POLICIES AND STANDARDS
As a reference for marine planners and stakeholders, this page provides a select listing of controlling authorities pertaining to ocean planning in the northeastern United States.
Standards, Regulations, and Guidance
- Affirmation of Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities
- Affirmation of Vertical Datum for Surveying and Mapping Activities
- OMB Circular A-16 Supplemental Guidance
- OMB Circular A-119, Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities
- Geospatial standards (FGDC)
Policies
- Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries Part 648 – Fisheries of the Northeastern United States
- Clean Water Act, Section 404 (33 USC 1344)
- Coastal Zone Management Act (16 USC 1451)
- Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947
- Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program Act
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006
- Endangered Species Act (16 USC 1536)
- Energy Policy Act (Pub. L. 109-58)
- Executive Order Regarding the Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and Environmental Interests of the United States (2018)
- Executive Order – Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts and the Great Lakes (2010)
- Information Quality Act
- Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act
- Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Migratory Bird Executive Order 13186
- Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 USC 1361)
- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 USC 1801)
- National Environmental Policy Act (42 USC 4321)
- National Historic Preservation Act
- Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration Act
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990
- Ocean Dumping Act (33 USC 1401-1445)
- Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 USC 1311-1356a)
- Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403, 322)
- Section 7627 of the Clean Air Act
- Submerged Lands Act (43 USC 1301-1315)
- United States Code 49, Section 44718
