|
Week |
Topics |
Readings |
Assignments |
1/13 |
Introduction
 |
Introductions |
 |
Review
syllabus and assignments |
 | Coastal
management 101 |
|
B:
1 – 133
|
|
1/20 |
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
|
|
|
1/27 |
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 (1/27)
|
2/3
2/10 |
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
|
Problem
Memo #2 (2/10)
Paper abstract and references due (2/10)
|
2/17 |
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 (2/17)
|
|
2/24
3/3
|
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 (2/24)
Problem Memo #5
(3/3)
|
|
3/10 |
No Class -
Spring Break
|
|
|
3/17
3/24 |
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 (3/17)
|
3/31
4/7 |
Managing
Coastal Development
 |
Regulatory
takings |
 |
Protecting beaches and dunes |
 |
Protecting water dependent uses |
 |
Cumulative and secondary impacts |
 |
Comprehensive planning and zoning |
|
K:
279 - 317, 348 - 368 RES
#19, #20, #21, & #22
B:
197 - 247
C:
54 – 58, 88 – 98, 105 – 119
|
Problem Memo #7
(3/31)
|
|
4/14 |
Exam
is distributed - due 4/27 at 5:00 PM
|
|
4/14
|
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 (4/14)
|
|
4/14 |
Draft
paper due at start of class as an electronic & hard copy
Exam
is due |
|
|
Other
Regulatory
& Non Regulatory
Approaches
 |
Transferable
development rights |
 |
Market
based approaches/trading programs |
 |
Land
acquisition |
 |
Ecosystem/watershed
management |
 |
Collaboration:
Challenges and opportunities |
 |
Course
evaluations |
|
RES
#27, #28, #29, #30, & #31
B: 173 -
196, 249 - 282; 283 - 298
A: 227 – 258
|
|
|
4/21
|
Mini-Conference
and Paper Presentations - 6:30
PM - 9:30 PM |
| 4/30 |
Final Exam is due at 5:00 PM |
| 5/5 |
Final
Paper due at 5:00 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. |
| Students
should check the schedule frequently for
announcements made via the web or
by email. |