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Once-Through Cooling Interim Mitigation Program Award Guidelines are Available for Public Comment
The public comment period is open from Monday, August 13 through Friday, September 14, 2018. Click here to download the draft Award Guidelines. Two informational webinars will be held for OPC staff to share an overview of the Award Guidelines and provide an […]
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Letter From Secretary Laird Regarding Pending Federal Legislation Pertaining to Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Development
On July 24th, Secretary Laird wrote The Honorable Paul Ryan and The Honorable Nancy Pelosi to express concern regarding two pieces of pending federal legislation that would make broad changes to long established federal laws protecting the marine environment from […]
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California Ocean Acidification Action Plan is Available for Public Comment
Please download the draft here. The public comment period is open from Wednesday, August 1 through Friday, August 31, 2018. All comments should be submitted by email to: COPCpublic@resources.ca.gov. Questions can be directed to Ocean Protection Council Climate Change Policy […]
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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Expert Assessment Group for California’s Marine Protected Area Network announced
Advancing the effort to add California’s marine protected area network to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List, IUCN has selected members of the “Expert Assessment Group for the Green List” (EAGL). Drawn from a pool of […]
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Draft MPA Monitoring Action Plan now available for public comment
California has developed a novel and cost-effective marine protected area (MPA) monitoring program to aid in the evaluation of the MPA network’s progress toward meeting the goals of the Marine Life Protection Act. Phase 1 of this program collected regional […]
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Ocean Protection Council Meeting — July 25, 2018
The California Ocean Protection Council held a public meeting on July 25th 2018 at 1 PM, at the Natural Resources Agency Auditorium, 1419 Ninth Street, Sacramento California. View Webcast
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