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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act restricts the use of public lands set aside for agricultural purposes to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands and US nationals so as to prevent large-scale commercial exploitation of such lands which are scarce.Such lands as are leased or its use is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall be developed in accordance with their most appropriate use or uses, i.e. either agricultural, aquacultural, maricultural, or animal husbandry.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act makes provision for the control of the development and use of publicly owned wetlands and submerged lands and especially of areas subject to adverse possession by virtue of adjacent private property. All exploration, development, water or non-water dependent uses of submerged lands or extraction of petroleum deposits or mineral deposits which may be located in submerged lands of the Commonwealth require an approved license, lease, or permit from the Secretary of Lands and Natural Resources.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act authorizes the Marianas Public Land Corporation to enter into agreements by which the Government obtains freehold interest in private land in exchange for a freehold interest in private land to be assigned to a private landowner.Exchange of land shall be authorized for a public purpose as defined by this Act. The Act sets out the conditions at which an agreement may be made and defines some terms of the agreement. The Corporation may exchange land at its own initiative but “protected resources” and adjacent areas shall be excluded from public lands that may be exchanged.

  4. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act authorizes the Department of Public Safety to close public beaches during potentially hazardous circumstances. Beaches can be closed in case of natural disasters such as typhoons and other tropical storms and abnormal tidal waves and other extreme climatic or environmental conditions. No person shall use any public beach when a notice of closure has been published.

  5. Library Resource

    An Act regulate the removal of sand from beaches in the Commonwealth, and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act places restrictions on the mining of sand on beaches in order to protect the natural environment and the coastal zone and to prevent its deterioration and destruction.The Act prohibits the excavation or removal of sand from a prohibited area, i.e. presumably an area other than an Authorized Area. An Authorized Area is an area outside the coastal zone that has been designated by the Secretary of the Department of Public Works in concurrence with the Coastal Resources Management Office and the Division of Public Lands as a sand mining area.

  6. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act amends section 5807 of 9 CMC so as to place restrictions on the launching of any boat or other watercraft and the entering upon beaches by any motor vehicle for purposes of protecting the environment and historic or tourist sites. In order to avoid environmental degradation through erosion and pollution caused by the motor trailers and other motor vehicles the Act allows only launching of boats from launch pads specifically designed for such use.

  7. Library Resource

    An Act to amend 2 CMC §1531(a) (Coastal Resources Management: Regulatory Powers: Management Agencies) by adding the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation as a coastal resources management agency; to repeal 2 CMC §1531(e); and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act amends the Coastal Zone Management Act by designating the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation as one of the coastal resources management agencies and by repealing section 1531 (e) of Article 3 of Division 1 of Title 2 CMC.

    Amends: Coastal Resources Management Act of 1983 (P.L. 3-47). (1983-02-11)

  8. Library Resource

    An Act to establish a Coastal Resources Management Office, Coastal Advisory Council and an Appeals Board to provide for penalties, and for other purposes.

    Legislation
    Northern Mariana Islands, Oceania

    This Act establishes the Coastal Resources Management Office, the Coastal Advisory Council and an Appeals Board, defines functions and powers of these government agencies, defines the coastal resources management policy of the Northern Mariana Islands and provides in respect of control of activities affecting the coast and coastal resources of the Northern Mariana Islands.Among objectives of coastal resources management policy are the protection of fish and wildlife resources and the prevention of damage to the environment.

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