Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 16 - COASTAL COORDINATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chapter 506 - COUNCIL PROCEDURES FOR FEDERAL CONSISTENCY WITH COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GOALS AND PRIORITIES
Section 506.10 - Purpose and Policy

The purpose of this chapter is to describe procedures to ensure that federal actions and activities subject to the Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP) are consistent with the CMP goals and policies. This chapter provides procedures that are intended to allow the council to adequately identify, address, and resolve consistency issues. These rules do not create an obligation on the part of federal agencies independent of the Coastal Zone Management Act and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) regulations at 15 CFR Parts 923 and 930. If there is a conflict between this chapter and NOAA's regulations, then NOAA's regulations, and NOAA's interpretation of the regulations, are the authoritative requirements for federal consistency.