Environmental
The NJ DEP's Coastal Zone Management Program operates under federal authorization from the:
AClean Water Act
BCoastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) administered through NOAA✓ Correct
CNational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
DCERCLA/Superfund
Explanation
NJ's CZM program is federally authorized under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) administered by NOAA. NJ DEP administers the state program, which must be consistent with federal CZMA guidelines.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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