National energy policy and state coastal programs: a critique of current efforts to balance environmental protection and energy production along the coast

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6002332

Kanouse, R; Sorensen, J

The Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) represents an effort to improve state management of coastal resources in siting of energy facilities while reducing the costs of redundant regulation. There is evidence that, state coastal programs have not had a major impact on the siting regulatory process. The Coastal Zone Management Act expires in 1980, and Congressional hearings to consider extension of the CZMA are scheduled for the Fall of 1979. It is stated that congress must amend the current provisions of the Act that deal with regulation of coastal energy facility siting activities, since re-enactment of the current siting provisions would be an endorsement of the present ineffective regulatory process. Eight major modifications that should be made in the CZMA are proposed. The first four modifications focus upon clarifying key provisions in the current Act. The latter four modifications focus upon attributes of the energy facility siting regulatory process that are either ignored or inadequately addressed in the current CZMA. These four proposed modifications are designed to minimize the impediments to an effective and efficient siting process that are caused by the inherent complexities of national energy policy and environmental Protection programs. Two legislative options for amending the CZMA, both of which incorporate the eight suggested modifications, are proposed.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA); California Univ., San Diego (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6002332
• Report Number(s): SAN-0034/263-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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