Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part I - Office of the Secretary › Subpart 1 - General › Chapter 7 - Coastal Management › Subchapter C - Coastal Use Permits and Mitigation › Section I-723 - Rules and Procedures for Coastal Use Permits

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. General
1. Coastal Use Permits. This regulation
					 provides the requirements and procedures for the issuance, denial, renewal,
					 modification, suspension, and revocation of coastal use permits and general
					 coastal use permits.
2. Permit
					 Requirement. No use of state or local concern shall be commenced or carried out
					 in the coastal zone without a valid coastal use permit or in-lieu permit unless
					 the activity is exempted from permitting by the provisions of the SLCRMA or by
					 Subsection B of this Section. The following shall be considered as uses of
					 state or local concern subject to the requirement of this Paragraph:
a. dredging or filling and discharges of
					 dredged or fill material;
b. levee
					 siting, construction, operation, and maintenance;
c. hurricane and flood protection facilities,
					 including the siting, construction, operation, and maintenance of such
					 facilities;
d. urban developments,
					 including the siting, construction or operation of residential, commercial,
					 industrial, and governmental structures and transportation
					 facilities;
e. energy development
					 activities, including any siting, construction, or operation of generating,
					 processing and transmission facilities, pipeline facilities, and exploration
					 for and production of oil, natural gas, and geothermal energy;
f. mining activities, including surface,
					 subsurface, and underground mining, sand or gravel mining, and shell
					 dredging;
g. wastewater discharge,
					 including point and nonpoint sources;
h. surface water control or consumption,
					 including marsh management projects;
i. shoreline modification projects and harbor
					 structures;
j. waste disposal
					 activities;
k. recreational
					 developments, including siting, construction and operation of public and
					 private recreational facilities and marinas;
l. industrial development, including siting,
					 construction, or operation of such facilities;
m. any other activities or projects that
					 would require a permit or other form of consent or authorization from the U.S.
					 Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Louisiana
					 Department of Natural Resources (see page 83 Item 13 of the Louisiana Coastal
					 Resources Program Final Environmental Impact Statement);
n. activities which impact barrier islands,
					 salt domes, cheniers, and beaches;
o. drainage projects;
3. In-Lieu Permits. Coastal use permits shall
					 not be required for the location, drilling, exploration and production of oil,
					 gas, sulphur and other minerals subject to regulation by the Office of
					 Conservation of the Department of Natural Resources as of January 1, 1979. The
					 parameters and procedures of the in-lieu permit process are as provided for
					 under existing Memorandum of Understanding between the Coastal Management
					 Section and the Office of Conservation and the rules and procedures of the
					 Office of Conservation.