---identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s923.91"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "15 CFR § 923.91 - State responsibility."title_number: 15title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"section_number: "923.91"section_name: "State responsibility."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/s923.91
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.
# 923.91 State responsibility.(a) Applications for program grants are required to be submitted by the Governor of a participating state or by the head of the state entity designated by the Governor pursuant to subsection 306(d)(6) of the Act.(b) In the case of a section 305 grant, the application must designate a single state agency or entity to receive development grants and to be responsible for development of the State's coastal management program. The designee need not be that entity designated by the Governor pursuant to subsection 306(d)(6) of the Act as a single agency to receive and administer implementation grants.(c) One State application will cover all program activities for which program development or implementation funds under this Act and matching State funds are provided, irrespective of whether these activities will be carried out by State agencies, areawide or regional agencies, local governments, or interstate entities.(d) The designated state entity shall be fiscally responsible for all expenditures made under the grant, including expenditures by subgrantees and contractors.