The Next Generation of MSP in the U.S.Future Challenges and Opportunities

Presentation by Jesse K. Souki, DirectorState Office of Planning

MSP Future Challenges and Opportunities

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Governor

OP Director

Land Use Division

Planning Division

Statewide GIS

Special Plans

CZM Program

State of Hawaii

•Includes CZM Area (Entire Land Area) and Territorial Sea (66.6 Kilometers [12 Nautical Miles] seaward from shoreline)•1,693 Kilometers (1,052 miles) of coastline•Total Resident Population of 1.36 Million people•$5 Billion in Ocean Economy (2009)

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Ocean and Coastal Uses

•7,284,069 Visitors in 2011•Native Hawaiian Cultural Practices and Gathering Rights•Public Trust -- Beach Access•Recreational Fishing•Commercial Fishing•Generate 40% of our energy locally by 2030

•Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

•Seawater Air Conditioning

•Wave Energy

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PERMITTING AND PLANNING

State Planning Act - County Plans

Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan

Coastal Zone Management Program

Special Management Area Permitting

State Ocean Leases/Conservation District Use Permits

Statewide GIS Program

STAKEHOLDERS AND SYSTEM USERS

State Agencies County Agencies Community / Public Federal Agencies Non-Governmental

Organizations (NGO) Researchers and Academia Ocean Energy Commercial Users Coastal Developers Aquaculture

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Hawaii State Planning Act

•Serves as a guide for the future long-range development of the state•Identifies the goals, objectives, policies, and priorities for the state•Provides a basis for determining priorities and allocating limited resources, such as public funds, services, human resources, land, energy, water, and other resources•Improves coordination of federal, state, and county plans, policies, programs, projects, and regulatory activities•Establishes a system for plan formulation and program coordination to provide for an integration of all major state, and county activities•Each county must adopt countywide general plans

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Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan

•The ORMP is a State plan.•Guiding principles to achieve comprehensive and integrated ocean and coastal resources management•Primary goal is to improve and sustain the ecological, cultural, economic, and social benefits we derive from ocean resources today and for future generations.•Builds on traditional Hawaiian management principles•Plan Perspectives

•Connecting Land and Sea

•Preserving Our Ocean Heritage

•Promoting Collaboration and Stewardship

•Incremental 5-year management priorities

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Coastal Zone Management Program

•CZM Act of 1972•Hawaii's program approved in 1977•Federal Consistency•Special Management Area Permitting•Programmatic Support for Coastal Management•Objectives and Policies

•Recreational resources

•Historic resources

•Scenic and open spaces

•Coastal ecosystems

•Economic uses

•Coastal hazards

•Managing development

•Public participation

•Beach protection

•Marine resources

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Special Management Area Permitting

•Implemented and issued by each county•Special controls on developments within an area along the shoreline to avoid permanent losses of valuable resources•Ensure that adequate access, by dedication or other means, to public owned or used beaches, recreation areas, and natural reserves is provided•Implements CZM objectives and goals•Major and minor permits

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State Ocean Leases & Conservation District Use Permits

•State Board of Land and Natural Resources•Must be goals, policies and plans of the State•Concurrence of the director of transportation•May allow leases in marine life conservation district, shoreline fisheries management area, or the natural area reserve if no adverse impacts•No lease shall be awarded in areas designated as being necessary for national defense•Protect the public's use and enjoyment of the reefs•Identify use conflicts•Traditional and customary Hawaiian rights and Konohiki fishing rights

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Statewide GIS Program

•Approximately 271 data layers; 179 online•Includes marine and coastal layers•GIS partners from local, state , and federal agencies•Developing proof of concept GIS application with coastal and marine layers

•Ocean Recreation Areas

•Offshore Installations

•Offshore Sewer Lines

•Restricted Fishing Areas

•Cables

•Coral Reefs

•Whale Sanctuary Boundaries

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CHALLENGES

Planning fatigue Gap analysis Sustaining broad stakeholder

involvement Use permits are case by case

and burden is on the applicant

Showing decision-makers and users that MSP enables fully informed decision-making

Terrestrial plans do not include ocean planning

ORMP is not enforceable

OPPORTUNITIES

Robust regulatory system Tradition of planning Native Hawaiian cultural

issues built into constitution, statutes, and regulations

Federal Funding Support for Sub-Region in NOP

Enthusiastic supporters

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Federal CMSP Efforts under the National Ocean Policy

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Pacific Region

•2.9 Million Square Kilometers in Ocean Area•Includes EEZ of American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), Hawaii and Guam•Also includes EEZs of unpopulated areas known as the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) (Wake, Johnston, Palmyra, etc.)•For purposes of NOP, the Pacific Islands Region is comprised of Hawaii, Guam, CNMI, and American Samoa

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Executive Branch Interagency Initiative Recognizes the importance of U.S. oceans

and the Great Lakes Sets forth nine priority objectives

(e.g., CMSP) Recognizes nine regions (e.g., Pacific Islands

Region) Creates Regional Planning Bodies (RPB) to

implement NOP

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Federal members Department of Transportation

Department of Interior (USGS, BOEM, FWS)

Department of Commerce (NOAA)

Department of Defense (USMC)

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Department of Agriculture (NRCS)

Environmental Protection Agency Western Pacific Fishery Management Council member Two members each from

Hawaii, Guam, CNMI, American Samoa

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Fishery Management Council is expected to nominate their representative in June

Letters to Pacific Islands Region governors are expected to be mailed in June

Federal RPB members have met Will be assessing capacity of all agencies to

contribute towards CMSP Draft charter, draft work plan, and begin

drafting CMSP plan

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CHALLENGES

Jurisdictional issues Funding Largest cost is travel

Expansive region Incorporating indigenous

peoples’ perspective Organizing various and

disparate CMSP efforts across the region

OPPORTUNITIES

Form a good working relationship across territorial, state, and federal agencies

Create a strategic coastal and ocean management plan that not only incorporates economic and defense driven actions, but also culturally important and recreationally important activities

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Regional Efforts

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Creating the PROP

•Partnership between the governors of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and CNMI•Mission is to identify coastal and ocean management priorities that require a coordinated regional response and increased collaboration to effectively address these issues•Opportunity to collaborate on unique and common coastal and ocean resource management topics•MSP may be one tool utilized by PROP for planning purposes•Anticipate formalizing PROP in 2012

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Pacific RegionDistance by Air

•Hawaii to Guam/CNMI = 3,828•Hawaii to American Samoa = 2,585•Hawaii to SFO = 2,340•Guam to Brisbane = 2,883•Guam to Japan = 1,625

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CHALLENGES

Identifying priorities in an expansive region

Funding Largest cost is travel

Expansive region Incorporating stakeholder

input Changes in administration

OPPORTUNITIES

There are existing partnerships in the larger pacific region

PROP governments have established relationships

Gives the Pacific Islands Region a stronger voice in the RPB process

Leveraging science and knowledge

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Questions?

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Office of PlanningState of HawaiiP.O. Box 2359Honolulu, HI 96804-2359

Ph: (808) 587-2846URL: http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/