[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: 15CFR923.56]



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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. 923.56  Plan coordination.



    (a) The management program must be coordinated with local, areawide, 

and interstate plans applicable to areas within the coastal zone--

    (1) Existing on January 1 of the year in which the state's 

management program is submitted to the Secretary; and

    (2) Which have been developed by a local government, an areawide 

agency, a regional agency, or an interstate agency.

    (b) A State must insure that the contents of its management program 

has been coordinated with local, areawide and interstate plans 

applicable to areas within the coastal zone existing on January 1 of the 

year in which the State's management program is submitted to the 

Assistant Administrator for approval. To document this coordination, the 

management program must:

    (1) Identify local governments, areawide agencies and regional or 

interstate agencies which have plans affecting the coastal zone in 

effect on January 1 of the year in which the management program is 

submitted;



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    (2) List or provide a summary of contacts with these entities for 

the purpose of coordinating the management program with plans adopted by 

a governmental entity as of January 1 of the year in which the 

management program is submitted. At a minimum, the following plans, 

affecting a State coastal zone, shall be reviewed: Land use plans 

prepared pursuant to section 701 of the Housing and Urban Development 

Act of 1968, as amended; State and areawide waste treatment facility or 

management plans prepared pursuant to sections 201 and 208 of the Clean 

Water Act, as amended; plans and designations made pursuant to the 

National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster 

Protection Act of 1973, as amended; hazard mitigation plans prepared 

pursuant to section 409 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act; any applicable interstate energy plans or 

programs developed pursuant to section 309 of the Act; regional and 

interstate highway plans; plans developed by Regional Action Planning 

Commission; and fishery management plans developed pursuant to the 

Fisheries Conservation and Management Act.

    (3) Identify conflicts with those plans of a regulatory nature that 

are unresolved at the time of program submission and the means that can 

be used to resolve these conflicts.