N.C. Coastal Management to conduct training for local permit officers

NCDEQ’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) will conduct a fall training workshop Oct. 15-16 in Manteo for local permit officers in the north and northeastern regions of their 20 coastal county service area.

Cooperative state and local government programs are an important component of the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA). Locally adopted Implementation and Enforcement Plans allow local governments to process CAMA minor permits in-house, giving them an active role in the management of the coastal resources within their jurisdictions, as well as providing an additional public service to residents.

Participants will learn about:

• CAMA rule updates
• Policy updates and permit processing
• Legal Updates, Adjacent riparian property owner notifications
• Planning and CAMA Major Permit Section updates
• DCM’s updated map viewer
• Section 404 Wetlands
• Compliance and enforcement
• Field work on identifying coastal wetlands/Section 404 Wetlands, normal high water (NHW) boundary, first line of stable natural vegetation and dune system

Learn more about the types of permits issued by the Division of Coastal Management online.