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State-local partnershipThe SMA is administered through a cooperative program between local governments and Ecology:
The Act places a strong emphasis on public participation in developing local shoreline programs and in the local permit process. Shoreline Master ProgramsEcology's adoption of new shoreline master program (SMP) guidelines in 2003 initiated a new generation of shoreline planning in Washington. The guidelines were developed as part of a year-long negotiated settlement that also led to adoption of shoreline legislation (effective July 2003) that established a new schedule for updating SMPs, and a biennial appropriation of $2 million to fund local SMP development. Ecology administers an SMP Grants Program that provides funding for local jurisdictions to undertake comprehensive SMP updates. The next grant cycle will open in the spring of 2009.
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NewsJuly 1, 2009City of Bellingham releases 2009 draft Shoreline Management Plan. Read more. (external link) June 1, 20092009 Amendments to the SMA and GMA May 15, 2009Press Release: Legal decision bolsters state, local efforts to update shoreline rules. Read more August 20, 2008The Washington state departments of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and Ecology filed a motion asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision in the Futurewise v. Anacortes case. Read more |
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