News Headlines: Oceans & Water 

In the Spotlight: Oceans & Water 

• National Oceans Protection Act
  The legislation proposes to establish new pollution limits and fishing regulations. It would also reorganize the federal government by making the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into an independent agency. 

• Blending of Effluent at Publicly Owned Sewage Treatment Facilities
  The EPA has chosen not to finalize its 2003 proposal to allow sewage treatment facilities to release partially treated rain water during heavy storms.

• National Offshore Aquaculture
  Legislation offered by the Bush Administration would allow fish farming in federal waters. 

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  Currently in force as international law, the treaty governs the use of the ocean and its natural resources.

CRS Issue Briefs for Congress: Oceans & Water

• Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 109th Congress
  by Eugene H. Buck, Congressional Research Service

• Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress
  by Eugene H. Buck, Congressional Research Service

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Policy Papers: Oceans & Water

• Infinity Lost: Oceans Under Stress
  by Peter Harrison, Ph.D., National Research Council of Canada

• Protecting America's Marine Environment: A Report of the Marine Protected Areas
  by Federal Advisory Committee on Establishing and Managing a National System of Marine Protected Areas 

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Reports & Publications: Oceans & Water

• The Ocean, Water & Public Health: A Common Agenda
  from the World Ocean Forum

Activities: Oceans & Water

• The World Ocean Forum
  New York, NY

Organizations: Oceans & Water

• World Ocean Observatory

• NOAA Oceanographic Data Center

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Key Players

• Senator Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI) is Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water.

• Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is ranking Democrat on the Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water.

• Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-MD) is Chair of the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans.

• Senator Ted Johnson (D-ND) is ranking Democrat on the Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power.

• Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power.

• Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) is ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans.

• Benjamin H. Grumbles is Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water at the Environmental Protection Agency.

• Robert M Hirsch is Associate Director for Water at the United States Geological Survey.

• John W. Keys, III, is Commissioner of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation.

• Dr. Richard W. Spinrad is Assistant Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Oceans and Coasts Service.

• Terry L. Anderson is an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, studying water policy.

• Dennis T. Avery is a Senior Fellow studying water issues at the Hudson Institute.

• Roger Bate is a Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, studying water and environmental policy.

• Becky Norton Dunlop is Vice President of the Heritage Foundation and studies environmental policy.

• Stephen Leatherman is Chair of the Sustainable Oceans, Coasts, and Waterways Program at the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment.

• Nigel Purvis is a Scholar on Environment and Development at the Brookings Institution, studying environmental policy.
  

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