Lessening the scope of federal coastal zone management: what's at stake

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6625642

Kaplan, E; Ritschard, R

The coastal zone management (CZM) program is the primary focus of this report, although many federal agencies with little or no formal role in the CZM also affect coastal affairs, a circumstance that complicates any analysis of the impact of cutbacks. Energy development, for example, involves a broad range of concerns: offshore oil and gas; petroleum transshipment; nuclear power plants; coal exports; ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) facilities; wave and tidal power generators; and storage and refining of petroleum. The present scope of federal and state involvement in coastal zone management is reviewed particularly in relation to energy development. The impact of decreased federal coastal zone funding is next outlined as well as the important issues of national interest and consistency are reviewed using specific examples. Finally, we conclude by characterizing the need for an effective coastal planning and management scheme, which includes DOE in an advisory role.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6625642
• Report Number(s): LBL-14164; BNL-30948; ON: DE83004048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
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COASTAL REGIONS
COASTAL WATERS
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT
IMPLEMENTATION
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
PLANNING
STATE GOVERNMENT
SURFACE WATERS
ZONES