The purpose of this subchapter is to identify those agency actions which are subject to review for consistency with the goals and policies of the Texas Coastal Management Program pursuant to the Coastal Coordination Act, Texas Natural Resources Code, Subchapters C and F, Chapter 33, and rules of the Coastal Coordination Council contained in 31 Texas Administrative Code, Chapters 501 and 505. This shall be accomplished by adequately identifying, addressing, and resolving consistency issues to the maximum extent practicable prior to final agency action in order to avoid the referral of an agency action to the council for review and, thus, avoid any unnecessary delay in providing a final agency action with respect to a request or application for a permit, order, or other authorization from the commission.
30 Tex. Admin. Code § 281.40