FGDC Coordination Group Meeting11 May 2010

Roger L. Parsons, IWG-OCM Co-chair (NOAA)

Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration ActCongressional Reports Update

Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-11) Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act (Title XII, Subtitle B

“……..establish a program to develop a coordinated and comprehensive Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastalstate waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and thecontinental shelf of the United States that enhances ecosystem approachesin decision making for conservation and management of marine resourcesand habitats, establishes research and mapping priorities, supports siting Of research and other platforms, and advances ocean and coastal science.”

OCMIA Congressional Reporting Requirements

NOAA – Strategy for expanding contracting with non-governmental entities totake maximum advantage of non-governmental capabilities in fulfilling theAdministration’s mapping and charting responsibilities (December 2009 – Report to Congress on NOAA Ocean and Coastal Mapping Contracting Policy)

• “NOAA recognizes that qualified commercial sources can provide competent, professional, and cost-effective ocean and coastal mapping services and expertise to NOAA in support of its diverse mapping missions.”

• “It is incumbent upon NOAA to maintain operational ocean and coastal mapping core capabilities and supplement its operational capacity by contracting for ocean and coastal mapping services where appropriate and to the extent of available funding.”

• “It is the intent of NOAA to contract for ocean and coastal mapping services when such contracts are determined to be a cost-effective method of obtaining these services…”

OCMIA Congressional Reporting Requirements

NOAA – Develop a plan for an integrated ocean and coastal mapping Initiative ((May 2010 – Report to Congress on NOAA’s Ocean and Coastal Mapping Initiative)

The NOAA Initiative addresses:

• Planning and Coordination• Data Acquisition• Data Management• Data Integration• Data Dissemination

OCMIA Congressional Reporting Requirements

Interagency Committee – Biennially, transmit a report detailing progress made in implementing this subtitle. (Initial Report due 1 Oct 2010)

• OCM data inventory• Priority areas in need of surveys• Survey resource plan• Efforts to produce integrated digital maps• Product resulting from coordinated mapping efforts• Minimum and desired standards (acquisition and metadata)• Federal efforts to leverage mapping activities, technologies, etc.• Resource requirements to meet goals of Federal program• Efforts to declassify Navy and NGA data• Gulf of Mexico integrated mapping pilot project• Efforts to coordinate Federal programs with coastal states• Efforts of Federal agencies to increase contracting• Federal of federally-funded mapping programs

Federal Ocean and Coastal Mapping Plan

• Plans will be regional in scope• West Coast Governor’s Agreement• Gulf of Mexico Alliance • Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean, etc.

• Will address broad-reaching applications• Navigation, transportation and security• Climate change and hazards resiliency• Ecosystem-based management• Energy siting and resource extraction

• Will support National Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning framework

• Framework data layers (elevation, surficial characterization, sub-bottom)

• Zones: coastal, near-shore, territorial waters, EEZ/ECS