In addition to amending the Wetlands Protection Regulations to add performance standards for the Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage wetland resource area, MassDEP wants to update the.
While much attention has been paid to the ambitious climate
change
mitigation requirements in An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for
Massachusetts Climate Policy, the comprehensive climate change legislation
recently signed by Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, there are a
number of initiatives underway at the state and local level to
target the Commonwealth s anticipated need for climate change
adaptation.
This Holland & Knight alert provides a brief introductory
overview highlighting some of these efforts. A series of alerts and
blog posts to follow will analyze each of these initiatives in
further detail, focusing on the potential implications for real
estate development and permitting in Massachusetts.