[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: 15CFR923.52]



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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 F_Coordination, Public Involvement and National Interest

 

Sec. 923.52  Consideration of the national interest in facilities.



    (a) The management program must provide for adequate consideration 

of the national interest involved in planning for, and managing the 

coastal



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zone, including the siting of facilities such as energy facilities which 

are of greater than local significance. In the case of energy 

facilities, the State must have considered any applicable national or 

interstate energy plan or program.

    (b) The primary purpose of this requirement is to assure adequate 

consideration by States of the national interest involved in the 

planning for and siting of facilities (which are necessary to meet other 

than local requirements) during:

    (1) The development of the State's management program,

    (2) The review and approval of the program by the Assistant 

Administrator, and

    (3) The implementation of the program as such facilities are 

proposed.

    (c) In order to fulfill this requirement, States must:

    (1) Describe the national interest in the planning for and siting of 

facilities considered during program development.

    (2) Indicate the sources relied upon for a description of the 

national interest in the planning for and siting of the facilities.

    (3) Indicate how and where the consideration of the national 

interest is reflected in the substance of the management program. In the 

case of energy facilities in which there is a national interest, the 

program must indicate the consideration given any national or interstate 

energy plans or programs which are applicable to or affect a state's 

coastal zone.

    (4) Describe the process for continued consideration of the national 

interest in the planning for and siting of facilities during program 

implementation, including a clear and detailed description of the 

administrative procedures and decisions points where such interest will 

be considered.