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We will place documents relevant to the Management Plan Review (MPR) here, so that they are easy to find and access. As new documents for MPR are generated, they will be added.

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Management Plan Review Process Documents

• AC-Recommended Collaborative & Coordinated Management Strategies & Activities (232k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Sanctuary Operations Strategies & Activities (216k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Collaborative Research Strategies & Activities (310k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Ocean Literacy Strategies & Activities (285k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Spills Strategies & Activities (296k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Living Resources Conservation Strategies & Activities (388k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Maritime Heritage Strategies & Activities (240k pdf)
• AC-Recommended Socioeconomic Strategies & Activities (185k pdf)
  
  
• Collaborative & Coordinated Management Working Group Report (260k pdf)
• Sanctuary Operations Working Group Report (272k pdf)
• Collaborative Research Working Group Report (306k pdf)
• Ocean Literacy Workshop Report (282k pdf)
• Spills Working Group Report (305k pdf)
• Living Resources Conservation Working Group Report (395k pdf)
• Maritime Heritage Workshop Report (239k pdf)
• Socioeconomic Workshop Report (246k pdf)
  
  
• Revised OCNMS Goals and Objectives (220k pdf)
• Priority Issue Work Plan (296k pdf)
• How to Address Priority Topics (116k pdf)
• Advisory Council Issue Prioritization Workshop Report (800k pdf)
• Scoping Summary (908k pdf)
• Topics Analysis Report (384k pdf)
• Scoping Meeting Comments
  (link to comments)
• Four page Mailer announcing Management Plan Review initiation (2.3Mb pdf)

• 1994 Management Plan (2.3Mb pdf)
• 1993 Final Environmental Impact Statement (link to sections)
• Summary of OCNMS 1994 Management Plan, Designation Document, and Comments and Responses from Federal Register Notice dated May 11, 1994 (239k pdf)
• Current Regulations - extracted from Federal Register Notice December 27, 1995 (60k pdf)
• National Marine Sanctuary Strategic Plan 2005-2015 (1.9Mb pdf)
• Intergovernmental Policy Council Charter (36k pdf)
• Intergovernmental Policy Council Memorandum of Agreement (892k pdf)

• 8 pg newsletter reviewing the sanctuary's programs and accomplishments (744k pdf)
• Info sheet on the Area To Be Avoided (1.3Mb pdf)
• Info sheet on the Nearshore Monitoring Buoys (744k pdf)
• Info sheet on Deep Sea Coral (836k pdf)
• Info sheet on Management Goals and Objectives (3.3Mb pdf)
• Info sheet on Habitat Mapping (708k pdf)
• Info sheet on Marine Invasive Species (944k pdf)
• Info sheet on Kelp Research and Monitoring (784k pdf)
• Info sheet on Management Plan Review (828k pdf)
• Info sheet on the Olympic Coast Discovery Center (732k pdf)
• Info sheet on Ocean Science Programs and Teacher Professional Development Workshops (1.5Mb pdf)
• Info sheet on Permitting Activities in the Sanctuary (136k pdf)
• Info sheet on the Sanctuary Advisory Council (824k pdf)
• Info sheet on Scoping Meetings (1.4Mb pdf)
• Info sheet on Marine Mammal and Seabird Research and Monitoring (160k pdf)
• Info sheet on the Olympic Coast Intergovernmental Policy Council (744k pdf)
• Brochure on the Olympic Coast Intergovernmental Policy Council (2.8Mb pdf)

• 09/15/2008 Notice of Intent for Management Plan Review (54k pdf) - announces start of management plan review; contains preliminary priority issues for consideration during scoping
• 11/27/2002 Amendments to the Area To Be Avoided Off The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (45k pdf) - includes boundary modifications and applicability to vessels 1,600 gross tons and above solely in transit
• 03/29/2001 Amendments to the Area To Be Avoided Off the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (20k pdf) - Notice of Intent to modify ATBA
• 12/27/1995 National Marine Sanctuary Program Final Rule (118k pdf) - Consolidates all NMSP regulations into 15 CFR part 922. Subpart O specific to OCMNS
• 02/17/1995 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations (43k pdf) - corrections to boundary coordinates originally published in 1994
• 10/07/1994 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Confirmation of Effective Date (560k pdf) - effective date confirmed as July 22, 1994
• 05/11/1994 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Final Rule (2.5Mb pdf) - official Final Rule for designation of OCNMS. Contains comments and responses associated with proposed regulations, final regulations, and designation document
• 09/20/1991 Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Regulations and Public Hearings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Management Plan; Proposed Rule and Notice (8.8Mb pdf) - notice of proposed designation, draft management plan, and draft environmental impact statement

• Olympic Coast 2008 Condition Report (7.1Mb pdf)
• Olympic Coast Intergovernmental Policy Council Addendum to the Condition Report (161k pdf)

• National Marine Sanctuaries Act (link)
• Treaty of Neah Bay (16k pdf)
• Treaty of Olympia (16k pdf)

• Washington Islands National Wildlife Refuges Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Flattery Rocks, Copalis, and Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuges (24.3Mb pdf)
• Washington Ocean Action Plan (1.3Mb pdf)
• Olympic National Park General Management Plan (link)
• Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Final Management Plan (3Mb pdf)

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