Memorandum on the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization

Memorandum on the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and Nonstructural Shoreline Stabilization
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These memos from the Department of the Interior’s Office of the Solicitor to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, dated March 25, 2026, and October 30, 2019, outline the Department’s legal interpretation of Coastal Barrier Resources Act exception 6(G) for “[n]onstructural projects for shoreline stabilization that are designed to mimic, enhance, or restore a natural stabilization system.

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Aerial view of an undeveloped coastal freshwater pond.
We administer the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA), which saves taxpayer dollars and encourages the conservation of storm-prone and dynamic coastal barriers by withdrawing the availability of federal funding and financial assistance within a designated set of units known as the John H. Chafee...
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Falls Church,VA
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Coastal
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Coasts