CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (parts 902 to 996) > SUBCHAPTER B—OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (parts 921 to 932) > PART 930—FEDERAL CONSISTENCY WITH APPROVED COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS > SUBPART I—Consistency of Federal Activities Having Interstate Coastal Effects (§930.150 to §930.157) > 930.153—Coordination between States in developing coastal management policies.

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.