Coastal Resources Management
The HRPDC provides ongoing environmental technical assistance to the region’s sixteen local governments through its Coastal Resources Management Program. This program encompasses environmental impact review, participation in state and federal programs, coordination of regional environmental programs addressing environmental issues, including the Chesapeake Bay, wetlands, and the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuaries in North Carolina, public information and education and technical assistance to the localities. The HRPDC PEP staff prepares reports, comment letters, newsletters, and associated materials to assist local governments, support the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, and work with the other Planning District Commissions in the Coastal Zone.
The Hampton Roads Technical Assistance Program enables the region's localities to continue to address, in a comprehensive and integrated fashion, all aspects of coastal resources management – the Chesapeake Bay Program, implementation of the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program with North Carolina, CBPA implementation, wetlands protection, shoreline management, public access, and environmental data base development and analysis through the HRPDC Geographic Information System (GIS).
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