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Exploring Regional Management

Exploring Regional Management. NGA Ocean Policy Conference September 2003. Ocean Governance Findings. Lacks vertical coordination among different levels of government; Lacks horizontal coordination among agencies within the federal government;

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Exploring Regional Management

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  1. Exploring Regional Management NGA Ocean Policy Conference September 2003

  2. Ocean Governance Findings • Lacks vertical coordination among different levels of government; • Lacks horizontal coordination among agencies within the federal government; • Is based on political and jurisdictional boundaries and does not take into account comprehensive planning and implementation to address ecosystem needs, and performance; • Continues to be dominated by stove-pipe single resource management programs; and • Is disconnected from land and water governance structures.

  3. Management Silos • Laws • Agencies • Programs • Process Driven

  4. Regional Commission Model • Manageable environmental problem • Shared Resource/Shared Sense of Region • Transboundary/Transjurisdictional Management • Governmental expertise applied within a matrix of local participation & initiative • “Toolbox” of technical and financial assistance

  5. Think and Act Like a Region • Regional Collaboration… Involves people and organizations with diverse viewpoints working across political and jurisdictional boundaries, public and private sectors, and multiple disciplines to sustain social, economic, and environmental values of particular places. (from Lincoln Institute of Land Policy)

  6. Regional Governance • No one right answer • Customize to particular places • Key feature is strong regional partnerships • Public and Private Sectors • Principles/Goals/Plans/Outcomes • Link regional effort to established decision-making systems

  7. Management Themes and Principles • Integrated Management Manage ground and surface water as an integrated system, by hydrologic units, including both quality and quantity and considering all phases of the water cycle. (Need to protect headwaters to protect the ocean/Solutions transcend political boundaries) Integrated management is crucial to improving outcomes. Improved land management is essential for enhanced water quality and hydrologic integrity.

  8. Management Themes and Principles • Adaptive Management Decision frameworks should be flexible to accommodate innovations and adapt to new knowledge. Measure environmental performance by results and outcomes. Sound decision making must be based on the best available scientific understanding.

  9. Management Themes and Principles • Pollution Prevention The most effective way to eliminate pollution is to prevent it from occurring. • Markets Before Mandates Use economic and other incentives, where feasible, to achieve resource management objectives. • Public-private partnerships Public-partnerships and enhanced cooperation are necessary for improved outcomes.

  10. Results Based Management • Goal Setting (Objective Driven) Establish measurable targets for assessing environmental progress Quantify baseline (current conditions) and monitor trends (are conditions improving or worsening) Reporting: An informed public is critical to an improved environmental future.

  11. Case Studies • The Chesapeake Bay Program - Gubernatorial Executive Council Model • The Great Lakes Commission - Bi-national: State/Federal Compact Model • The Delaware River Basin Commission - State/Federal Legislative Compact Model

  12. Basin Facts • Largest un-dammed river east of the Mississippi – 330 miles • 13,539 square mile drainage • 17 million water users • Port complex, including Philadelphia, Camden and Wilmington, is the largest freshwater port in the world • Three reaches included in National Wild and Scenic River System • World class trout fishery in the tailwaters of the NYC reservoirs • Tremendous economic significance for the region.

  13. Why the DRBC was created: • Water supply shortages and disputes over the apportionment of the basin’s waters; • Severe pollution in the Delaware River and its major tributaries; and • Serious flooding.

  14. Delaware River Basin Commission Signatory Parties: • State of Delaware • State of New Jersey • State of New York • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • United States

  15. General Powers • Coordination • Planning • Regulation • Management • Development

  16. Functional Responsibilities • Water Supply • Pollution Control • Flood Protection • Watershed Management • Recreation

  17. Responsibilities and Activities • Conduct Studies • Prepare and adopt plans, including Comprehensive Plan • Declare droughts and impose restrictions • Designate areas for special protection • Regulate water quality and quantity • Sponsor and fund water projects

  18. Advisory Committees • Water Quality Committee • Flood Committee • Flow Management Committee • Information Management Committee • Monitoring Committee • Toxics Committee • Watershed Council

  19. DRBC Water Quality Program • Planning, Monitoring, and Assessment • Standards and Regulations • Basinwide Water Quality Standards • Wasteload Allocations • TMDLs • Interstate Toxics Management • Special Protection Waters Program

  20. Special Protection Waters

  21. Delaware Estuary and Delaware Bay

  22. FECAL IS WAY D O W N DISSOLVED OXYGEN UP FROM 2 TO 7

  23. Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have fish advisories for PCBs in the Delaware River.

  24. Estimated Penta PCB Load by Zonefor All Source Categories Sept. 1, 2001 – March 31, 2003

  25. Estimated Penta PCB Loadby Source CategorySept. 1, 2001 – March 31, 2003

  26. Adopting the TMDLs • An unprecedented level of coordination among regulators has been required. • EPA will promulgate the TMDLs for all three states. Advantages include: • Simultaneous process – one set of comments, one set of responses, one set of revisions. • One venue for legal challenges. • Reasonable assurances can be provided in each state only if the TMDL is also promulgated in the other two.

  27. TMDL ImplementationAdvisory Committee • DRBC believes TMDLs cannot be implemented without active stakeholder participation. • Will convene IAC in September 2003 and continue for two years. Composition: • Regulatory agencies (6) • Industrial Dischargers (4) • Large Municipal Dischargers (3) • Small Municipal Dischargers (2) • Wildlife & Fishery Interests/Env. Groups (5)

  28. The flood warning recommendations were developed through the DRBC Flood Advisory Committee. Members include: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection New York Department of Environmental Conservation Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection New York City Department of Environmental Protection Delaware Emergency Management Agency New Jersey Office of Emergency Management New York Office of Emergency Management Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Geological Survey National Weather Service U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Park Service Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Hydroelectric Industry Water Resources Agency – University of Delaware

  29. RAIN GAGE UPGRADES NEW RAIN GAGES TO BE ADDED PROPOSED STREAM GAGE TELEMETRY UPGRADES POTENTIAL FLOOD STAGE MAP PROTOTYPES AHPS APPLICATION BASIN WIDE PROTOTYPE AHPS FLASH FLOOD GRAPHICS APPLICATION USING GIS AND DOPPLER RADAR PROPOSED STREAM GAGE TELEMETRY UPGRADES POTENTIAL FLOOD STAGE MAP PROTOTYPE RECOMMENDED FLOOD WARNING IMPROVEMENTS Endorsed by the DRBC Flood Advisory Committee NOTE: Depicted locations of new rain gages are approximate.

  30. On-line flood hazard assessment is a developing tool in flood mitigation planning Neshaminy Creek Floodplain – Bucks County, PA Source: www.HazardMaps.gov FEMA’s on-line multihazard mapping center

  31. Governance for Sustainable Seas • Proven regional governance concepts -Measurable goals and standards -Regional institutions capable of carrying out policy -Special protection areas -Permanent advisory committees -Need for planning, management and regulatory powers -Need for dedicated funding, investment and other incentives

  32. Governance For Sustainable Seas • Yet to proven governance concepts - Regional Ocean Ecosystem Councils - Independent National Oceans Agency - Permanent Interagency Oceans Council (Need to invest in existing institutions and link to established decision making systems)

  33. Improving Effectiveness of Ocean/Coastal Governance • National Ocean Policy Act- measurable goals and standards • Need to enhance governance, in partnership with the states and territories, to address ecosystem management at the regional, state and watershed scales • Need to link to existing decision-making systems and connect land and water governance structures (CZMPs; NEPs; RBCs; Fishery Commissions) • Need to support sustained and dedicated funding, investment, and other incentives for state and local governments efforts to address priority coastal and ecosystem management problems.

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