Coastal Zone Management Act

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Summary

• The Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) creates a broad program based on land development controls within coastal zones, incorporating State involvement through the development of programs for comprehensive State management. The CZMA also requires Federal agencies or licensees to carry out their activities in such a way that they conform to the maximum extent practicable with a state's coastal zone management program.
  
  
• The California Coastal Act (CCA) is California's coastal zone managment program. The CCA establishes California Coastal Commission (CCC) as having jurisdiction over California's "coastal zone." However, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) issues federal consistency determinations under the Coastal Zone Management Act for areas within its jurisdiction.
  
  
• There are several different types of Federal projects which the CCC and the BCDC may be called on to review:
  
  1) an activity conducted or supported by a Federal agency;
  2) development projects undertaken by a Federal agency; and
  3) activities by private parties authorized by a Federal agency's issuance of licenses and permits.

Mailing address:
45 Remont Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2219

NORTH COAST AREA OFFICE
Steve Scholl, (415)904-5265
Bob Merrill, (707)445-7833
Fax (415)904-5400

Mailing address:
45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2219

CENTRAL COAST AREA OFFICE
Charles Lester, (831)427-4863
Fax (831)427-4877

Mailing address:
725 Front Street, Suite 300
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4508

SOUTH CENTRAL COAST AREA OFFICE
(805)858-1880
Fax (805)641-1732

Mailing address:
89 South California Street, Suite 200
Ventura, CA 93001-2801

SOUTH COAST AREA OFFICE
Teresa Henry, (562)590-5071
Fax (562)590-5084

Mailing address:
200 Oceangate, 10th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802

SAN DIEGO COAST AREA OFFICE
Deborah Lee, Deputy Director
Cherilyn Sarb, District Manager
(619) 767-2370
Fax (619)767-2384

Mailing address:
757 Metropolitian Dr., Suite 103
San Diego, CA 92108-4402

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Will Travis, Deputy Director
Bob Batha, Staff Biologist and Coastal Program Manager
Howard Iwata, Assistant Executive Director
(415)352-3600
Fax: (415)352-3606

Mailing address:
San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
50 California Street, Suite 2600
San Francisco, CA 94111