Scope and Content: Since 1978, and with direct legislative authorization since 1983, the Coastal Zone Management Office within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has administered the interagency Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program, which was established under the auspices of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583.  The office reviews all activities directly affecting the coastal zone that require federal permits, to ensure that these are in compliance with approved state environmental management mandates such as provided in the Coastal Wetlands Restriction Act (St 1965, c 768).  It also reviews coastal-zone related projects requiring state or local permits; works with other state agencies to improve regulatory mechanisms to protect coastal resources and to set coastal management policies and priorities; and supports coastal-related scientific studies, mapping products, and citizen participation.  Series was created to determine changes in shoreline configuration from the 1840s to present, using conditions in 1978 as a basis for comparison.
Arrangement: Arranged by region (North Shore, South Shore, Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, and The Islands), thereunder numerically. Each regional folder includes index map
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