Date of Award
5-24-1972
Degree Type
Major Paper
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Marine Affairs
Abstract
In June 1971, the Delaware Legislature passed the Delaware Coastal Zone Act that barred heavy manufacturing industry from locating in an area one to six miles deep along the state's 115 mile coastline. The act created a State Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board to hear appeals from decisions of the State Planner. In addition, the act prohibited the construction in the bay of marine terminals for the transshipment of liquid and solid bulk materials of any substance, (specifically aimed at offshore oil and coal transfer) from vessels to onshore facilities. The law's immediate effect was to block several hundred million dollars worth of planned projects. The act proposes to protect these shoreline areas by zoning regulations designed to prevent pollution and to promote aesthetic values. This paper will examine the constitutionality of the Delaware Act in light of these two purposes and will examine other related issues bearing on the legality of the act.
Recommended Citation
Cameron, Francis, "The Development and constitutionality of the 1971 Delaware Coastal Zone Act" (1972). Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers. Paper 267.
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/ma_etds/267
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