Here is a link to the Federal Register notice posted last week soliciting comment on the draft Northeast Regional Ocean Plan. Comments are due on or before July 25, 2016. See more details about the meetings here.
Public Comment Meetings for Draft Northeast Ocean Plan
There will be upcoming opportunities for public discussion of the draft plan, including public meetings in each New England state during the month of June:
Mon. June 6 in Rockland, ME – 5-8pm at the Rockland Public Library
Wed. June 8 in Old Lyme, CT – 6-8:30pm at the DEEP Marine District Headquarters (tentative)
Mon. June 13 in Buzzards Bay. MA – 6-8:30pm at the Bay State Conference Center, Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Tue. June 14 in Boston, MA – 2-4:30pm at the EEA’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
Wed. June 15 in Massachusetts North Shore – 6-8:30pm (location TBA)
Mon. June 20 in Ellsworth, ME – 5-8pm at the Ellsworth Public Library
Mon. June 27 in Portsmouth, NH – 6-8:30pm at the NH DES Regional Office
Wed. June 29 in Rhode Island – 6-8:30pm (location TBA)
Thu. June 30 in Portland, ME – 5-8pm (location TBA)
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) is hosting public meetings on the draft MidA plan in July:
Tue. July 12 in Virginia Beach, VA – 6-8pm at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Thu. July 14 in West Long Branch, NJ – 6-8pm at Monmouth University in Pozycki Hall
(tentative) Tues. July 19 in Maryland – Details TBA
Wed. July 20 in Lewes, DE – 6-8pm at the Virden Retreat Center, University of Delaware
Wed. July 27 in Selden, NY – 6-8pm at the Babylon Student Center