The Northeast Regional Planning Body (RPB) oversees three distinct activities—data gathering/sector engagement, agency coordination, and communications and outreach. Northeast RPB work groups, as well as a team of people working on the Northeast Ocean Data Portal, support each activity. There are opportunities for stakeholder and technical input at every level of the process—see the Get Involved page for more information on how to get involved.
November 14, 2017— Webinar available for remote access to November 15 RPB Data Workshop.
More...| November 2012 | Inaugural Northeast RPB Meeting: Develop common understanding about the RPB; provide context and lay foundation of regional ocean planning; engage stakeholders and the public, discuss initial focus. |
| April 2013 | Northeast RPB Meeting: Northeast RPB Meeting: Identify draft goals for regional ocean planning and mechanisms for receiving public input about those draft goals; provide opportunities for public input about topics under consideration. |
| May/June 2013 | Public Comment Meetings: Ten public meetings throughout New England to discuss draft regional ocean planning goals. |
| January | Northeast RPB Meeting: approve goals and objectives; move forward on related tasks. |
| May/June | Public Engagement: Natural Resources Workshops and focused engagement to discuss progress toward goals of effective Decision-Making and Healthy Ocean and Coastal Ecosystems. |
| June | Northeast RPB Meeting: Review progress toward all goals. |
| Fall | Public meetings/workshops and Northeast RPB meeting: Feedback on progress toward each goal. |
| Spring | Stakeholder Forum: Review progress on the use of marine life and ocean use data, regulatory coordination, and future scenario development. |
| June | Northeast RPB Meeting: Review approach to developing draft plan by considering agency use of ocean plan data products; discuss draft outline for regional ocean plan. |
| Fall | Northeast RPB meeting and public meetings: Review revised products for each goal; discuss future work of the RPB. |
| Winter | EBM Working Group: Review progress on Draft Northeast Ocean Plan, marine life and habitat data product development, including IEAs Framework. |
| Spring | Northeast RPB Meeting (via webinar): Release Draft Plan for public review. |
| Summer | Collect public comment on the Draft Plan through public meetings and other opportunities. |
| Fall | September public webinar to review changes to the Draft Plan and October submittal of revised Plan to the National Ocean Council. |
| Winter | Northeast RPB members and federal principals of the National Ocean Council sign Plan Adoption Memo. |
| Spring | See Events and Meetings |
| April | Informational webinar to prepare for stakeholder forum. |
| May | Stakeholder forum and RPB public meeting. |
