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2. Facilities requiring or creating more than 10,000 square feet of total impervious 

 surface area. 



3. Construction or extension of municipal, private, or industrial sewage facilities or 

 systems, conduits, or interceptors. 



4. All roadway construction and upgrading projects, or activities requiring a DOT 

 Permit of Physical Alteration. 



5. Water distribution systems and supply line extensions. 



6. Construction or extension of public or privately owned sanitary landfills. 



7. Mineral extraction ( to be defined by area). 



8. Processing, transfer, or storage of hazardous materials as defined by DEM. 



9. Electrical generating facilities of more than 10 megawatts capacity. 



10. All residential and commercial in-ground petroleum storage tanks; all petroleum 

 processing and transfer facilities of more than 2400 barrels capacity. 



1 1. Proposed stormwater and/or drainage projects. 



Agencies of local, state and federal government which must be notified by the permit 

 coordinator when applicable proposals are submitted include: 



1). The DEM Office of Environmental Coordination, which in turn notifies appropriate 

 departments within DEM. 



2. The planning board, zoning board of review, conservation commission, town 

 manager, town planner, and building inspector of the municipality within which the 

 alteration is proposed. 



3. The Department of Administration, Division of Planning. 



4. The Historic Preservation Commission. 



5. Soil Conservation Service. 



6. The Department of Transportation. 



7. The Coastal Resources Management Council. 



GENERAL FINDINGS 



Non-point source pollution concerns permeate the consideration of problems that any 

 coastal program must address: comprehensive planning, resource allocation, use conflicts, 

 and turf batdes between units of government. CRMC's broad mandate gives it a 

 unique perspective from which to approach both the planning and 

 regulatory elements of non-point source control, and to work with local 

 governments in creating programs which might most effectively address 

 certain non-point source management needs. 



However, despite the language of Section 46-23-6 D of the enabling 

 legislation, which gives CRMC clear permitting, licensing, and 

 enforcement responsibilities in addition to its planning and management 

 role, CRMC does not conceive of itself as a regulatory agency. Council staff, 

 in interviews, emphasize the distinction between the regulatory mandate of DEM and that of 

 CRMC, which the staff views as centered on management and arbitration. In fact, 

 perhaps because of its heavy permit review load, CRMC's staff is able to 

 place less emphasis on the pro-active planning and management role set out 

 for it by Section 46-23-6 (A) than on supporting the Council's role as a 

 "quasi-judicial review board." CRMC has specifically cited staff shortages as 

 impeding its effons in working with towns to develop harbor management plans that 

 consider the full range of coastal zone management objectives. 



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