Course Schedule*

Week

1/17

No Class - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

1/24

Introduction

	Introductions
	Review syllabus and assignments
	Coastal management 101

B: 1 – 133

1/24

Coastal Resource Management

	Coastal issues & problems
	Legislative history
	Overview of the CZMA
	Developing state programs
	Implementation of the CZMA

K: 221 - 242; 369 - 440; 823 - 856

RES # 1, #2, #3

1/31

Coastal Resource Management (Cont.)

	Overview of state programs
	Networked vs. comprehensive statutes
	Permitting vs. local planning vs. coordination
	NC's CAMA Program and how it influences land use planning
	Section 312 evaluations

RES #4, #5, #6, & #7

B: 135 - 172

Problem Memo #1

2/7

2/14

Federal Consistency

	CZMA's federal consistency provisions
	Appeals to the Secretary of Commerce
	Interstate consistency problems
	CWA's Section 401
	Federalism's influence on coastal management
	OCS development

K: 243 - 278; 441 - 512 (optional)

RES #8, #9, #10, & #11

RES #12

Paper abstract and references due (2/7)

Problem Memo #2 (2/14)

2/21

Public Trust Doctrine

	Title to land under coastal waters
	Navigable waters
	Equal footing doctrine
	State management of submerged lands
	Using the public trust doctrine to improve coastal resource management

K: 1 - 46;

RES #13

Problem Memo #3

2/28

3/7

Riparian Rights & Public Access

	Rights of access
	Riparian rights
	Federal & state navigation servitudes
	Public access to & long the shore
	Expansion of the public trust doctrine upland
	Other ways to expand public access

K: 47 - 94, 318 - 347;

RES #14

Problem Memo #4 (2/28)

Problem Memo #5 (3/7)

3/14

No Class - Spring Break

3/21

3/28

Protecting & Restoring Coastal Habitats

	NEPA & EIS requirements
	State EIS requirements
	COE regulatory programs
	Navigable waters
	Section 404 of the CWA and Wetlands protection
	Problems with wetland delineation
	Wetlands mitigation
	State activities

K: 97 - 220; 513 - 772 (optional)

RES #15, #16, & #17

A: Ch. 7, 199 – 225

RES #18

Problem Memo #6

4/4

4/11

Managing Coastal Development

	Regulatory takings
	Protecting beaches and dunes
	Protecting water dependent uses
	Cumulative and secondary impacts
	Comprehensive planning and zoning

K: 279 - 317, 333 - 368

RES #19, #20, #21, & #22, #28

B: 197 - 247

C: 54 – 58, 88 – 98, 105 – 119

Problem Memo #7 (4/4)

4/18

Point & Nonpoint Source Pollution

	Overview of the CWA
	Section 305 & water quality monitoring
	NPDES stormwater requirements
	Section 319
	Section 6217
	TMDLs
	Regulatory vs. nonregulatory approaches

K: 214 - 216; 773 - 822 (optional)

RES #23, #24, #25, & #26

A: 1 – 170; 171 - 198

Problem Memo #8

4/18

Exam is distributed - due 5/2 at 6:30 PM

4/25

Draft paper due at start of class as an electronic & hard copy to Dr. Imperial & presenter

4/25

Available by appointment to review papers and offer suggestions for improvements.

5/2

Mini-Conference and Paper Presentations - 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

5/2

Exam is due at 6:30 PM

5/9

Final Paper due at 6:30 PM

A = Adler, et al., The Clean Water Act 20 Years Later; B = Beatley, et al., An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management; K = Kalo, et al., Coastal and Ocean Law; RES = Reading is either available in the library, can be downloaded off this web site, or is available electronically through the library. Check the readings page for required and recommended readings

*Class schedule is subject to change.

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