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6. Coordination and Planning
6. Coordination and Planning
Pages 107-115
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Although these issues do not directly involve the committee's main focus of science and technology, they will play a significant role in the pace and efficiency with which the nation studies and develops the EEZ. Lack of an adequate regulatory regime can slow or prevent research and development; lack of effective national planning and coordination can increase EEZ research and data acquisition costs; and failure to include adjacent coastal states in research and exploration can reduce state enthusiasm at the development stage.
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From page 108... ...
, the Deepwater Port Licensing Act, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Licensing Act give states some influence over federal actions affecting their coastal zones, and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of 1978 gives states avenues to affect decisions involving EEZ offshore oil and gas activities.
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The OCSLA regulatory framework attempts to balance environmental concerns and spillover effects on other ocean users with the need for accelerated development of domestic oil and gas supplies. This is accomplished using a five-year leasing plan, environmental studies program, and environmental impact statement at the lease sale stage, with site-specific lease stipulations.
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(Personal communication, Steve Rebuck, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations, 1989) Federal Licensing of Ports and Offshore Facilities Two additional regulatory regimes-federal licensing of offshore ports and ocean thermal energy facilities-are of interest because they require comprehensive environmental impact analysis and explicitly build a coastal state role into the federal decision-making process.
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States have strengthened their capacity to deal with ocean and coastal issues as a result of their participation in the coastal zone management program, the Interior Department's OCS leasing program and its MMS-operated federal-state minerals working groups, and regional fisheries councils under the MFCMA The coastal states have the potential to become constructive and contributing partners with the federal government in EEZ exploration and development. Yet, the relationship between some coastal states and the federal government has become adversarial because states believe their interests are not given adequate attention in federal decision making.
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From page 112... ...
These questions are examined below. A National Policy for the EEZ While one can take the position that President Reagan's 1983 proclamation provides a fully adequate statement of national policy regarding the EEZ, an alternative view is that until the Congress formulates a policy, national EEZ policy remains unclear or at least incomplete.
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An examination of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 and the 1986 amendments to the National Ocean Pollution Policy Act suggest that these pieces of legislation (and the coordination mechanisms contained therein) were motivated by · the need to stimulate greater investment in research in those areas; · the need to promote greater efficiency in expensive research activities by reducing overlap and duplication; · the need to ensure that federal research benefits other interests (such as state and local governments, native groups, and industry)
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as the lead agency for implementing arctic research policy. The National Ocean Pollution Policy Act · establishes a five-year plan for ' the overall federal effort in ocean pollution research; · establishes a National Ocean Pollution Policy Board to coordinate planning, research, and programs; review agency budget requests; end 'establish interagency groups as needed; and' · creates an office in NOAA to coordinate the program.
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. While it is beyond the committee's charge to deal with such issues as national ocean policy formulation, the present national EEZ program suffers from overall lack of coordination of ocean activities within the federal government.
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