| (a) The following words, terms, and phrases, when used
in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Associated facilities--All proposed facilities:
(A) which are specifically designed, located, constructed,
operated, adapted, or otherwise used, in full or in major part, to
meet the needs of a federal action (e.g., activity, development project,
license, permit, or assistance); and
(B) without which the federal action, as proposed,
could not be conducted. See 15 CFR §930.11(d).
(2) Coastal Coordination Act--Texas Natural Resources
Code, Chapter 33, Subchapter F.
(3) Coastal Zone--The portion of the coastal area located
within the boundaries established by the CMP under Texas Natural Resources
Code, §33.2053(k), and described in Chapter 27 of this title
(relating to Coastal Management Program Boundary).
(4) CMP--Texas Coastal Management Program, which was
accepted into the federal Coastal Zone Management Program in 1996
after receiving approval from the federal Office for Coastal Management.
The CMP was implemented on January 10, 1997 and incorporates all federally
approved amendments thereafter.
(5) CMP coordinator--The GLO Coastal Resources staff
member designated by the commissioner.
(6) CMP goals and enforceable policies--The goals and
policies set forth in Chapter 26 of this title.
(7) Commissioner--Commissioner of the GLO.
(8) Committee--Coastal Coordination Advisory Committee.
(9) CZMA--Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972,
as amended.
(10) Development project--Federal agency activity involving
the planning, construction, modification, or removal of public works,
facilities, or other structures, and includes the acquisition, use,
or disposal of coastal use or resource. See 15 CFR §930.31(b).
(11) Director--Director of the Office for Coastal Management
(OCM), National Ocean Service, NOAA.
(12) Federal agency--Any department, agency, board,
commission, council, independent office or similar entity within the
executive branch of the federal government, or any wholly owned federal
government corporation. See 15 CFR §930.11(j).
(13) Federal agency activity--Any functions performed
by or on behalf of a federal agency in the exercise of its statutory
responsibilities, including a range of activities where a Federal
agency makes a proposal for action initiating an activity or series
of activities when coastal effects are reasonably foreseeable, e.g.,
a Federal agency's proposal to physically alter coastal resources,
a plan that is used to direct future agency actions, a proposed rulemaking
that alters uses of the coastal zone. The term does not include the
issuance of a federal license or permit or the granting of federal
assistance to an applicant agency. See 15 CFR §930.31(a).
(14) Federal assistance--Assistance provided under
a federal program to a state or local government applicant agency
through grant or contractual arrangements, loans, subsidies, guarantees,
insurance, or other form of financial aid. See 15 CFR §930.91.
(15) Federal license or permit activity--An activity
proposed by a non-federal applicant that requires any federal license,
permit, or other authorization that an applicant is required by law
to obtain in order to conduct activities affecting any land or water
use or natural resource of the coastal zone and that any federal agency
is empowered to issue to an applicant. See 15 CFR §930.51(a).
An action to renew, amend, or modify an existing license or permit
is not subject to review under this Chapter if the action only extends
the time period of the existing authorization without authorizing
new or additional work or activities, would not increase pollutant
loads to coastal waters or result in relocation of a wastewater outfall
to a critical area, or is not otherwise directly relevant to the CMP
enforceable policies in Chapter 26. See also, 15 CFR §930.51(a).
(16) Outer continental shelf (OCS) plan--Any plan for
the exploration or development of, or production from, an area which
has been leased under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 United
States Code Annotated, §§1331-1356), and the regulations
under that Act, which is submitted to the Secretary of the Interior
or designee following management program approval and which describes
in detail activities federal license or permit activities. See 15
CFR §930.73.
(17) Program boundary--CMP program boundary established
in §27.1 of this title (relating to the Coastal Management Program
Boundary).
(b) Any statutory or regulatory terms or phrases that
are not defined in the Chapter retain the meaning provided for in
the pertinent agency's regulations unless a different meaning is assigned
in the applicable regulations under the CZMA.
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