GLIN==> Reminder: Great Lakes Regional Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting in Cleveland, OH, Tomorrow!

Obama Administration Officials to Hold Great Lakes Regional Ocean Policy
Task Force Public Meeting in Cleveland, OH, on October 29, 2009

The Ocean Policy Task Force will hold a Great Lakes Regional Public
Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 29, 2009. The Interagency Ocean
Policy Task Force, led by White House Council on Environmental Quality
Chair Nancy Sutley, consists of senior-level officials from
Administration agencies, departments, and offices.  The Task Force is
charged with developing a recommendation for a national policy that
ensures protection, maintenance, and restoration of the oceans, our
coasts and the Great Lakes.  It will also recommend a framework for
improved stewardship, and effective coastal and marine spatial planning.
The public is encouraged to attend and an opportunity for public comment
will be provided.

Members of the public can access the meeting in three ways:
1)    In person at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center;
2)    By phone (listen-only) (800-369-2133; participant code: 8314284);
or
3)    Online via live webstream at http://epa.gov/greatlakes/live.

Note:  Comments can also be submitted online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/oceans


Great Lakes Ocean Policy Task Force Public Meeting
October 29, 4:00-7:00pm EDT
Marriott Cleveland Downtown at Key Center
Ballroom (Salon D and E)
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114

AGENDA

Welcome from Chair Nancy Sutley, White House Council on Environmental
Quality
Background of Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, Agenda for Public
Meeting, Introduction of Task Force Members (15 minutes)
·     Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Administrator, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
·     Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency
·     Rear Admiral Sally Brice O’Hara, Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for
Operations, United States Coast Guard
·     Captain Byron Black, Senior Maritime Safety and Security Advisor
to the Secretary, Department of Transportation


EXPERT PANELS (45 minutes)
-     Tribal Interests – Susan LaFernier, Vice President, Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community
-     State Governance – Peter Johnson, Programs Director, Great Lakes
Governor’s Association
-     Habitat, Conservation, and Restoration – Gildo Tori, Director of
Public Policy, Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office, Ducks Unlimited
-     Public and Coastal Health and Recreational Use – Dave Ullrich,
Director, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
-     Ports and Shipping – James Weakley, President, Lake Carriers
Association
-     Toxics and Pollution – Lori Boughton, Chief of the Office of the
Great Lakes for Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection
-     Aquatic Invasive Species – Dr. David Lodge, Professor, University
of Notre Dame, Conservation Biology: Freshwater Ecology, Invasive
Species, Risk Analysis, and Environmental Policy
-     Energy – Stanley “Skip” Pruss, Director, Michigan Department of
Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth and Chair, Great Lakes Wind Council

PUBLIC COMMENT (2 hours)
·     Tinka Hyde, Director, Water Division, Environmental Protection
Agency Region 5