Cape Ocean Management Plan (DCPC)

The nominated DCPC includes all the ocean waters and land below and air above within Barnstable County, starting from a line drawn 0.3 nautical miles seaward from Mean High Water (MHW) around Barnstable County and extending to 3 nautical miles from MHW, or the state jurisdictional boundary, whichever is farther. This area (521,552 acres total) is coincident with the planning area as defined in the Massachusetts Draft Ocean Management Plan and excludes the Cape Cod Canal and several bays, harbors and embayments as shown on the attached map. Where the bounds of the municipal corporations intersect with a neighboring town, the district boundary ends with the municipal corporation boundary. On January 21, 2010, the Cape Cod Commission will vote whether to accept the DCPC nomination for consideration. Ocean Management Planning DCPC. The Barnstable County Commissioners nominated the Ocean Management Planning District of Critical Planning Concern (DCPC) on December 16, 2009. The Commissioners made the nomination in anticipation of the final Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan on December 31, 2009. The state created the Ocean Management Plan to coordinate and promote certain types of development within Massachusetts ocean waters