[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
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.