Coastal Management Program

	Rep. Reggie Joule (D-40) Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D-37) Co-Chair, (H) ENE Com. Chair, (H) FSH Com. Rep. Robert Buch (D-27)

“An Act relating to the Alaska coastal management program; and establishing the Alaska Coastal Policy Board.”

Posted: February 9, 2009 : v26-LS0322\R
Status: (H) RES : 2009-03-05
Contact: Elizabeth Hensley, 465-4924

1. Restoring checks and balances by establishing a Coastal Policy Board representing coastal districts and state resource agencies;


2. Streamlining project reviews by reincorporating air and water quality concerns of the Department of Environmental Conservation into the consistency review process;


3. Restoring the ability of coastal districts to establish enforceable policies that do not conflict with state or federal law or address matters preempted by state or federal agencies; and


4. Restoring States' rights by reinstating provisions eliminated by 2003 legislation.


I support responsible development of our coastal resources. I believe this can best and most expeditiously be accomplished through restoring some meaningful involvement of coastal communities in development decisions that directly affect them.



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