PUBLIC LAW 96-464—OCT. 17, 1980
94 STAT. 2061
related to national defense, energy, fisheries development, recreation, ports and transportation, and the location, to the maximum extent practicable, of new commercial and industrial developments in or adjacent to areas where such development already exists, "(D) public access to the coasts for recreation purposes, "(E) assistance in the redevelopment of deteriorating urban waterfronts and ports, and sensitive preservation and restoration of historic, cultural, and esthetic coastal features, "(F) the coordination and simplification of procedures in order to ensure expedited governmental decisionmaking for the management of coastal resources, "(G) continued consultation and coordination with, and the giving of adequate consideration to the views of, affected Federal agencies, "(H) the giving of timely and effective notification of, and opportunities for public and local government participation in, coastal management decisionmaking, and "(I) assistance to support comprehensive planning, conservation, and management for living marine resources, including planning for the siting of pollution control and aquaculture facilities within the coastal zone, and improved coordination between State and Federal coastal zone management agencies and State and wildlife agencies; and "(3) to encourage the preparation of special area management plans which provide for increased specificity in protecting significant natural resources, reasonable coastal-dependent economic growth, improved protection of life and property in hazardous areas, and improved predictability in govermental decisionmaking; and '(4) to encourage the participation and cooperation of the public, state and local governments, and interstate and other regional agencies, as well as of the Federal agencies having programs affecting the coastal zone, in carrying out the purposes of this title.". SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
Section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (16) as paragraphs (3) through (17), respectively; (2) by inserting immediately after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2) the term 'coastal resource of national significance' means any coastal wetland, beach, dune, barrier island, reef, estuary, or fish and wildlife habitat, if any such area is determined by a coastal state to be of substantial biological or natural storm protective value."; (3) by striking out "Guam," in paragraph (4) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section) and inserting in lieu thereof "Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands,"; (4) by inserting immediately after paragraph (16) (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section) the following new paragraph: "(17) The term 'special area management plan' means a comprehensive plan providing for natural resource protection and reason-
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