Reports and Documents
A number of reports and documents may further your understanding
of the CINMS management plan review process. A brief description
of, and links to each item are provided below. Several of these
items are quite large and therefore provided in portable document
format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view
the links marked as PDF files.
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SDEIS and Proposed Rule
The Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS)
provides information to supplement and where indicated to replace
information contained in the May 2006 DEIS. The May 2006 DEIS
included a range of alternatives consisting of the proposed action,
alternative 1, and the no-action alternative. After receiving
comments on the DEIS, NOAA determined that the original range
of alternatives needed to be modified to better address potential
impacts of sewage and graywater discharges from large vessels
(300 gross registered tons or more). Thus, the SDEIS modifies
the range of regulatory changes under consideration and discusses
the potential environmental consequences of a revised discharge
regulation. The proposed revisions to the discharge regulation
are now incorporated into the original proposed action and constitute
NOAA's “revised proposed action.” NOAA is not taking
final action with the SDEIS, but rather is analyzing and putting
forth for public review and comment a revision to its discharge
regulation proposed in the DEIS. Details of the revised discharge
regulation are provided in a proposed rule.
Based on comments received during the 2006 public comment period
for the DMP/DEIS, and the 2008 public comment period for the SDEIS,
the Sanctuary will prepare a Final Management Plan and Final Environmental
Impact Statement. The final documents will include responses to
all comments received during the public comment periods. Final
CINMS regulations will be issued after NOAA has released the Final
Management Plan/Final EIS. Per the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), these final regulations could fall anywhere within
the range of alternatives described in the DEIS and modified by
the SDEIS. The Sanctuary anticipates publishing the final documents
in 2008.
To get a copy of the SDEIS and/or Proposed Rule:
- Download
the SDEIS click here
pdf 1.8MB
- Download
the Proposed Rule click
here
pdf 77 KB
- Download
the documents from the federal e-Rulemaking portal at http://regulations.gov
(enter docket number NOAA-NOS-2007-0846)
- Visit
the Ventura County Library or Santa Barbara Public Library
You can help us conserve government funds and paper by downloading
these documents.
- If you
are unable to download and print the documents click
here to request a hard copy.
2006 Draft Management Plan / DEIS
The Draft Management Plan contains information
about the sanctuary’s environment and resources, staffing
and administration, regulations and boundaries, priority management
issues and the actions proposed to address them, and performance
measures. It is supported by a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS), which contains detailed information on the
greater sanctuary region, presents a range of alternatives
for modified and new sanctuary regulations, and provides environmental
and socioeconomic impact analyses of those regulatory alternatives. These
two documents are bundled together in two volumes: the Draft
Management Plan is Volume I, and the DEIS is Volume II.
The public comment period for the DMP/DEIS closed on July 21,
2006. Based on comments received during the public comment
period, the Sanctuary has released a Supplemental (DEIS) (see
above). Based on comments received during the 2006 public comment
period for the DMP/DEIS, and the 2008 public comment period for
the SDEIS, the Sanctuary will prepare a Final Management Plan
and Final Environmental Impact Statement. The final documents
will include responses to all comments received during the public
comment periods. Final CINMS regulations will be issued after
NOAA has released the Final Management Plan/Final EIS. Per the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), these final regulations
could fall anywhere within the range of alternatives described
in the DEIS and modified by the SDEIS. The Sanctuary anticipates
publishing the final documents in 2008.
To learn more about development of the Management Plan visit our
Process
History page.
To get a copy of the Draft Management Plan:
2006 DMP/DEIS Federal Register Notice & Proposed Rule
On May 19th, 2006 a Federal Register Notice was published that
announced the availability of the Draft Management Plan/Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and contained the "Proposed
Rule" concerning proposed regulation and designation document
changes.
Click here
pdf
for a copy of the Federal Register Notice & Proposed Rule.
NCCOS
Biogeographic Study
Sanctuary boundary redefinition was raised during 1999
public scoping meetings as an issue to be considered in the
CINMS management plan review process.
In 2002 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) and National Marine Sanctuary Program determined that a
rigorous analysis of boundary alternatives would require a biogeographic
study of the Channel Islands region. NOAA’s National Centers
for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) prepared this biogeographic
study from 2003 - 2005. Additional information and the final NCCOS
report are available on the NCCOS project web site click
here
Management Plan Study Area
McGinnis.pdf file
size 908KB
In the fall of 1999 CINMS contracted the University of California,
Santa Barbara's Ocean and Coastal Policy Center to recommend
a management plan review study area (including the existing
Sanctuary).
The Ocean and Coastal Policy Center produced their findings
on January 14, 2000, entitled, "A Recommended Study Area
for the CINMS Management Planning Process: Ecological Linkages
in the Marine Ecology from Point Sal to Point Mugu." Click
here for a map of the study area.
1983 Management Plan click
here
Following the 1980 designation of CINMS, the Sanctuary published
its Management Plan in 1983. This plan describes the Sanctuary,
outlines Sanctuary goals and program areas, presents the Sanctuary's
administrative framework, and provides guidelines for actions
that meet Sanctuary objectives.
1980 Designation Document
1980.pdf file
size 60k
Pursuant to Section 304(a)(4) of the National Marine Sanctuaries
Act, a Sanctuary’s terms of designation set forth the
geographic area included within the Sanctuary; the characteristics
of the area that give it conservation, recreational, ecological,
historical, research, educational or esthetic value; and the
types of activities that will be subject to regulation by the
Secretary of Commerce to protect those characteristics. These
details are contained in a Designation Document that is published
in the Federal Register. The CINMS designation document was
published in the Federal Register (Vol. 45 No. 193) on October
2, 1980.
National Marine Sanctuaries Act
The
National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
§1431 et. seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
designate as national marine sanctuaries areas of the marine
environment or Great Lakes with special national significance
due to their conservation, recreational, ecological, historical,
scientific, cultural, archeological, educational, or aesthetic
qualities. Additionally, the NMSA established the National
Marine Sanctuary Program as the Federal program charged with
managing national marine sanctuaries.