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White House Council on Environmental Quality: Report on Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

In June 2009, President Obama created the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force released this report on oceans planning in December 2009. The introduction states, "Coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) is one of the nine priority objectives proposed in the Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force (Task Force) of September 10, 2009 (Interim Report). This framework for CMSP in the United States provides a definition of CMSP, identifies the reasons for engaging in CMSP, and describes its geographic scope. It articulates national CMSP goals and guiding principles that would be adhered to in CMSP efforts and the eventual development and implementation of coastal and marine spatial plans (CMS Plans). In addition, this framework describes how CMSP and CMS Plans would be regional in scope and developed cooperatively among Federal, State, tribal, local authorities, and regional governance structures, with substantial stakeholder and public input."