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Blowout: The Legal Legacy Of The Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe. Background Document On Natural Resource Damages, Nicholas Paine Jan 2011

Blowout: The Legal Legacy Of The Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe. Background Document On Natural Resource Damages, Nicholas Paine

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

No abstract provided.


Offshore Wind Development On The Eastern United States Coast And Its Impacts On Commercial Fishing, Kristen Bonjour Jan 2011

Offshore Wind Development On The Eastern United States Coast And Its Impacts On Commercial Fishing, Kristen Bonjour

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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Examination Of The Federal Consistency Provision Of The Coastal Zone Management Act In Rhode Island, William Yost Jan 2011

Examination Of The Federal Consistency Provision Of The Coastal Zone Management Act In Rhode Island, William Yost

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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Legal Considerations Relating To The Development Of Hydroelectric Facilities Within Rhode Island, Scott R. Gunst Jr. Jan 2011

Legal Considerations Relating To The Development Of Hydroelectric Facilities Within Rhode Island, Scott R. Gunst Jr.

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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The Use Of The National Marine Sanctuaries Act As A Tool For The Enhanced Preservation Of Marine Resources Under The New National Oceans Policy, Colin F. Lynch Jan 2011

The Use Of The National Marine Sanctuaries Act As A Tool For The Enhanced Preservation Of Marine Resources Under The New National Oceans Policy, Colin F. Lynch

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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Massachusetts Town Bylaws As They Relate To Restricting Or Conditioning Human Activities In And Around Eelgrass Beds, Benjamin J. Goetsch Jan 2011

Massachusetts Town Bylaws As They Relate To Restricting Or Conditioning Human Activities In And Around Eelgrass Beds, Benjamin J. Goetsch

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

No abstract provided.


Federal And State Laws Regarding The Implementation Of Land Based Wind Power Development In Rhode Island, Brandon Biggs Jan 2011

Federal And State Laws Regarding The Implementation Of Land Based Wind Power Development In Rhode Island, Brandon Biggs

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

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Legal Considerations For Possible Noise Ordinances For Newport Harbor, Kristen Bonjour Jan 2011

Legal Considerations For Possible Noise Ordinances For Newport Harbor, Kristen Bonjour

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

In this report prepared for the Newport Waterfront Commission by the Marine Affairs Institute at the Roger Williams University School of Law, current and prospective noise ordinances in the city of Newport, RI are examined, and the legal precedents and management tools to create harbor-specific noise ordinances are discussed.


Newport's Mooring Regulations: Legal And Policy Analysis, Jenna Algee Jan 2011

Newport's Mooring Regulations: Legal And Policy Analysis, Jenna Algee

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

The legal and policy issues facing Newport as it revises and implements its ordinances are numerous. Most of the issues have not been squarely resolved for Rhode Island. While Newport may take guidance from other states, it will be Rhode Island's task going forward to define the reach of its Public Trust Doctine as applied to some novel issues raised by mooring administration. The benefit of the flexibility of the PTD is allowing smaller units of government like Newport to define their regulatory goals based on a locally-tailored balancing test of competing interests facing scarce ocean resources. This report was …


Utilizing Rhode Island's Landfills And Brownfields For Solar Energy Development, Sarah Parker Jan 2011

Utilizing Rhode Island's Landfills And Brownfields For Solar Energy Development, Sarah Parker

Sea Grant Law Fellow Publications

No abstract provided.