---identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s923.12"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "15 CFR § 923.12 - Uses of regional benefit."title_number: 15title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"section_number: "923.12"section_name: "Uses of regional benefit."chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"subchapter_number: "B"subchapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"part_number: "923"part_name: "COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM REGULATIONS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "16 U.S.C. 1451 31 U.S.C. 6506; 42 U.S.C. 3334; Sections 923.92 and 923.94 are also issued under E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982, 3 CFR 1982 Comp. p. 197, as amended by E.O. 12416, April 8, 1983, 3 CFR 1983 Comp. p. 186."regulatory_source: "44 FR 18595, Mar. 28, 1979, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "923"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t15/s923.12
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Authority
16 U.S.C. 1451 31 U.S.C. 6506; 42 U.S.C. 3334; Sections 923.92 and 923.94 are also issued under E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982, 3 CFR 1982 Comp. p. 197, as amended by E.O. 12416, April 8, 1983, 3 CFR 1983... 16 U.S.C. 1451 31 U.S.C. 6506; 42 U.S.C. 3334; Sections 923.92 and 923.94 are also issued under E.O. 12372, July 14, 1982, 3 CFR 1982 Comp. p. 197, as amended by E.O. 12416, April 8, 1983, 3 CFR 1983 Comp. p. 186.
# 923.12 Uses of regional benefit.The management program must contain a method of assuring that local land use and water use regulations within the coastal zone do not unreasonably restrict or exclude land uses and water uses of regional benefit. To this end, the management program must:(a) Identify what constitutes uses of regional benefit; and(b) Identify and utilize any one or a combination of methods, consistent with the control techniques employed by the State, to assure local land and water use regulations do not unreasonably restrict or exclude uses of regional benefit.[61 FR 33806, June 28, 1996; 61 FR 36965, July 15, 1996]