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MBNMS
SAC: Conservation Working Group Meeting Minutes February
19th, 2002
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Minutes-
February 19th, 2002
Attendance:
- Vicki
Nichols and Alan Graves (SOS)
- Kaitilin
Gaffney (TOC)
- Meredith
Lopuch & Mike Osmond (WWF)
- Jack
Ellwanger (PPN)
- Maya
Conrad (CWC)
- Deborah
Streeter, John Fisher & Matt Ruithauser (FOSO)
- Jack
Wickham (SC-Monterey)
- Janice
O'Brian (LWV)
- Deirdre
Hall (MBNMS)
Announcements:
- FOSO
has new ED: Donald Ingraham.
- John
Fisher will attend meeting on Desal proposal and give update at
next meeting.
- Sea
otter report re: water quality impacts on otters is available from
DFG.
- Fisherman’s
Forum March 18-19th, now open to enviros and scientists as well.
Sanctuary Report:
- EPA
Ballas water report out for comment.
- Desal
issue: Sanctuary following up on RWQCB proposal to grant “general”
permit covering certain desal operations.
- Sanctuary
involved in initial discussions of potential desal plant at Moss
Landing.
- Source
of mystery spill Id’d as vessel sunk in GF area in 1947.
- Sanctuary
seeking prop 13 funds for DNA analysis of fecal contamination at
sites in Monterey and PG.
Joint Management Plan Review
- 2/25
SAC meeting will include discussion of how to prioritize scoping
comments/issues.
- Discussion
of values, meaning of terms “protection”, “conservation”,
“preservation”, and importance of understanding how we
use these terms and what they mean in context of Sanctuary management.
- CWG
emphasized that NMSA mission of resource protection should be criteria
for determining priority of issues to address in JMPR.
Coastal Commission – Periodic Review for Monterey Co. LCP
- Update
on LCP process from CCC staff Kelly Cuffe and Rick Hyman.
- Comment
forms distributed, comments also accepted at March CCC meeting in
Monterey. Comments due March 15th.
- Concerns
were raised about effectiveness of current LCP policies, esp. lack
of mitigation implementation for projects, lack of monitoring and
lack of enforcement.
MLPA
- Discussion
of changes in MLPA process (seeking nominations for stakeholder
groups, etc).
Next meeting will be March 12, 2002.
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