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38 Bates—State and Coastal District Plan and Policy Influence on Coastal Hazards and private activities involving the use of resources which have a direct and significant impact upon the coastal land and water of the state; 4. assure the participation of the public, local governments, and agencies of the state and federal governments in the development and implementation of a coastal management program; 5. utilize existing governmental structures and authorities, to the maximum extent feasible, to achieve the policies set out in this section; and 6. authorize and require state agencies to carry out their planning duties, powers and responsibilities and take actions authorized by law with respect to the programs affecting the use of the resources of the coastal area in accordance with the policies set out in this section and the guidelines and standards adopted by the Alaska Coastal Policy Council under AS 46.40. The articulation of the Program’s objectives from 1978 carries through to today. So does the explanation that, while the ACMP is a program of government, the private sector is viewed as a partner in coastal management. This partnership applies to the business community, public interest groups, environmental organizations, and rural interests as well as the public at large. Certainly, the ACMP has environmental goals, but these goals are part of a spectrum of management goals set forth as policies for the program by the legislature. Continued development of Alaska’s coastal resources is vital to both the state and local economies and to national interests. Local governments, aside from being closest to coastal issues, are also most familiar with local conditions and have the traditional political right and responsibility to govern local land use on city owned land within their municipal boundaries. Alaska is little different from other states in this respect. Thus, the reader will note an emphasis on state management and use of coastal resources, with local input on matters of local knowledge and concern. Through this management philosophy, state, local, national, and private sector goals and aspirations that depend on the use of coastal resources can be met through an open planning and management process where interested parties can be brought together to resolve their differences and eliminate potential conflicts before more serious problems occur. With this in mind, the legislature called on local governments to prepare plans to govern the use of coastal resources in their areas. At the same time, a state level element was established by the formation of the Alaska CPC. The CPC, made up of appointed state agency and elected local government officials, provided overall leadership for the program and established the basic guidelines and standards to be used by the local governments in the development of their coastal plans and by state agencies in making coastal permitting
Coastal Erosion Responses for Alaska: Workshop Proceedings 39 and management decisions. While the CPC no longer exists, the ACMP was designed, and continues to operate, as a “networked” program. Rather than establishing its own comprehensive coastal permitting structure, Alaska instead coordinates existing agencies’ authorization and permitting authorities and processes to determine whether a given use is consistent with the standards and objectives of the ACMP. Alaska’s program is voluntary at the local level, but the networking process encourages local land use planning which, coupled with statewide policies, provide coordinated, intergovernmental evaluation of a proposed coastal project. The process involves a partnership between the project review team, the applicant, the coastal districts, state/federal agencies, and the public. The ACMP thus places emphasis upon coordination between state, local, national, and private sector interests in the management and use of coastal resources. The networking approach demonstrates Alaska’s commitment to properly manage the competing demands upon, preservation of, and sustainable use of, its precious coastal resources. ACMP Application to Coastal Natural Hazards The ACMP consistency review process at 11 AAC 110 is the primary means by which proposed coastal uses and resources are evaluated for compliance and consistency with the ACMP enforceable policies. As such, the consistency review process is the keystone component of the ACMP that coordinates the application of the state’s enforceable policies, brings all relevant ACMP participants to the table, and establishes the authorities, responsibilities, and opportunities for participation in the review of proposed coastal projects. An ACMP consistency review is required for: • Any federal agency that proposes an activity within or affecting the state’s coastal zone uses or resources. • Any proposed coastal project that requires a federal consistency certification and that is located within the area identified under AS 46.40.096(l). • Any proposed coastal project that requires an authorization listed on the “C List” (as authorized under 11 AAC 110.750) and that is located within the state’s coastal zone or defined geographic location description. All activities that are subject to the ACMP consistency review process, as described above, must comply with the relevant and applicable Statewide Standards of the ACMP at 11 AAC 112, as well as any coastal district enforceable policies approved under 11 AAC 114. Specific to coastal natural hazards, activities must comply with the following statewide standard at 11 AAC 112.210:
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