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Threatened Oceanfront Structures �on the Outer Banks

Shape of the Coast Symposium – November 15, 2024

Presented by Julie Furr Youngman and Liz Rasheed

Student research assistance by:

Mary Peyton Brown, Duke University School of Law

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Threatened Oceanfront Structures

Photo by National Park Service, Rodanthe, NC, May 28, 2024. 

North Carolina Coastline

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Threatened Oceanfront Structures

Photo by National Park Service, Rodanthe, NC, Sept. 20, 2024. 

Photo by National Park Service, Rodanthe, NC, May 28, 2024. 

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Threatened Oceanfront Structures

Photo by National Park Service, debris, Rodanthe, May 28, 2024.

Photo by National Park Service, exposed septic tanks at Rodanthe, Sept. 20, 2024.

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Environmental Impacts

Photo by Troy Mayne, WWF.

Photo: JAMSTEC [De S. Chiba]

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Rodanthe Shoreline Erosion: 1946-2020

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Managing Threatened Oceanfront Structures: Ideas from an Interagency Work Group

Long-term Idea #3

“Consider authorizing a new state program with funding dedicated to addressing threatened oceanfront structures.”

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New Jersey’s Blue Acres Program

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New Jersey’s Blue Acres Program

Photo: New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection

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New Jersey’s Blue Acres Program

Photo: Getty Images

Photo: Getty Images

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New York’s Blue Buffers Program

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New York’s Blue Buffers Program

Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Photo: Getty Images

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Washington’s Floodplains by Design

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Washington’s Floodplains by Design

Photo: Getty Images

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Hawaii’s Managed Retreat Report

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Hawaii’s Managed Retreat Report

Photo: Hawaii DLNR

Photo: Getty Images

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California’s Sea Level Rise Revolving Loan Program

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California’s Sea Level Rise Revolving Loan Program

Photo: Getty Images

Photo: Getty Images

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Federal legislation

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H.R. 8637�

Title:

“To make protection against damage and loss resulting from the erosion and undermining of shorelines available under the National Flood Insurance Program”

Would make NFIP proceeds available to incentive demolition or relocation before collapse.

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