GLIN==> Request for Public Comment: Revision of ERA Strategy (Comments due July 21, 2010)

On June 21, 2010, NOAA, on behalf of the interagency Estuary Habitat
Restoration Council, provided notice of the Council's intent to revise the
"Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy'' and is requesting public comments to
guide its revision (75 FR 34975).  The complete notice is attached as a PDF.
Additional information can be found at http://era.noaa.gov.

In December 2002, the Estuary Habitat Restoration Council published the 
Final
Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy (67 FR 71942). Section 106(f) of 
the Act
authorizes the Council to periodically review and update the estuary habitat
restoration strategy; the Council is initiating the process for revising the
strategy. The intent of the Federal Register notice is to notify the public
of the Council's intent to revise the strategy and obtain comments to guide
that revision. Consistent with Section 106(e) of the Estuary Restoration 
Act,
the Council will provide additional opportunity for the public to review and
comment on a draft revised strategy once it is prepared.

Although the Estuary Restoration Act lists a number of issues that must be
addressed in the strategy, among the ideas that the Council is interested in
considering are identifying areas of compatibility with the Ocean Policy 
task
force goals, and identifying focus areas for the estuary habitat restoration
strategy, such as: climate adaptation restoration, socio-economic 
benefits of
estuary habitat restoration, and geographic restoration prioritization.

The Council intends to prepare a draft revised estuary habitat restoration
strategy in the fall of 2010 and make it available for public review and
comment. After reviewing public comments on the draft, the Council will
publish a final revised estuary habitat restoration strategy in early 2011.

Comments and information must be received by *July 21, 2010*. Send 
comments to
Estuary Habitat Restoration Strategy, NOAA Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 14730, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Electronic comments may be submitted to estuaryrestorationact at noaa.gov .

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Jennifer M. Wallace 
NOAA Fisheries Service
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Phone: (301) 713-0174 x183
Email: Jenni.Wallace at noaa.gov


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