(a) The following words, terms, abbreviations, and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) CCC or council--The Coastal Coordination Council.
(2) CMP--The Coastal Management Program as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §33.203(22).
(3) CNRA (coastal natural resource area)--An area listed in Texas Natural Resources Code, §33.203(1), that is located within the coastal zone, defined as follows:
(4) Coastal zone--The area within the CMP boundary established in §503.1 of this title (relating to Coastal Management Program Boundary).
(5) Coastal wetlands--Wetlands as defined in Texas Water Code, §11.502 that lie within the coastal zone.
(6) Commissioner--The commissioner of the General Land Office.
(7) Critical area--An area as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §33.203(8).
(8) GLO--The General Land Office.
(9) Lower coast--The coastal zone southwest of Cavallo Pass at the eastern end of Matagorda Island, Calhoun County, Texas, so as to exclude the Matagorda Bay system.
(10) Major action--An individual agency or subdivision action authorizing an activity involving a federal action for which a federal environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 United States Code Annotated, §§4321, et seq, is required.
(11) SLB--The School Land Board.
(12) State submerged land--Land underlying waters under tidal influence or waters of the open Gulf of Mexico that is owned by the state.
(13) Upper coast--The coastal zone northeast of Cavallo Pass at the eastern end of Matagorda Island, Calhoun County, Texas, so as to include the Matagorda Bay system.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, the list of actions included in §505.11(a)(1) of this title (relating to Actions and Rules Subject to the Coastal Management Program) is an exclusive list of actions taken or authorized by the GLO or SLB that may adversely affect a CNRA, and that therefore must be consistent with the goals and policies stated in this chapter.
(c) An action to renew, amend, or modify an existing permit, certificate, lease, easement, approval or other form of authorization shall not be considered an action otherwise subject to the rules in this chapter if the action only extends the time period of the existing authorization without authorizing new or additional work or activities or is not otherwise directly relevant to the policies in §16.3 of this title (relating to Policies for Specific Activities and Coastal Natural Resource Areas). This chapter applies only to actions listed in subsection (b) of this section for which an application was filed after the effective date of either this chapter or Chapters 501 and 505 of this title (relating to Coastal Management Program and Council Procedures for State Consistency with Coastal Management Program Goals and Policies, respectively), whichever is later.
Source Note: The provisions of this §16.1 adopted to be effective December 18, 1995, 20 TexReg 10271; amended to be effective November 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 7049