Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-27-11 regular part 2 of 2 — reading text

necessary 14 to implement the Comprehensive 15 Plan. 16 viii) APPLICATION OF FEDERAL AD- 17 VISORY COMMITTEE ACT. — The Council, or 18 any other advisory committee established 19 under this subsection, shall not be consid- 20 ered an advisory committee under the Fed- 21 eral Advisory Committee Act ( 5 U. S. C. 22 App.). 23 D) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. - 24 i) PROPOSED PLAN.— 8 1900 IS  32 1 1) IN GENERAL. — Not later 2 than 180 days after the date of enact- 3 ment of the Resources and Eco- 4 systems Sustainability, Tourist Op- 5 portunities, and Revived Economies of 6 the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011, 7 the Chairperson, on behalf of the 8 Council, shall publish a proposed plan 9 to restore and protect the natural re- 10 sources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine 11 and wildlife habitats, beaches, and 12 coastal wetlands of the Gulf Coast 13 ecosystem. 14 I1) CONTENTS. — The proposed 15 plan described in subelause ( I) shall 16 include and incorporate the findings 17 and information prepared by the 18 President' s Gulf Coast Restoration 19 Task Force. 20 ii) PUBLICATION. - 21 1) INITIAL, PLAN. — Not later 22 than 1 year after date of enactment of 23 the Resources and Ecosystems Sus - 24 tainability, Tourist Opportunities, and 25 Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast dnv0F U S 1400 IS N Attachment: 9 -2741 SB1400 rev ( 1444 : 2011 -30 - Support for SB 1400)  0041 85 io;>roddnS - OC- ILOZ a 44bl) n0100V• EJSl LZ- 6: 7uaw409PV aa 33 Ya 1 States Act of 2011 and after notice aVN 2 and opportunity for public comment, 3 the Chairperson, on behalf of the 4 Council and after approval by the 5 Council, shall publish in the Federal 6 Register the initial Comprehensive 7 Plan to restore and protect the nat- 8 ural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, 9 marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, 10 and coastal wetlands of the Gulf 11 Coast ecosystem. 12 II) COOPERATION WITH GULF 13 COAST RESTORATION TASK FORCE. — 14 The Council shall develop the initial 15 Comprehensive Plan in close coordina- 16 tion with the President' s Gulf Coast 17 Restoration Task Force. 18 III) CONSIDERATIONS. — In de- 19 veloping the initial Comprehensive 20 Plan, the Council shall consider all 21 relevant findings or reports submitted 22 by a center of excellence participating 23 in the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restora- 24 tion Science, Monitoring, and Tech- 25 nology Program established pursuant 8 Moo IS  34 1 to section 5( c) of the Resources and 2 Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist 3 Opportunities, and Revived Economies 4 of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011. 5 1V) CONTENTS.— The initial 6 Comprehensive Plan shall include- 7 as) such provisions as are 8 necessary to fully incorporate in 9 the Comprehensive Plan the 10 strategy, projects, and programs 11 recommended by the President' s 12 Gulf Coast Restoration Task 13 Force; 14 bb) a list of any project or 15 program authorized prior to the 16 date of enactment of this sub - 17 section but not yet commenced, 18 the completion of which would 19 further the purposes and goals of 20 this subsection and of the Re- 21 sources and Ecosystems Sustain - 22 ability, Tourist Opportunities, 23 and Revived Economies of the 24 Gulf Coast States Act of 2011; d 9 . e 1400 is n C A Attachment: 9 -27 -11 SB1400 rev ( 1444 : 2011 - 30 - Support for SB 1400)  OODL SS iol voddnS - 0£- L LOZ : Y46L) A9J WPM LL- LZ- 6 7uaw43esy a 35 mY 1 ec) a description of the aum 2 manner in which amounts from 3 the Trust Fund projected to be 4 made available to the Council for 5 the succeeding 10 years Ail] be 6 allocated; and 7 dd) subject to available 8 funding in accordance with clause 9 iii), a prioritized list of specific 10 projects and programs to be 11 funded and carried out during 12 the 3 -year period immediately 13 following the date of publication 14 of the initial Comprehensive 15 Plan, including a table that illus- 16 trates the distribution of projects 17 and programs by Gulf Coast 18 State. 19 V) PLAN urneTEs. —The 20 Council shall update— 21 as) the Comprehensive 22 Plan every 5 years in a manner 23 comparable to the manner estab- 24 lished in this subsection for each 25 5 -year period for which amounts s 1400 IS  36 1 are expected to be made available 2 to the Gulf Coast States from the 3 Trust Fund; and 4 bb) the 3 -year list of 5 projects and programs described 6 in subelause ( IV)(dd) annually. 7 iii) RESTORATION PRIORITIES. — EX- 8 cept for projects and programs described 9 in subelause ( W)(bb), in selecting projects 10 and programs to include on the 3 -year list 11 described in subelause ( IV)(dd), based on 12 the best available science, the Council shall 13 give highest priority to projects that ad- 14 dress 1 or more of the following criteria: 15 I) Projects that are projected 16 to make the greatest contribution to 17 restoring and protecting the natural 18 resources, ecosystems, fisheries, ma- 19 rine and wildlife habitats, beaches, 20 and coastal wetlands of the Gulf 21 Coast ecosystem, without regard to 22 geographic location. 23 If) Large -scale projects and 24 programs that are projected to sub- 25 stantially contribute to restoring and mvvnx i b B 1400 IS A Attachment: 9 -27 -11 SB1400 rev ( 1444 : 2011 -30 - Support for SB 1400)  004L es ioI yoddnS- 0£- LLOZ : 444L) ABJ 00448S LL- LZ- 6 : IUOUJgOM) V a 37 vY 1 protecting the natural resources, eco- aum 2 systems, fisheries, marine and wildlife 3 habitats,