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Coastal Zone Management
The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended (16 USC, 1451 et seq.) requires that federal actions reasonably likely to affect any land or water use or natural resources of the coastal zone, regardless of location, be consistent with approved state coastal management programs. Federal actions that require a Coastal Zone Management (CZM) consistency determination include: federal agency activities and development projects (including, for example, harbor and navigation dredging, dredged material disposal/management, beach nourishment, and construction of in-water or upland CDFs); private applicant activities that require federal licenses, permits or approval, and; state and local government activities conducted with federal assistance. The Act and subsequent amendments affirm a national commitment to the effective protection and rational development of coastal areas.
State CZM consistency review and enforcement is often managed by a different agency than that responsible for a state's Section 401 Water Quality Certification. Five of the Great Lakes states administer federally approved coastal management programs, including Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Two of the remaining three states, Indiana and Minnesota, are each in the active process of developing a state coastal management program.