[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: 15CFR923.80]

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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 H_Amendments to and Termination of Approved Management Programs
 
Sec. 923.80  General.

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


    (a) This subpart establishes the criteria and procedures by which 
amendments, modifications or other changes to approved management 
programs may be made. This subpart also establishes the conditions and 
procedures by which administrative funding may be terminated for 
programmatic reasons.
    (b) Any coastal state may amend or modify a management program which 
it has submitted and which has been approved by the Assistant 
Administrator under this subsection, subject to the conditions provided 
for subsection 306(e) of the Act.
    (c) As required by subsection 312(d) of the Act, the Assistant 
Administrator shall withdraw approval of the management program of any 
coastal state and shall withdraw financial assistance available to that 
state under this title as well as any unexpended portion of such 
assistance, it the Assistant Administrator determines that the coastal 
state has failed to take the actions referred to in subsection 
312(c)(2)(A) of the Act.
    (d) For purposes of this subpart, amendments are defined as 
substantial changes in one or more of the following coastal management 
program areas:
    (1) Uses subject to management;
    (2) Special management areas;
    (3) Boundaries;
    (4) Authorities and organization; and
    (5) Coordination, public involvement and the national interest.
    (e) OCRM will provide guidance on program changes. The five program 
management areas identified in Sec. 923.80(d) are also discussed in 
subpart B through F of this part.