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The Northeast Regional Planning Body today announced the availability of materials for next week’s meeting in Cambridge, MA.  The materials include a meeting agenda and a Draft Framework and Workplan for ocean planning in the Northeast. Established in 2012 pursuant to the National Ocean Policy Executive Order, the Northeast RPB was formed to develop a [...]

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (RPB) has released a Draft Mid-Atlantic Regional Ocean Planning Framework for public review and comment.  Comments are due by Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The Draft Framework, which the announcement says is “intended to provide guideposts for how the…RPB would move forward with regional planning,” includes a proposed initial geographic focus, [...]

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body (RPB) has posted meeting slides, a meeting summary, and a transcript from its inaugural in-person meeting that took place in West Long Branch, New Jersey in late September. The Mid-Atlantic RPB was formally established in April 2013 and is tasked under the National Ocean Policy Executive Order with developing a [...]

The Northeast Regional Planning Body has announced that its meeting that was originally scheduled to take place on November 12-13, 2013 in the Boston, MA area will now take place on January 22-23, 2014. According to the announcement, the January meeting will include a public review, revision, and approval of goals, objectives, and accompanying actions [...]

The Gulf of Mexico Alliance has announced that the “marine planning meeting” originally scheduled to take place on November 14, 2013 will now take place on February 11, 2014 in Biloxi, MS. According to the meeting announcement, the objective of the meeting is to “understand the individual state coastal planning programs; to identify opportunities for [...]

The Gulf of Mexico Alliance has announced the postponement until February 2014 of a “marine planning meeting” that had originally been scheduled to take place on November 14, 2013 in Biloxi, MS. According to the meeting announcement, the objective of the meeting is to “understand the individual state coastal planning programs; to identify opportunities for [...]

Citing the recent federal government shutdown, the Northeast Regional Planning Body has announced that it is postponing its next meeting, which was originally scheduled to take place November 12-13 in the Boston, MA area.  The new date will be posted here after the meeting has been rescheduled. The 2010 National Ocean Policy Executive Order tasks [...]

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body, formally established in April 2013 and tasked under the National Ocean Policy with developing a Coastal and Marine Spatial Plan for Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, has announced that it will hold its inaugural meeting on Sept. 24 and 25 at Monmouth University.  The meeting will [...]