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§1466 Appeals relating to offshore mineral development

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT › § 1466

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

For appeals under the Coastal Zone Management Act about federal energy-project permits, the lead federal agency must keep one combined record of all federal and state decisions and actions; that record starts the appeal and may be supplemented only as the Act allows.

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Title 16, §1466

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For any Federal administrative agency proceeding that is an appeal or review under section 319 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1465) related to any Federal authorization for the permitting, approval, or other authorization of an energy project, the lead Federal permitting agency for the project shall, with the cooperation of Federal and State administrative agencies, maintain a consolidated record of all decisions made or actions taken by the lead agency or by another Federal or State administrative agency or officer. Such record shall be the initial record for appeals or reviews under that Act, provided that the record may be supplemented as expressly provided pursuant to section 319 of that Act.

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The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 89–454, as added by Pub. L. 92–583, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1280, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 1451 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1451 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and not as part of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.

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16 U.S.C. § 1466

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73