Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE › Chapter 16 - COASTAL PROTECTION › Section 16.1 - Definitions and Scope

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(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:
(A) waters in the open Gulf of Mexico--waters
				in the state as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(18);
(B) waters under tidal influence--waters in
				the state as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(19);
(C) state submerged lands--submerged land as
				defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(15)
				that is owned by the state;
(D)
				coastal wetlands--wetlands as defined in § 16.1(a)(5) of this title
				(relating to Definitions and Scope);
(E) submerged aquatic vegetation--rooted
				aquatic vegetation as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(16);
(F) tidal sand or mud flat--silt, clay, or
				sand substrates as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(17);
(G) oyster reefs--natural or artificial
				formations as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(13);
(H) hard substrate reefs--naturally occurring
				hard substrate formations as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(12);
(I) coastal barriers--undeveloped areas as
				defined in Teas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(2);
(J) coastal shore areas--all areas within 100
				feet landward of the high water mark on state submerged land;
(K) Gulf beaches--beaches bordering on the
				Gulf of Mexico as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(11);
(L) critical dune areas--protected sand dune
				complexes as defined in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(9);
(M) special hazard areas--areas as described
				in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(14);
(N) critical erosion areas--areas as defined
				in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(10);
(O) coastal historic area--a site that is
				described in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(3);
				and
(P) coastal preserve--any land
				described in Texas Natural Resources Code, §
											33.203(4).
(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.