Comparison of the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program with the Alaska Coastal Management Program

摘要

Alaska is considering an innovative program to reduce nonpoint source pollution that damages our coastal waters. The program is called the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program, often referred as 'Section 6217', from the section of the 1990 Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments that authorized it. The purposes of S6217 are to protect, and restore where necessary, coastal waters and enhance local efforts to keep coastal waters clean. This report identifies components of the Alaska Coastal Management Program that already meet Section 6217 requirements. Several 'gaps' are identified where no ACMP statute or regulation meets the S6217 requirement.