[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: 15CFR930.6]

[Page 237]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 930--FEDERAL CONSISTENCY WITH APPROVED COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--General Information
 
Sec. 930.6  State agency responsibility.

    (a) This section describes the responsibilities of the ``State 
agency'' described in Sec. 930.11(o). A designated State agency is 
required to uniformly and comprehensively apply the enforceable policies 
of the State's management program, efficiently coordinate all State 
coastal management requirements, and to provide a single point of 
contact for Federal agencies and the public to discuss consistency 
issues. Any appointment by the State agency of the State's consistency 
responsibilities to a designee agency must be described in the State's 
management program. In the absence of such description, all consistency 
determinations, consistency certifications and federal assistance 
proposals shall be sent to and reviewed by the State agency. A State may 
have two State agencies designated pursuant to Sec. 306(d)(6) of the Act 
where the State has two geographically separate federally-approved 
management programs.
    (b) The State agency is responsible for commenting on and concurring 
with or objecting to Federal agency consistency determinations and 
negative determinations (see subpart C of this part), consistency 
certifications for federal licenses, permits, and Outer Continental 
Shelf plans (see subparts D, E and I of this part), and reviewing the 
consistency of federal assistance activities proposed by applicant 
agencies (see subpart F of this part). The State agency shall be 
responsible for securing necessary review and comment from other State, 
regional, or local government agencies, and, where applicable, the 
public. Thereafter, only the State agency is authorized to comment 
officially on or concur with or object to a federal consistency 
determination or negative determination, a consistency certification, or 
determine the consistency of a proposed federal assistance activity.
    (c) If described in a State's management program, the issuance or 
denial of relevant State permits can constitute the State agency's 
consistency concurrence or objection if the State agency ensures that 
the State permitting agencies or the State agency review individual 
projects to ensure consistency with all applicable State management 
program policies and that applicable public participation requirements 
are met. The State agency shall monitor such permits issued by another 
State agency.