Blue Ribbon Task Force, Draft Meeting Agenda: April 15-16, 2009
Briefing Document L.1: J. Michael Harty Memorandum on Pending Military Closures at San Clemente Island and San Nicolas Island (April 1, 2009)

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Cover and Memorandum

Tab 1: Military Use Areas and Pending Military Closures - Policy Background PowerPoint (presented to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force on February 26, 2008)

Tab 2: San Clemente Island and San Nicholas Island Naval Restricted Areas PowerPoint (presented to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force on February 26, 2008)

Tab 3: MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team Analyses

1. MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team Analysis of Military Use Areas in the South Coast PowerPoint (presented to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force on February 26, 2008)
2. MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team Draft Analysis of Military Use Areas in the MLPA South Coast Study Region (February 23, 2009 draft) (presented to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force on February 26, 2008)
3. MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team Draft Analysis of Military Use Areas in the MLPA South Coast Study Region (March 27, 2009 draft)

Tab 4: MLPA Initiative Documents Related to Military Use Areas

1. California MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force Summary of Interim Guidance to the South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group and the MLPA Master Plan Science Advisory Team with regard to Military Use Areas (March 2, 2009)
2. Military Use Areas and Pending Military Closures - Key Guidance PowerPoint (presented to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force on February 26, 2008)

Tab 5: Proposed MPAs at San Nicolas and San Clemente Islands

1. Round 1 Draft MPA Arrays Developed by Work Groups of the MLPA South Coast Regional Stakeholder Group and Draft MPA Proposals Generated Externally to the SCRSG Work Group Process in Subregion 7
2. Description of subregion 7 proposed MPAs and pending military closures at San Nicolas and San Clemente islands

Tab 6: Correspondences from the United States Navy to the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force and California Fish and Game Commission (November 2004 and April 2007)

1. Tab 6a
2. Tab 6b

Tab 7: Southern California Range Complex, Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas EIS, December 2008. Figure 3.16-1

Tab 8: Military Use Areas at San Clemente Island and San Nicolas Island

1. Summary of Selected Military Activities Occurring at San Nicolas and San Clemente Islands
2. Military use areas and pending closures
3. Operational requirements to expand offshore restrictions at San Clemente Island
4. Current offshore restricted areas

Tab 9: Code of Federal Regulations, § 334.980 Pacific Ocean; around San Nicolas Island, California; naval restricted area.

Tab 10: Draft Methods Used to Evaluate MPA Proposals in the MLPA South Coast Study Region, Chapter 3 related to protection levels (February 18, 2009 draft)

Tab 11: California Department of Fish and Game Memorandums

1. Existing fishing regulations and statutes related to the development of alternative marine protected area proposals for the Marine Life Protection Act (July 2, 2007)
2. Fisheries management in relation to the Marine Life Protection Act (July 2, 2007)

Tab 12: San Nicolas Island Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan

1. Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan Overview
2. San Nicolas Island Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan 2006- 2010 (pages 1-18; 46-78; Appendix I; Appendix 12)

Tab 13: Cooperative Research Agreements and Memorandum

1. Cooperative Research Agreement between Naval Base Coronado and Vantuna Research Group Concerning Intertidal Surveys and Monitoring at San Clemente Island
2. Cooperative Research Agreement Yearly Report
3. Memorandum of Understanding between the National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region and the Naval Air Station, North Island Regarding Management and Protection of the Marine Mammal Populations on San Clemente Island

Tab 14: January 2006 correspondences regarding Vandenberg Air Force Base

Tab 15: Other Resources

1. San Clemente Island and San Nicolas Island biological monitoring overview (provided April 6, 2009 and updated
   April 14, 2009)
2. Memorandum of Understanding between the United States Navy and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management regarding the California Coastal National Monument
3. Federal Executive Order 13158, regarding marine protected areas (May 26, 2000)

Tab 16: Southern California Range Complex Record of Decision