NRC Ocean Studies Board finished its report, An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico now available at http://dels.nas.edu/Report/report/18387 Read More
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NOAA Restoration Science Program
NOAA-led RESTORE Act Science Program (sec 1604 of the Act) website is at http://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov; program description, event announcements/reports, and FAQs, and Program’s Science Plan Framework. Subscribe on the website to receive alerts and announcements about the Program. Contact program anytime at noaarestorescience@noaa.gov. Read More
Gulf Coast Restoration Council strategy
Gulf Coast Restoration Council released Initial Comprehensive Plan today required by RESTORE Act section 1603, available at http://www.restorethegulf.gov Read More
RESTORE Act
RESTORE Act programs to receive funding from DWH Oil Spill settlements and litigation on hold awaiting Department of Treasury regulations including “procedures for depositing amounts in and expending amounts from the Trust Fund including procedures for determining compliance and auditing requirements of programs and activities established under the RESTORE Act.” Office of the Inspector General Read More
Ocean strategy
White House press release regarding National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan at http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/Press_Releases/April_16_2013 Read More
NEPA process
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) prepares environmental documents on various actions related to the OCS Program including Environmental Assessments (EA’s) or Environmental Impact Statements (EIS’s)– http://www.boem.gov/nepaprocess/. Read More
Restoration publication
USF publication recommending ocean observing system required to support Gulf ecosystem restoration and sustainability at http://www.tos.org/oceanography/archive/26-1_murawski.pdf Read More
State restoration strategy
LA Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s Annual Plan for 2014 is open until Mar 23, 2013 for public comment– http://www.lacpra.org/assets/docs/draftFY2014AnnualPlanLow.pdf Read More
State restoration strategy
Governor of MS releases GoCoast 2020 plan– http://www.gocoast2020.com/wp-content/uploads/finalreport.pdf. Work of GoCoast Commission assigned by Governor Bryant to plan for state’s RESTORE Act programs. Read More
Climate publication
NRC report reviews inter-agency ocean acidification plan, REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, RESEARCH AND MONITORING PLAN, available at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=17018&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=The%20National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=NAP+mail+new+01.15.13&utm_content=&utm_term= Read More