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NOAA today announced that the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting in Moss Landing, CA on June 27-29. The meeting will include discussion on ocean observations and West Coast collaborations, as well as continued work on phase 2 recommendations from the Committee workplan. The Committee is tasked with advising the NOAA Administrator [...]

The Office of Management and Budget today announced that it is seeking nominations by Thursday, June 15 of experts interested in serving on an independent scientific peer review of forthcoming guidance for assessing changes in environmental and ecosystem services in benefit-cost analysis. The forthcoming guidance is being developed pursuant to the Apr. 2022 Executive Order on Strengthening the Nation’s [...]

The Coast Guard today announced that National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Friday, June 23.  Agenda items include discussion of a final report on recommendations related to navigation safety in and around offshore renewable energy installations. The Committee advises the Homeland Security Secretary on matters related to maritime collisions, rammings, and groundings; Inland [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, July 24 on its 90-day finding that substantial scientific or commercial information indicates that listing the smalltail shark as threatened or endangered may be warranted.  The smalltail shark is generally found in nearshore waters of the western Atlantic from Brazil to the northern Gulf [...]

The Coast Guard today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, July 24 on revised regulations associated with the approval, carriage, and maintenance of certain safety equipment required on vessels and offshore units or facilities. The Coast Guard said the regulations are being revised to align with current industry practice and provide more transparent regulations for the [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on Tuesday, June 6. Agenda items include consideration of draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off Oregon that are expected to be released for public review and comment, a NOAA briefing on the spatial suitability modeling and [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments by Wednesday, June 21 on its proposal to authorize Invenergy Wind Offshore, LLC to take marine mammals incidental to marine site characterization surveys in the New York Bight off New Jersey and New York. The high-resolution geophysical and geotechnical surveys would involve the use of a multibeam echosounder, [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced the release of its final “Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy that it said will guide the agency in “serving all communities more equitably and effectively.” The strategy includes goals for prioritizing the identification, equitable treatment, and meaningful involvement of underserved communities, providing equitable delivery of services, and prioritizing equity and environmental [...]

As part of its effort to develop an updated action plan for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it will hold a series of public input sessions on Great Lakes restoration and protection priorities, with meetings set for Cleveland, OH (Wed., June 7), Superior, WI (Wed., July 12), Rochester, NY (Wed., July 19), and Detroit, MI [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold public meetings in Virginia Beach, VA on June 6-8.  Agenda items include an update from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and a state working group update on compensation.