[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: 15CFR923.82]

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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. 923.82  Amendment review/approval procedures.

    (a) Upon submission by a State of its amendment request, OCRM will 
review the request to determine preliminarily if the management program, 
if changed according to the amendment request, still will constitute an 
approvable program. In making this determination, OCRM will determine 
whether the state has satisfied the applicable program approvability 
criteria of subsection 306(d) of the Act.
    (b) If the Assistant Administrator, as a preliminary matter, 
determines that the management program, if changed, would no longer 
constitute an approvable program, or if any of the procedural 
requirements of section 306(d) of the Act have not been met, the 
Assistant Administrator shall advise the state in writing of the reasons 
why the amendment request cannot be considered.
    (c) If the Assistant Administrator, as a preliminary matter, 
determines that the management program, if changed, would still 
constitute an approvable program and that the procedural requirements of 
section 306(d) of the Act have been met, the Assistant Administrator 
will then determine, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, as amended, whether an environmental impact statement (EIS) is 
required.