Purpose | Development | Implementation | Projects | Contact | Presentations
Background: Background: The Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Act was amended in 1990 to address nonpoint source (NPS) pollution. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 requires that states with approved coastal zone management programs develop and implement coastal NPS pollution programs. Federal guidance issued in 1993 requires that 56 specific management measures be met through enforceable state policies and mechanisms. In addition to the management measures, states are required to monitor and track program implementation. Failure to develop an approved program may result in substantial funding penalties under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act and Section 306 of the CZM Act.
Purpose: The statute is meant to restore and protect coastal water quality through the application of economically achievable "best management practices" implemented through enforceable state policies and mechanisms. The federal government defines these policies and mechanisms as state and local regulatory controls and/or non-regulatory incentive programs combined with state enforcement authority.
Program development: DCR is the state's lead agency in administering the coastal nonpoint source pollution control program. Working with the Department of Environmental Quality, other state agencies and federal personnel, DCR staff coordinated the development of a comprehensive assessment of state programs applying to management measures specified in federal guidance. That assessment formed the basis for development of a Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program document that was submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in September 1995. Virginia received draft conditional program approval from NOAA and EPA a year later. The state then received final conditional approval in February 1998 . Full program approval was contingent on Virginia's satisfaction of specific program conditions over a one- to three-year time period. Satisfying these conditions required a multi-agency effort to address programmatic and regulatory changes.
Program implementation: Virginia received full federal approval on May 16, 2001. The final approval letter for Virginia's program can be found here. To more effectively support and promote implementation of the coastal nonpoint program, it has been integrated with the Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program as part of Virginia's overall work to address NPS pollution. Actions presented in the DCR Section 319 document are implementation mechanisms for the program.
Projects: Here are projects funded through NOAA to implement the coastal nonpoint program. Click on the project title for details.
Presentations: If you'd like to learn more about DCR's Coastal Zone Management Act activities, contact mslauter@dcr.virginia.gov for a copy of any of the following PowerPoint presentations.
| Date | Location | Presentation |
File Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | 2001 EPA Four Regions Nonpoint Source Meeting, Rehoboth Beach, DE. | Protecting Coastal Waters | 309Kb |
| October 2001 | 2001 Four Regions Nonpoint Source Meeting, Rehoboth Beach, DE. | Coastal NPS Program – Can You Point to it? | 297Kb |
| October 2001 | Coastal States Organization 31st Annual Membership Meeting, La Jolla, CA. | Status of the National Coastal Nonpoint Program & National Survey Results | 428Kb |
| November 2001 | National Coastal Nonpoint Program Meeting, New Orleans | An Overview of the National Coastal Nonpoint Program – Result of a Comparative Evaluation | 456Kb |
| November 2001 | National ASIWPCA Meeting, New Orleans, LA | Clean Marina Programs | 112Kb |
| November 2001 | National ASIWPCA Meeting, New Orleans, LA | State Approaches to Funding Local Projects: A Survey of Request For Proposals | 515Kb |
| December 2001 | Virginia Coastal Partners Workshop, Williamsburg, VA. | VA Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Programs and Federal Consistency for the Coastal Zone Program | 109Kb |
| December 2001 | Virginia Coastal Partners Workshop, Williamsburg, VA. | Description of Virginia’s Nonpoint Source Programs | 36Kb |
| January 2002 | National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Ocean & Coastal Resources Management Inter-organizational Meeting, Silver Springs, MD. | National Survey Results of Developing a Clean Marina Program | 169Kb |
| February 2002 | Quarterly Coastal Planning District Commissions Meeting, Richmond, VA. | Overview of the National Coastal Nonpoint Program and the Virginia Coastal Nonpoint Program | 398Kb |
| April 2002 | National Coastal Nonpoint Meeting, Leesburg, VA. | Coastal Nonpoint Program – Septic Systems and a Focused Survey of State Requirements. | 345Kb |
| April 2002 | National Coastal Nonpoint Meeting, Leesburg, VA. | An Updated National Overview of Clean Marina Programs & Survey Results | 114Kb |
| September 2002 | States Organization for Boating Access 16th Annual Conference, Mystic, CT. | An Updated National Overview of Clean Marina Programs | 1541Kb |
| July 2003 | International Coastal Management (CZ ’03) Conference, Baltimore, MD | Developing Partnerships to Implement the Coastal Nonpoint Program | 159Kb |
| July 2003 | International Coastal Management (CZ ’03) Conference, Baltimore, MD | Local Government Implementation of the Coastal Nonpoint Program | 325Kb |
| TOTAL | 5,313Kb |
For more information on DCR's CZM Act activities, please call (804) 786-7119 or email rick.hill@dcr.virginia.gov.
