Patty Snow
Department of Land Conservation and Development
November 2012

Statewide Planning Goal 19, Ocean Resources
(mandates protection of important marine habitat and fisheries)
Oregon Ocean Resources Management Act (ORS 196.405)
(creates state-ocean governance structure)
Oregon Territorial Sea Plan (TSP)
(contains specific policies for state ocean management )
State Agency Authorities and Programs

The Task Force recognized it is vital for Oregon to have the best scientific information:
•   To ensure the protection and utilization of Oregon ’ s nearshore resources;
•   To foster an environment where trusted scientific information informs policy and management of the nearshore environment; and
•   That is prioritized, coordinated, targeted at key issues and free of conflict of interest and political influence.

~ 1,258 Square Miles

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“ conserve marine resources and ecological functions for the purpose of providing long-term ecological, economic, and social value and benefits ” n
“ conserve marine resources and ecological functions for the purpose of providing long-term ecological, economic, and social values and benefits and to give higher priority to the protection of renewable marine resources--i.e., living marine organisms-than to the development of non-renewable ocean resources.
” http://www.lcd.state.or.us/LCD/goals.shtml#Statewide_Planning_Goals

PROTECT: n
Renewable Marine Resources – i.e. Living Marine
Organisms; n
Biological Diversity & Functional Integrity of Marine
Ecosystems; n
Important Marine Habitat; n
Areas Important to Fisheries – commercial and recreational; n
Beneficial Uses: Navigation, Recreation, Food
Production, Aesthetic, Seafloor Uses.

GOAL 19: Protect
1.) living marine organisms from adverse effects of development of non-renewable resources, uses of the ocean floor, or other actions;
2.) biological diversity of marine life and functional integrity of the marine ecosystem;
3.) important marine habitat, including estuarine habitat, including: a. important to the biological viability of commercially or recreationally caught species or that support important food or prey species for commercially or recreationally caught species; or b. needed to assure the survival of threatened or endangered species; or c. ecologically significant to maintaining ecosystem structure, biological productivity, and biological diversity; or d. essential to the life-history or behaviors of marine organisms; or
especially vulnerable because of size, composition, or location in relation to chemical or other pollutants, noise, physical disturbance, alteration, or harvest; or e. unique or of limited range within the state;

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Goal 19 Ocean Resources n
Territorial Sea Plan n
Ocean Resources Management (ORS
196.420)

Toe of continental slope

n   n   n   n
1. give higher priority to the protection of renewable marine resources than to the development of nonrenewable ocean resources;
2. support development of ocean resources that is environmentally sound and economically beneficial to coastal communities and the state;
3. protect the diversity of marine life, the functions of the marine ecosystem, the diversity of marine and estuarine habitats, and the overall health of the marine environment; and
4. seek the conservation of ocean resources within the larger marine region that is of ecologic and economic interest to the State of Oregon.

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1. renewable marine resources from adverse effects of development of nonrenewable resources; n
2. the biological diversity of marine life and the functional integrity of the marine-ecosystem; n
3 . important marine habitat

Ecosystem Function and Diversity

Spatial Mapping Process
Data Collection and Tool Development Status
•   Commercial and recreational fisheries data collected through local advisory committees for areas important to fisheries (Winter 2011)
•   Ecological data: Oregon Dept Fish and Wildlife and The Nature
Conservancy (Summer 2011)
•   Seafloor bathymetric and image data (Summer 2011)
•   Recreational ocean use: on-line surveys (Fall 2010)
•   Visual assessment inventory information (Summer 2012)
•   Other spatial data on human uses, managed resources, physical conditions, and shoreland facilities (Fall 2010)
•   Oregon MarineMap (January 2011)

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State Agencies: DLCD/ODFW/DSL/OPRD n
Federal agencies: FERC, BOEM, NOAA, NMFS n
OCZMA: local governments, ports and special districts n
Community Advisory Committees (Renewable Energy)
POORT, SOORC, FINE, FACT, NSAT, FOORC n
OWET n
OPAC \ STAC n
Ecotrust n
Surfrider Foundation n
Conservation Community (TNC, OSCC, Our Ocean)

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Information at site scale for individual permits; n
Data at territorial sea and Ocean Stewardship Area scale for planning and permitting purposes; n
Information at regional scale i.e. California Current for regional efforts n
West Coast Governor ’ s Alliance for Ocean Health (2006) n
West Coast Regional Planning Body (2013?) n
West Coast Data Network (2011)

The Moving Parts of TSP: Technological Roadmap
DLCD – 12/10 - Lanier

Spatial Planning Feedback Loop
Started Here
Goal 19
Resources and Uses Map Layers
GIS
Data
LCDC
TSPAC
Draft
Plan
Draft Plan
Maps
OPAC
Public Input
Goal 19
Resources and Uses
TSP
Work
Group

Geospatial Analysis for Areas Protected by Goal 19
Data Layers
Intersected with the
Planning Grid
Areas of Biological or Ecological Importance.
Goal 19 Criteria
Identify Areas of
Importance to Fisheries
Existing Uses or Areas for special management.
Areas of Opportunity
(to be evaluated )
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Ecological Protection Fishery Protection Beneficial Use Protection
+ + +
=
Areas Protected as Goal 19 Resources and Uses

Draft Recommendation for TSP Amendment
Renewable
Energy
Exclusion
Area
(REEA)
Proprietary Use and
Management
Area (PUMA)
Resources and
Uses Conservation
Area (RUCA)
Resources and
Uses
Management
Area (RUMA)
Resources and
Uses
Development
Area (RUDA)
Renewable
Energy Permit
Area (REPA)
Special
Management
Areas designated by statute and
OAR
Areas with authorized uses and special management designations under
Goal 19
Areas with important, sensitive, or unique
Goal 19 Resources and Uses
Areas with important or significant Goal 19
Resources and Uses
Areas of least conflict with Goal
19 Resources and
Uses
Areas of existing
MREC permits
MRE applications will not be accepted within these areas
MRE applications will not be accepted unless legally permissible, comply with the authorized use and area standards, and agreed to by the authorized users.
MRE applications must demonstrate no reasonably foreseeable adverse effects on inventoried marine resources and uses.*
MRE applications must demonstrate no significant adverse effects on inventoried marine resources and uses .
MRE applications must comply with
TSP Part Five
Sections B and C , general standards, and the applicable regulatory and proprietary requirements of state and federal agencies .*
Delineated sites with existing authorization for the development of MRE testing, research or facilities .
Visual Resource Area Overlay
Marine Recreation Area Overlay
Screening standards applied across all areas
Higher Permitting Difficulty Level Lower Already permitted.

US DOE Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Glossary: n   n
Attenuators
Pitching n   n   n   n   n   n   n
Surging
Swaying
Heaving
Oscillating
Point Absorbing
Overtopping
Submerged Pressure Differential

n
Ground truth assumptions n
Fill the gaps n
Reduce the uncertainties n
Provide expert opinions