Coastal Zone Management 1978. Findings and Recommendations; a Special Report to the President and the Congress

摘要

The National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (NACOA) has reviewed the implementation of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), both in light of the original objectives of the Act and in the context of the Nation's needs for coastal management today. NACOA concluded that the CZM program is falling short of its original goals, and that vital natural systems on the nation's coastline are more in need of protection today than they were in 1972. NACOA concluded that amendments to the CZMA itself, in addition to further improvements in the administrative process, will be necessary in order to achieve the objectives of the legislation. Furthermore, NACOA believes that the incentives established in the present Act could be restored to the level at which they were thought to exist in 1972; however, the CZMA must be amended to reverse the administrative interpretation which has tended to reduce incentives under the Act. NACOA's proposals are summarized.