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Podcast: American Shoreline Podcast Network
Episode: The Meeting Point: How States and Federal Government Collaborate on Coastal Zones | Capitol Beach
Description: On The Capitol Beach, host Derek Brockbank is joined by Adam Schempp with theĀ Environmental Law InstituteĀ and Daniel Govoni with North CarolinaĀ Division of Coastal ManagementĀ to explore federal consistency as established by the Coastal Zone Management Act. Federal consistency is a rare policy thatĀ requiresĀ the federal government to coordinate with a state before any federal action takes place in that stateās coastal zone. Each state, with the approval ofĀ NOAA, can establish āenforceable policiesā that determine what state rules and regulations can trigger federal consistency. Daniel is a federal consistency coordinator for NC and provides local example...