[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: 15CFR923.60]



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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 G_Review/Approval Procedures

 

Sec. 923.60  Review/approval procedures.



    Source: 61 FR 33815, June 28, 1996, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) All state management program submissions must contain an 

environmental assessment at the time of submission of the management 

program to OCRM for threshold review. In accordance with regulations 

implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 

OCRM will assist the State by outlining the types of information 

required. (See 40 CFR Sec. 1506.5 (a) and (b).)

    (b) Upon submission by a State of its draft management program, OCRM 

will determine if it adequately meets the requirements of the Act and 

this part. Assuming positive findings are made and major revisions to 

the State's draft management program are not required, OCRM will prepare 

draft and final environmental impact statements, in accordance with 

National Environmental Policy Act requirements. Because the review 

process involves preparation and dissemination of draft and final 

environmental impact statements and lengthy Federal agency review; 

states should anticipate that it will take at



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least 7 months between the time a state first submits a draft management 

program to OCRM for threshold review and the point at which the 

Assistant Administrator makes a final decision on whether to approve the 

management program. Certain factors will contribute to lengthening or 

shortening this time table; these factors are discussed in OCRM guidance 

on the review/approval process. The OCRM guidance also recommends a 

format for the program document submitted to the Assistant Administrator 

for review and approval.