[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: 15CFR923.3]



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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 A_General

 

Sec. 923.3  General requirements.



    (a) The management program must be developed and adopted in 

accordance with the requirements of the Act and this part, after notice, 

and the opportunity for full participation by relevant Federal and State 

agencies, local governments, regional organizations, port authorities, 

and other interested parties and persons, and be adequate to carry out 

the purposes of the Act and be consistent with the national policy set 

forth in section 303 of the Act.

    (b) The management program must provide for the management of those 

land and water uses having a direct and significant impact on coastal 

waters and those geographic areas which are likely to be affected by or 

vulnerable to sea level rise. The program must include provisions to 

assure the appropriate protection of those significant resources and 

areas, such as wetlands, beaches and dunes, and barrier islands, that 

make the State's coastal zone a unique, vulnerable, or valuable area.

    (c) The management program must contain a broad class of policies 

for each of the following areas: resource protection, management of 

coastal development, and simplification of governmental processes. These 

three broad classes must include specific policies that provide the 

framework for the exercise of various management techniques and 

authorities governing coastal resources, uses, and areas. The three 

classes must include policies that address uses of or impacts on 

wetlands and floodplains within the State's coastal zone, and that 

minimize the destruction, loss or degradation of wetlands and preserve 

and enhance their natural values in accordance with the purposes of 

Executive Order 11990, pertaining to wetlands. These policies also must 

reduce risks of flood loss, minimize the impact of floods on human 

safety, health and welfare, and preserve the natural, beneficial values 

served by floodplains, in accordance with the purposes of Executive 

Order 11988, pertaining to floodplains.

    (d) The policies in the program must be appropriate to the nature 

and degree of management needed for uses, areas, and resources 

identified as subject to the program.

    (e) The policies, standards, objectives, criteria, and procedures by 

which program decisions will be made must provide:

    (1) A clear understanding of the content of the program, especially 

in identifying who will be affected by the program and how, and

    (2) A clear sense of direction and predictability for decisionmakers 

who must take actions pursuant to or consistent with the management 

program.