it will take at

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least 7 months between the time a state first submits a draft management 
program to OCRM for threshold review and the point at which the 
Assistant Administrator makes a final decision on whether to approve the 
management program. Certain factors will contribute to lengthening or 
shortening this time table; these factors are discussed in OCRM guidance 
on the review/approval process. The OCRM guidance also recommends a 
format for the program document submitted to the Assistant Administrator 
for review and approval.