An application for a Coastal Zone Status Decision is necessary if there is question as to whether a proposed activity is considered Heavy Industry, or to determine if the proposed activity is exempt from having to obtain a Coastal Zone Permit. An application for a Coastal Zone Permit is necessary for any new or expanded activity that will have an impact on the environment, the economy, the aesthetics or neighboring land uses.

For more information about the Coastal Zone Act program, click on any of the links below.

• History of the Coastal Zone Act Program
  
  
• Regulations Governing Delaware’s Coastal Zone
• Map of the Coastal Zone
• Footprints of Nonconforming Uses
• Chloramone Corp.
• CitiSteel (AKA Evraz Claymont Steel)
• Delaware Storage & Pipeline Co.
• DuPont Edgemoor
• Formosa Plastics
• GenChem, Inc.
• Kaneka Corp.
• Oceanport
• Occidental Chemical
• Port of Wilmington
• Standard Chlorine (AKA Metachem)
• Star Enterprise
• Sun Oil
• Uniqema
• Guidance on Implementation of Regulations
• Permitting Flow Chart
• Delaware Coastal Zone Act
  
  
• Coastal Zone Status Decision Application
• Coastal Zone Permit Application
• Coastal Zone Environmental Impact Offset Matrix Form

Status of Coastal Zone Act Status Decisions and Permits

Final Recommendations of the Environmental Indicators Technical Advisory Committee

Environmental Enhancement Projects for Delaware’s Coastal Zone