[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR930.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 930_FEDERAL CONSISTENCY WITH APPROVED COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Information
 
Sec.  930.1  Overall objectives.


    The objectives of this part are:
    (a) To describe the obligations of all parties who are required to 
comply with the federal consistency requirement of the Coastal Zone 
Management Act;
    (b) To implement the federal consistency requirement in a manner 
which strikes a balance between the need to ensure consistency for 
federal actions affecting any coastal use or resource with the 
enforceable policies of approved management programs and the importance 
of federal activities (the term ``federal action'' includes all types of 
activities subject to the federal consistency requirement under subparts 
C, D, E, F and I of this part.);
    (c) To provide flexible procedures which foster intergovernmental 
cooperation and minimize duplicative effort and unnecessary delay, while 
making certain that the objectives of the federal consistency 
requirement of the Act are satisfied. Federal agencies, State agencies, 
and applicants should coordinate as early as possible in developing a 
proposed federal action, and

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may mutually agree to intergovernmental coordination efforts to meet the 
requirements of these regulations, provided that public participation 
requirements are met and applicable State management program enforceable 
policies are considered. State agencies should participate in the 
administrative processes of federal agencies concerning federal actions 
that may be subject to state review under subparts C, D, E, F and I of 
this part.
    (d) To interpret significant terms in the Act and this part;
    (e) To provide procedures to make certain that all Federal agency 
and State agency consistency decisions are directly related to the 
enforceable policies of approved management programs;
    (f) To provide procedures which the Secretary, in cooperation with 
the Executive Office of the President, may use to mediate serious 
disagreements which arise between Federal and State agencies during the 
administration of approved management programs; and
    (g) To provide procedures which permit the Secretary to review 
federal license or permit activities, or federal assistance activities, 
to determine whether they are consistent with the objectives or purposes 
of the Act, or are necessary in the interest of national security.

[65 FR 77154, Dec. 8, 2000, as amended at 71 FR 826, Jan. 5, 2006]