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Economic Recovery Funds to Support This rule encourages other nations to coop- Comments Invited on Sites Nominated to for Research in Environmental Sciences,
Habitat Restoration erate with the United States in efforts to end National System of Marine Protected based at NOAA’s Earth System Research
Funding for coastal and marine habitat IUU fishing and reduce bycatch. Written Areas (MPAs) Laboratory.
restoration projects is available under the comments may be submitted until 5pm East- The National Marine Protected Areas Earlier research by one of the study’s
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ern time on May 14, 2009, at Center has received the first round of nomi- authors, James Corbett, of the University of
and a competitive application process is un-
www.regulations.gov. nations for existing MPAs to join the national Delaware, linked particle pollution to prema-
derway. The emphasis is on “shovel-ready” Public hearings have been scheduled as system of MPAs, based on a call for nomina- ture deaths among coastal populations.
projects that involve regionally or nationally follows: March 16, 2009 - Boston, MA; April tions from November 2008 through February During the summer of 2006, Lack and
significant species and ecosystems. Habitat 6, 2009 - Silver Spring, MD; April 13, 2009 - La 2009. The group of 225 sites includes all 13 colleagues, aboard the NOAA ship Ronald
restoration projects that are funded through Jolla, CA; April 14, 2009 - Seattle, WA; and National Marine Sanctuaries, four National H. Brown, analyzed the exhaust from more
NOAA provide social and economic benefits May 12, 2009 - Miami, FL. Estuarine Research Reserves, the than 200 commercial vessels, including cargo
for people and their communities, in addition Please note that the hearing in Silver Papahanaumokuakea Marine National ships, tankers and cruise ships, in the Gulf of
to long-term ecological habitat improve- Spring will take place at the Crowne Plaza, Monument, ten National Parks, 99 National Mexico, Galveston Bay, and the Houston
ments. NOAA anticipates that up to $170 located at 8777 Georgia Avenue. Wildlife Refuges, and 101 sites managed by Ship Channel.
million may be available for coastal and ma- nine coastal state and territorial govern- The researchers also examined the
rine habitat restoration; typical awards are President Issues Memorandum on Endan- ments. Territorial and state governments chemistry of particles in ship exhaust to un-
expected to range between $1.5 million and gered Species Act nominating sites to the national system in- derstand what makes ships such hefty pollut-
$10 million. On March 3, 2009, President Obama is- cluded American Samoa, California, Florida, ers.
The deadline for applications is April 6, sued a memorandum to the heads of execu- Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jer- Ships emit sulfates, the same particles
2009. tive departments and agencies regarding sey, Virginia, and Washington. associated with diesel-engine cars and
implementation of the Endangered Species The list of nominated sites is open for trucks which motivated improvements in on-
Public Hearings to Address IUU Fishing Act (ESA). The President noted that, “the public comment until April 6, 2009.Following road vehicle fuel standards. Sulfate emis-
and Bycatch Federal Government has long required a pro- a review of public comments, the final nomi- sions from ships vary with the concentration
On January 14, 2009, NOAA Fisheries cess of broad interagency consultation to nations will be formally accepted as charter of sulfur in ship fuel, the authors found.
Service published a proposed rule for devel- ensure the application of scientific and tech- members of the national system. The Frame- Globally, fuel sulfur content is regulated un-
oping identification and certification proce- nical expertise to decisions that may affect work for the National System of Marine Pro- der the International Convention for the Pre-
dures to address illegal, unreported, or un- threatened or endangered species,” and rec- tected Areas of the United States of America vention of Pollution from Ships. As a result,
regulated (IUU) fishing activities and ognized the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service describes how the national system will be some ships use “cleaner,” low-sulfur fuels,
bycatch of protected living marine resources. and NOAA Fisheries Service as the expert built from existing MPAs across all levels of while others continue to use the high-sulfur
agencies with primary
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The President re-
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tion (Holland 14, 32 and 38/40) estimate that globally, ships emit 0.9 One surprising result of burning low-
teragrams, or about 2.2 million pounds, of sulfur fuels: while total particle emissions
particle pollution each year. diminish, the time the remaining particles
“Since more than 70 percent of shipping spend in the air appears to increase. It’s while
traffic takes place within 250 miles of the they’re airborne that particles pose a risk to
coastline, this is a significant health concern human health and affect climate.
for coastal communities,” said study lead- Lack and colleagues found that the or-
author Daniel Lack, a researcher with the ganic and black carbon portion of ship ex-
NOAA-supported CU Cooperative Institute haust is less likely to form cloud droplets. As
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