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Coastal Zone management goals and indicators, developed in 1999, were never adopted

From 1998 to 1999 the Coastal Zone Environmental Indicators Technical Advisory Committee, which was comprised of government officials, private citizens, education, industry and conservation organizations (including the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club, Delaware Wild Lands, the Delaware Nature Society, and the Delaware Audubon Society) met to develop a set of tools to be used by the State of Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to measure and monitor the health of Delaware’s Coastal Zone.

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August 6, 2012: reply from DNREC Secretary regarding need to protect the Coastal Zone

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Delaware's Coastal Zone Act

The Coastal Zone Act (CZA) was signed into Delaware Law by Governor Russell Peterson in 1971 as a response to plans by Shell Oil Company to build a refinery near Taylor's Bridge and present-day Blackbird Creek Reserve, and to protect the state’s fragile coastal areas from the impacts of industrialization and environmental mismanagement. While this legislation has done a tremendous amount to protect Delaware's coastal areas, there are still concerns about its regulations and implementation.

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Sierra Club asks Governor Markell to preserve the integrity and intent of the Coastal Zone Act

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club asks Governor Markell to preserve the integrity and intent of the Delaware Coastal Zone Act throughout his activities as Governor, and asks him to prioritize environmental conservation and restrictions on industrial development within the Coastal Zone.

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Sierra Club Challenges Coastal Zone Permit for Wandendale Wastewater Treatement Plant

In 2010 the Sierra Club, along with other environmental groups, challenged the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Order and Coastal Zone Permit for the Wandendale Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Facility on grounds that the Secretary’s Order and Coastal Zone Permit violated the Coastal Zone Act and acted arbitrarily, capriciously, and in violation of law in issuing the permit.

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Coastal Zone management goals and indicators, developed in 1999, were never adopted

August 16, 2012: Letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan

August 6, 2012: reply from DNREC Secretary regarding need to protect the Coastal Zone

Delaware's Coastal Zone Act

Sierra Club asks Governor Markell to preserve the integrity and intent of the Coastal Zone Act

July 16, 2012: letter to Governor Markell asking him to preserve the integrity of the Coastal Zone Act

Sierra Club Challenges Coastal Zone Permit for Wandendale Wastewater Treatement Plant

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Coastal Zone management goals and indicators, developed in 1999, were never adopted

Delaware's Coastal Zone Act

Sierra Club asks Governor Markell to preserve the integrity and intent of the Coastal Zone Act

Sierra Club Challenges Coastal Zone Permit for Wandendale Wastewater Treatement Plant

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