Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 26 - COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Subchapter B - GOALS AND POLICIES
Section 26.13 - Administrative Policies

Universal Citation: 31 TX Admin Code ยง 26.13

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Agency and subdivision rules and ordinances subject to §26.10 of this title (relating to Compliance with Goals and Policies) shall:

(1) require applicants to provide information necessary for an agency or subdivision to make an informed decision on a proposed action listed in §29.11 of this title (relating to Actions and Rules Subject to the Coastal Management Program) or §29.60 of this title (relating to Local Government Actions Subject to the Coastal Management Program);

(2) identify the monitoring established to ensure that activities authorized by actions listed in §29.11 of this title or §29.60 of this title comply with all applicable requirements;

(3) identify circumstances in which agencies and subdivisions have the authority to issue variances from standards or requirements for the protection of CNRAs, including the grounds for granting variances; and

(4) take into account the national interest as defined in the Texas Coastal Management Program Final Environmental Impact Statement, August 1996, Part II, Chapter 7.

(b) A threshold for referral adopted by an agency under the provisions of Chapter 29 of this title (relating to Procedures for State Consistency with Coastal Management Program Goals and Policies) shall be set at a level that is reasonably calculated to ensure that actions that may have unique and significant adverse effects on coastal natural resource areas are above the threshold for referral.

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