The Coastal Zone Management Act Amendments of 1976
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 was designed to encourage state response to the conflicting demands made on shoreline resources. It provided financial and other incentives to coastal states to exercise greater planning and regulatory powers over their shorelines. The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1976 sought to expand on this to compensate for the effects of energy facilities on coastal areas. A $1.2 billion program was established to aid coastal states in finding the safest location for each facility, financing public projects, such as schools and roads necessitated by these facilities, and ameliorating environmental losses. The more recent act establishes two interlocking types of assistance for the environmental and socioeconomic losses that the development of energy facilities can cause for coastal areas. 123 references.
- OSTI ID:
- 6505454
- Journal Information:
- Harvard Env. Law Review; (United States), Journal Name: Harvard Env. Law Review; (United States) Vol. 1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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H. R. 4030: This Act may be cited as the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990. Introduced in the House of Representatives, One Hundredth First Congress, Second Session, February 21, 1990
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT
ENERGY FACILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
LAWS
MODIFICATIONS
PLANNING
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS