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(6) Coastal hazards; (A) Develop and communicate adequate information about coastal hazards; (B) Control development, including planning and zoning control, in areas subject to coastal hazards; (C) Ensure that developments comply with requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program; and (D) Prevent coastal flooding from inland projects. (7) Managing development; (A) Use, implement, and enforce existing law effectively to the maximum extent possible in managing present and future coastal zone development; (B) Facilitate timely processing of applications for development permits and resolve overlapping or conflicting permit requirements; and (C) Communicate the potential short and long-term impacts of proposed significant coastal developments early in their life cycle and in terms understandable to the public to facilitate public participation in the planning and review process. (8) Public participation; (A) Promote public involvement in coastal zone management processes; (B) Disseminate information on coastal management issues by means of educational materials, published reports, staff contact, and public workshops for persons and organizations concerned with coastal issues, developments, and government activities; and (C) Organize workshops, policy dialogues, and site-specific mediations to respond to coastal issues and conflicts. (9) Beach protection; (A) Locate new structures inland from the shoreline setback to conserve open space, minimize interference with natural shoreline processes, and minimize loss of improvements due to erosion; (B) Prohibit construction of private shoreline hardening structures including seawalls and revetments, at sites having sand beaches and at sites where shoreline hardening structures interfere with existing recreational and waterline activities; and (C) Minimize the construction of public shoreline hardening structures including seawalls and revetments, at sites having sand beaches and at sites where shoreline hardening structures interfere with existing recreational and waterline activities; (D) Minimize grading of and damage to coastal dunes; (E) Prohibit private property owners from creating a public nuisance by inducing or cultivating the private property owner’s vegetation in a beach transit corridor; and (F) Prohibit private property owners from creating a public nuisance by allowing the private property owner’s unmaintained vegetation to interfere or encroach upon a beach transit corridor; and (10) Marine and coastal resources; (A) Ensure that the use and development of marine and coastal resources are ecologically and environmentally sound and economically beneficial; (B) Coordinate the management of marine and coastal resources and activities to improve effectiveness and efficiency; (C) Assert and articulate the interests of the State as a partner with federal agencies in the sound management of ocean resources within the United States exclusive economic zone; (D) Promote research, study, and understanding of ocean and coastal processes, impacts of climate change and sea level rise, marine life, and other ocean resources in order to acquire and inventory information necessary to understand how coastal development activities relate to and impact ocean and coastal resources; and (E) Encourage research and development of new, innovative technologies for exploring, using, or protecting marine and coastal resources.