CHAPTER 733
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Dover
EXECUTIVE ORDER
NUMBER FORTY-ONE
TO: Heads of All State Departments and Agencies
RE: Establishment of the Coastal Zone Management Committee
WHEREAS, the coastal areas of Delaware are the most critical areas for the future of the State in terms of the quality of life in the State; and
WHEREAS, the proper management of the coastal areas is essential to prevent uncoordinated and piecemeal development which threatens the loss of irreplaceable natural resources and which threatens to result in a pattern of use of the coastal zone as a whole which has not adequately balanced the needs for conservation and development, nor consciously assigned priorities to and chosen between competing public and private uses; and
WHEREAS, proper information, techniques and mechanisms for coastal zone management are sorely lacking at all levels of government; and
WHEREAS, the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (P.L. No. 92-583, 86 Stat. 1280) provides grants to coastal states for the development of coastal management programs which will achieve the wise use of the coastal zone land and water resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby declare and order as follows:
1. The Delaware State Planning Office shall develop and submit an application for federal assistance under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and shall serve as Delaware's official liaision with the Office of Coastal Environment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce for the purposes of this program; and
2. A Coastal Zone Management Committee is hereby established whose membership shall include but not necessarily be limited to:
Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control
Delaware Department of Community Affairs & Economic Development
College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
New Castle County Department of Planning
Kent County Planning Department
Sussex County Planning Department
City of Wilmington, Planning Department
Wilmington Metropolitan Area Planning Coordinating Council
(WILMAPCO)
Delaware River Basin Commission
Delaware Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board
Delaware State Planning Office
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation
Council on State Planning
Chairman (or designee), Senate Natural Resource Committee
and Community Affairs Committee
Chairman (or designee), House Natural Resource Committee,
Community Affairs Committee, and Environmental Control Committee
Local government representatives (three total, one selected in each county
by the governmental units in the coastal zone in that county)
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Sports Fisheries
and Wildlife
The Coastal Zone Management Committee shall provide guidance to the Planning Office, and serve as a forum for resolution of Coastal Zone issues, development of goals and objectives, exchange of information, coordination of work programs, and development of recommendations on methods and approaches to facilitate management of Delaware's Coastal Zone.
Approved this 27th day of May, 1974.
(GREAT SEAL)
SHERMAN W. TRIBBITT
Governor
Attest:
ROBERT H. REED
Secretary of State