[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR923.11]

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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 B_Uses Subject to Management
 
Sec. 923.11  Uses subject to management.

    (a)(1) The management program for each coastal state must include a 
definition of what shall constitute permissible land uses and water uses 
within the coastal zone which have a direct and significant impact on 
the coastal waters.
    (2) The management program must identify those land and water uses 
that will be subject to the terms of the management program. These uses 
shall be those with direct and significant impacts on coastal waters or 
on geographic areas likely to be affected by or vulnerable to sea level 
rise.
    (3) The management program must explain how those uses identified in

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paragraph (a)(2) of this section will be managed. The management program 
must also contain those enforceable policies, legal authorities, 
performance standards or other techniques or procedures that will govern 
whether and how uses will be allowed, conditioned, modified, encouraged 
or prohibited.
    (b) In identifying uses and their appropriate management, a State 
should analyze the quality, location, distribution and demand for the 
natural and man-made resources of their coastal zone, and should 
consider potential individual and cumulative impacts of uses on coastal 
waters.
    (c) States should utilize the following types of analyses:
    (1) Capability and suitability of resources to support existing or 
projected uses;
    (2) Environmental impacts on coastal resources;
    (3) Compatibility of various uses with adjacent uses or resources;
    (4) Evaluation of inland and other location alternatives; and
    (5) Water dependency of various uses and other social and economic 
considerations.
    (d) Examination of the following factors is suggested:
    (1) Air and water quality;
    (2) Historic, cultural and esthetic resources where coastal 
development is likely to affect these resources;
    (3) Open space or recreational uses of the shoreline where increased 
access to the shorefront is a particularly important concern;
    (4) Floral and faunal communities where loss of living marine 
resources or threats to endangered or threatened coastal species are 
particularly important concerns.
    (5) Information on the impacts of global warming and resultant sea 
level rise on natural resources such as beaches, dunes, estuaries, and 
wetlands, on salinization of drinking water supplies, and on properties, 
infrastructure and public works.