Ocean Energy Development in the Territorial Sea. Paul Klarin Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Coastal Management Program

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1 Off-Shore Wave Energy Development and the Environment in Oregon Ocean Energy Development in the Territorial Sea Paul Klarin Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Coastal Management Program

2 What happens when you drop this

3 And a cement block anchor the size of a 2- car garage

4 in the middle of their best fishing grounds -

5 and you multiply it by?

6 You Get a Reaction!

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8 MMS: Alt Energy OCS FERC: Wave Energy

9 By the (Statutory) Numbers MMS FERC

10 Regulatory Readiness* Unsettled State v. Federal FERC v. MMS Uncertain Agency Apparatus Untested State Review Process * Please apply standard opinion disclaimer

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12 FERC OREGON MOU Short Term Experimental & Pilot Projects Coordinated Review and Schedule Stakeholder Involvement Adaptive Management State Comprehensive Plan - Location Number Review Standards Incorporated into Oregon Coastal Mgt. Program Protect & Mitigate Damage to Fish and Wildlife

13 Oregon s s Ocean Policy Framework ORS 196 Ocean Resources Management * Ocean Resources Management Program * Ocean Policy Advisory Council * State Agency Coordination Requirements Territorial Sea Plan Goal 19 Ocean Resources ORS 197 Agency Regulatory Authorities

14 Oregon Oregon places special emphasis on conserving renewable ocean resources because these are expected to provide greater long-term benefits to the state from food production, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, navigation, and ecosystem stability than nonrenewable marine resources. Part One of the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan Preamble to Ocean Management Goals and Policies

15 Oregon Territorial Sea Plan Part One: Ocean Management Goals The overall ocean management goal of the State of Oregon is to: Conserve the long-term values, benefits, and natural resources of the nearshore ocean and the continental shelf. To achieve this goal, the State of Oregon will: 1. give higher priority to the protection of renewable marine resources than to the development of non-renewable 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 t 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.

16 Goal 19 Ocean Resources To conserve marine resources and ecological functions for the purpose of providing long-term ecological, economic, and social value and benefits to future generations. To carry out this goal, all actions by local, state, and federal agencies that are likely to affect the ocean resources and uses of Oregon s s territorial sea shall be developed and conducted to 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.

17 Priority protection of living marine organisms for long-term ecological, economic, and social values and benefits Food Chain = Copepod

18 Renewable Ocean Resource

19 Higher Priority

20 Food Production = Economic Benefit

21 Ecosystem Stability

22 Navigation

23 Recreation

24 Aesthetic Enjoyment

25 Priorities reflect Preferences

26 Time Out Process Check ORS 197 ORS 196 Statewide Land Use Planning Ocean Resources Coordination Management Coastal Goals --Estuaries --Coast Shorelands --Beaches & Dunes --Ocean Resources Ocean Policy Advisory Council State Agency Programs and Authorities --Fill/Removal --Beach permits --Fish/Wildlife effects, etc Territorial Sea Plan

27 Goal 19 + TSP + Agency Review =

28 Implementation Issues* Distributed rather than Coordinated Parallel Processes Different Criteria and Standards Individual and variable timelines Separate Appeal Opportunities Agencies lack technical expertise & staff

29 DUDE! You re Freaking Me Out! Chill Out We can do with this We have before re: Submarine Cables It s s a work in progress There is a process is in place

30 ORS 196 Ocean Resources Management (2) Encourage ocean resources development which is environmentally sound and economically beneficial to adjacent local governments and to the state; (5) Encourage research and development of new, innovative marine technologies to study and utilize ocean resources;

31 Accomodating New Ocean Uses Submarine Telecommunication Cable

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33 Basic Working Assumptions Siting will determine effects Some effects may be roughly predicted Effects will be time and location specific Many effects may be technology specific Species responses are complex and unique Major information gaps need to be filled Some forms of mitigation may be effective Cumulative effects are difficult to predict User conflicts likely to limit development Complicated by other management processes

34 OPT DMD Cables

35 Southern Oregon Ocean Resource Coalition

36 12/08 6/09 12/09 6/10 OPAC and TSP Workgroup Sea Grant and OCZMA Outreach Local Advisory Groups EXO Dead Line State Submits TSP Plan to FERC DLCD Rule Making Advisory Committee DRAFT PLAN AMEND Public Review LCDC Hearing LCDC Adopts TSP Plan Amendment Resource Mapping and Spatial Analysis Local Advisory Groups & State Agencies OCMP Submits TSP Plan to NOAA

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38 Test Bouys DMD OPT

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40 To Be Continued