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Notice of proposed changes to the North Carolina coastal management program
Story Date: 10/24/2012
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Source: NCDENR, 10/23/12
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission is notifying the public that a change to the Coastal Area Management Act is being submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management for incorporation into the state’s federally-approved Coastal Management Program.
The commission is required by law to alert the public to such changes.
The federal Coastal Zone Management Act authorizes state coastal zone management programs to formally incorporate changes made to state laws, rules and policies for use in the review of federal permits and projects. This routine program change concurrence request does not involve direct changes to the program’s regulations, but to a section of its enabling legislation, General Statute 113A-115.1 (Coastal Area Management Act).
The primary change to the legislation under Session Law 2011-387 gives the Coastal Resources Commission the authority to permit up to four terminal groins on the oceanfront without having to meet one of the previously existing exemptions for permanent erosion control structures.
The Coastal Resources Commission considers this to be a routine program change that does not significantly affect the uses subject to management, special management areas, boundaries, authorities and organization, or coordination, public involvement and national interest components of the North Carolina Coastal Management Program. The CRC is requesting concurrence with this finding from the NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, or OCRM. OCRM will review the changes to ensure they do not constitute a program amendment as described in 15 CFR §923.80.
The public is invited to comment on this routine program change request. The public comment period is Oct. 23-Nov. 23. Comments on these proposed changes should be submitted in writing directly to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Nov. 23. Comments should be sent by email to Joelle.Gore@noaa.gov or by regular mail to the following address: Ms. Joelle Gore, Coastal Programs Division, N/ORM3, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA Ocean Service, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Complete copies of the submission may be obtained from the N.C. Division of Coastal Management’s website at http://www.nccoastalmanagement.net/CRC/NCRPCTerminal%20Groins.pdf, or by contacting Tancred Miller at the N.C. Division of Coastal Management’s office at 400 Commerce Ave., Morehead City, NC, 28557, by email to Tancred.Miller@ncdenr.gov, or by calling 252-808-2808.
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