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Protecting and Restoring Coastal Habitats

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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)

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Section 404 of the CWA and the definition of navigable waters

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Wetlands delineation

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State wetlands programs

  

Readings  (Blackboard)

Required: 
Kalo: 97 - 220, 513 - 772
Res # 15: Schoenbaum, Thomas J., Ronald H. Rosenberg, Holly D. Doremus. 2002. Environmental Policy Law. Fourth Edition. New York, NY: Foundation Press. pp. 218 - 280.
Res #16:  Good, James W., John W. Weber, and James Charland. 1999. “Protecting Estuaries and Coastal Wetlands Through State Coastal Zone Management Programs.” Coastal Management 27 (no. 2/3, April): 139 – 186.
Res #17: Bernd-Cohen, Tina and Melissa Gordon. 1999. “State Coastal Program Effectiveness in Protecting Natural Beaches, Dunes, Bluffs, and Rocky Shores.” Coastal Management 27 (no. 2/3, April): 187 – 217.
Res # 18: Kalo, Joseph J.. 2001. "Article: Balancing Administrative Law in North Carolina: A Collection: "Now Open for Development?": The Present State of Regulation of Activities in North Carolina Wetlands." 79 North Carolina Law Review 1667 
Recommended:
Adler: 199 - 225
  

Handouts

bulletMap of COE jurisdictions
bullet Handout - Supreme Ct limits wetlands regulation in Rapanos and Carabells cases
bullet Handout - New wetlands rules (3/08)
bulletHandout - WI responds to recent Supreme Court decision on isolated wetlands
bulletHandout - COE may relax CWA wetland rules in response to Supreme Court decision
bulletHandout - Changing mission of the COE
bullet Handout - Wetlands Mitigation in NC
bulletHandout - Some problems with wetlands mitigation programs
bullet Handout - OLF proposal in NC rejected (1/08) & other materials related to this controversy
  

Web Links & Resources

bullet C-SPAN - Panel Discussion after oral arguments in Rapanos v. U.S.
bullet YouTube video by Pacific Legal Foundation defending Rapanos
bullet YouTube video discussing impacts from environmentalist point of view
bullet C-SPAN - Senate oversight hearing on impact of Rapanos v. U.S. (Go 44:28 in to testimony by John Cruden and Q & A)
bullet Senate Bill S. 787 (December 10, 2010) - The Clean Water Restoration Act
bullet YouTube - Fox News report on Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA) (introduced to change definition of "waters of the U.S." in the CWA)
bullet YouTube - Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator pushing for CWRA
bullet YouTube - Glen Beck commenting on CWRA
bullet YouTube - Video promoting a company that manages wetlands mitigation banks
bulletEPA - Wetlands information website
bulletUS Army COE Regulatory Programs
bulletUS Army COE - Wilmington District
bulletNC Wetlands Restoration Program
bulletNCDENR - Division of Coastal Management's Wetlands webpage
bulletNCDENR - Wetlands/Section 401 Program
bulletU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wetlands Inventory
bulletSociety of Wetlands Scientists - Links page
bulletWetlands.com - The wetlands regulation center
   

Recommended Books, Articles, and Government Reports

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