15 CFR § 930.153 - Coordination between States in developing coastal management policies.

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title: "15 CFR § 930.153 - Coordination between States in developing coastal management policies."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "930.153"
section_name: "Coordination between States in developing coastal management policies."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "930"
part_name: "FEDERAL CONSISTENCY WITH APPROVED COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 1451"
regulatory_source: "65 FR 77154, Dec. 8, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 930.153 Coordination between States in developing coastal management policies.

Coastal States are encouraged to give high priority to:

(a) Coordinating State coastal management planning, policies, and programs with respect to contiguous areas of such States;

(b) Studying, planning, and implementing unified coastal management policies with respect to such areas; and

(c) Establishing an effective mechanism, and adopting a federal-State consultation procedure, for the identification, examination, and cooperative resolution of mutual problems with respect to activities having interstate coastal effects.