[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: 15CFR923.24]



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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. 923.24  Shorefront access and protection planning.



    (a) The management program must include a definition of the term 

``beach'' and a planning process for the protection of, and access to, 

public beaches and other public coastal areas of environmental, 

recreational, historical, esthetic, ecological or cultural value.

    (b) The basic purpose in focusing special planning attention on 

shorefront access and protection is to provide public beaches and other 

public coastal areas of environmental, recreational, historic, esthetic, 

ecological or cultural value with special management attention within 

the purview of the State's management program. This special management 

attention may be achieved by designating public shorefront areas 

requiring additional access or protection as areas of particular concern 

pursuant to Sec. 923.21 or areas for preservation or restoration 

pursuant to Sec. 923.22.

    (c) The management program must contain a procedure for assessing 

public beaches and other public areas, including State owned lands, 

tidelands and bottom lands, which require access or protection, and a 

description of appropriate types of access and protection.

    (d) The management program must contain a definition of the term 

``beach'' that is the broadest definition allowable under state law or 

constitutional provisions, and an identification of public areas meeting 

that definition.

    (e) The management program must contain an identification and 

description of enforceable policies, legal authorities, funding program 

and other techniques that will be used to provide such shorefront access 

and protection that the State's planning process indicates is necessary.