[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR923.20]



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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 C_Special Management Areas

 

Sec. 923.20  General.



    Source: 61 FR 33806, June 28, 1996, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) This subpart sets forth the requirements for management program 

approvability with respect to areas of



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particular concern because of their coastal-related values or 

characteristics, or because they may face pressures which require 

detailed attention beyond the general planning and regulatory system 

which is part of the management program. As a result, these areas 

require special management attention within the terms of the State's 

overall coastal program. This special management may include regulatory 

or permit requirements applicable only to the area of particular 

concern. It also may include increased intergovernmental coordination, 

technical, assistance, enhanced public expenditures, or additional 

public services and maintenance to a designated area. This subpart deals 

with the following subsections of the Act: 306(d)(2)(C)--Geographic 

Areas of Particular Concern; 306(d)(2)(E)--Guidelines on Priorities of 

Uses; 306(d)(2)(G)--Shorefront Access and protection Planning; 

306(d)(2)(I)--Shoreline Erosion/Mitigation Planning; and 306(d)(9)--

Areas for Preservation and Restoration.

    (b) The importance of designating areas of particular concern for 

management purposes and the number and type of areas that should be 

designated is directly related to the degree of comprehensive controls 

applied throughout a State's coastal zone. Where a State's general 

coastal management policies and authorities address state and national 

concerns comprehensively and are specific with respect to particular 

resources and uses, relatively less emphasis need be placed on 

designation of areas of particular concern. Where these policies are 

limited and non-specific, greater emphasis should be placed on areas of 

particular concern to assure effective management and an adequate degree 

of program specificity.