The Coastal Coordination Council (Council) administers the Coastal Management Program (CMP). The Commissioner of the General Land Office chairs the Council. The other members of the Council are the chair of the Parks and Wildlife Commission or a member of the commission designated by the chair; the chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or a member of the commission designated by the chair; a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas appointed by that commission; the chair of the Texas Water Development Board or a member of the board designated by the chair; the chair of the Texas Transportation Commission or a member of the commission designated by the chair; a member of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board appointed by that board; the director of the Texas A&M University Sea Grant Program serving as a non-voting member; and four gubernatorial appointees. The appointees are a local elected official who resides in the coastal area, an owner of a business located in the coastal area who resides in the coastal area, a resident from the coastal area, and a representative of agriculture.

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Meeting Agendas and Packets

• June 25, 2009 - Council
• May 7, 2009 - Executive Committee
• March 5, 2009 - Council
• January 22, 2009 - Executive Committee

January 22, 2009 Thursday, 1:30 p.m.	Executive Committee	Austin
March 5, 2009 Thursday, 1:30 p.m.	Coastal Coordination Council	Austin
May 7, 2009 Thursday, 1:30 p.m.	Executive Committee	Austin
June 25, 2009 Thursday, 12:00 p.m.	Coastal Coordination Council	Matagorda

Member Lists

• Coastal Coordination Council
• Executive Committee

The Council is charged with adopting uniform goals and policies to guide decision-making by all entities regulating or managing natural resource use within the Texas coastal area. The Council reviews significant actions taken or authorized by state agencies and subdivisions that may adversely affect coastal natural resources to determine their consistency with the CMP goals and policies. In addition, the Council oversees the CMP Grants Program and the coastal Permit Service Center.

• Notice in the Texas Register (July 21, 2006) - Texas Coastal Coordination Council's (CCC) Submital of Program Changes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) and Request for Public Comment
• Formal Change Submission (July 2006) - Texas Coastal Management Program changes, April 1997 through October 2004
• Texas Coastal Management Program: Final Environmental Impact Statement (August 1996)

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• Coastal Coordination Council Rules
• A Review of Implementation of Sunset Advisory Commission Management Actions at 13 State Agencies, A Report by the Texas State Auditor's Office - includes the SAO finding that the Coastal Coordination Council has fully implemented the Sunset Advisory Commission's management actions.
• Complaints Tracking Policies & Procedures
  Approved by the Coastal Coordination Council for tracking and responding to complaints.

• Coastal Coordination Act (Natural Resources Code, Chapter 33. Management of Coastal Public Land)
• Sunset Advisory Commission - Sunset Commission Decisions on the Coastal Coordination Council
• Coastal Coordination Council Self-Evaluation Report for Sunset Review (August 1999)
• Section 309 Assessment and Strategies Report
• Section 309 Grant Projects
• Section 312 Evaluation 2004 (for the period January 2001 through March 2004)
  • Section 312 Evaluation 2000 (for the period August 1996 through December 2000)
• Summary of Provisions of H.B. 906 - 77th Legislature's amendments to the Coastal Coordination Act
• Summary of Provisions of S. B. 803 – 81st Legislature’s amendment to the Coastal Coordination Act
• Coastal Management Program

 

For more information, please contact the Coastal Coordination Council at 1-800-998-4GLO or (512) 463-9212.

Last updated on 31 August 2009.