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Thursday, December 15, 2016
International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) - ICAIS 2017 Call for Abstracts
Friday, December 9, 2016
Conserving Biodiversity: Challenges for Florida in the Anthropocene
Featuring Plenary Speaker Reed
Noss
Session Keynote Speakers Thomas
Lovejoy, Thomas Hoctor, Daniel Simberloff
When: March 7–9, 2017. Evening reception and Plenary
Presentation March 7th, full day session March 8th, morning
session on March 9th.
Where: Edwards Hall, campus of Florida Gulf Coast University,
Fort Myers, Florida.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
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Executive Order 13112 Amendments -- Safeguarding the Nation from the Impacts of Invasive Species
This order amends Executive Order 13112 and directs
actions to continue coordinated Federal prevention and control efforts related
to invasive species. This order maintains the National Invasive Species Council
(Council) and the Invasive Species Advisory Committee; expands the membership
of the Council; clarifies the operations of the Council; incorporates
considerations of human and environmental health, climate change, technological
innovation, and other emerging priorities into Federal efforts to address
invasive species; and strengthens coordinated, cost-efficient Federal action. –Read
the full text at the link below.
From: NAEPPC Board of
Directors [mailto:NAEPPCBOARD@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Chuck Bargeron
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 8:58 AM
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 8:58 AM
For Immediate Release:
Executive Order 13112 Amendments -- Safeguarding the Nation from the Impacts of Invasive Species
Executive Order 13112 Amendments -- Safeguarding the Nation from the Impacts of Invasive Species
EXECUTIVE
ORDER - - - - - - - SAFEGUARDING THE NATION FROM THE IMPACTS OF INVASIVE
SPECIES
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US EPA FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting: 13-16 Dec 2016
The US EPA FIFRA Scientific
Advisory Panel will meet December 13-16, 2016 to
consider and review scientific issues regarding EPA's evaluation of the
carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. The meeting will be held at the
Environmental Protection Agency, Conference Center, Lobby Level, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
All meeting materials (e.g., charge questions,
background document, agenda, and all other EPA materials) are available in the
docket, EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0385 (see https://www.regulations.gov).
This meeting will be accessible thru a live online
webcast. The live webcast will enable interested persons to listen to the
entire public meeting and to view the PowerPoint presentations displayed at the
meeting. To participate in the live webcast, please click on the link
below to access the webcast instructions. The webcast link will not be
active until 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. You must use a
PC and Internet Explorer as your browser.
Link to webcast Instructions: https://www.epa.gov/sap/instructions-accessing-webcast-scientific-advisory-panel-meetings
Please note that the webcast is a supplementary public
process provided only for convenience. If difficulties arise resulting in
webcasting outages, the meeting will continue as planned.
Additional general information concerning the meeting,
including the webcast information, is posted on the SAP website, https://www.epa.gov/sap.
Monday, December 5, 2016
President signs Exec. Order on Invasive Species
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 05, 2016
Executive Order -- Safeguarding the Nation from the
Impacts of Invasive Species EXECUTIVE ORDER
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SAFEGUARDING THE NATION FROM THE IMPACTS OF INVASIVE
SPECIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and to
ensure the faithful execution of the laws of the United States of America,
including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of
1990, (16 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.), the Lacey Act, as amended (18 U.S.C. 42, 16 U.S.C. 3371-3378 et seq.),
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the
Noxious Weed Control and Eradication Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 7781 et seq.), and
other pertinent statutes, to prevent the introduction of invasive species and
provide for their control, and to minimize the economic, plant, animal,
ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States
to prevent the introduction, establishment, and spread of invasive species, as
well as to eradicate and control populations of invasive species that are
established. Invasive species pose threats to prosperity, security, and quality
of life. They have negative impacts on the environment and natural resources,
agriculture and food production systems, water resources, human, animal, and
plant health, infrastructure, the economy, energy, cultural resources, and
military readiness. Every year, invasive species cost the United States
billions of dollars in economic losses and other damages.
Of substantial growing concern are invasive species that
are or may be vectors, reservoirs, and causative agents of disease, which
threaten human, animal, and plant health. The introduction, establishment, and
spread of invasive species create the potential for serious public health
impacts, especially when considered in the context of changing climate
conditions. Climate change influences the establishment, spread, and impacts of
invasive species.
Executive Order 13112 of February 3, 1999 (Invasive
Species), called upon executive departments and agencies to take steps to
prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species, and to support efforts
to eradicate and control invasive species that are established. Executive Order
13112 also created a coordinating body -- the Invasive Species Council, also
referred to as the National Invasive Species Council -- to oversee
implementation of the order, encourage proactive planning and action, develop
recommendations for international cooperation, and take other steps to improve
the Federal response to invasive species. Past efforts at preventing,
eradicating, and controlling invasive species demonstrated that collaboration
across Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial government; stakeholders;
and the private sector is critical to minimizing the spread of invasive species
and that coordinated action is necessary to protect the assets and security of
the United States.
This order amends Executive Order 13112 and directs actions
to continue coordinated Federal prevention and control efforts related to
invasive species. This order maintains the National Invasive Species Council
(Council) and the Invasive Species Advisory Committee; expands the membership
of the Council; clarifies the operations of the Council; incorporates
considerations of human and environmental health, climate change, technological
innovation, and other emerging priorities into Federal efforts to address
invasive species; and strengthens coordinated, cost-efficient Federal action.
Sec. 2. Definitions. Section 1 of Executive Order 13112
is amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. Definitions. (a) 'Control' means
containing, suppressing, or reducing populations of invasive species.
(b) 'Eradication' means the removal or destruction of an
entire population of invasive species.
(c) 'Federal agency' means an executive department or
agency, but does not include independent establishments as defined by 5 U.S.C.
104.
(d) 'Introduction' means, as a result of human activity,
the intentional or unintentional escape, release, dissemination, or placement
of an organism into an ecosystem to which it is not native.
(e) 'Invasive species' means, with regard to a particular
ecosystem, a non-native organism whose introduction causes or is likely to
cause economic or environmental harm, or harm to human, animal, or plant
health.
(f) 'Non-native species' or 'alien species' means, with
respect to a particular ecosystem, an organism, including its seeds, eggs,
spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species, that
occurs outside of its natural range.
(g) 'Pathway' means the mechanisms and processes by which
non-native species are moved, intentionally or unintentionally, into a new
ecosystem.
(h) 'Prevention' means the action of stopping invasive
species from being introduced or spreading into a new ecosystem.
(i) 'United States' means the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, all
possessions, and the territorial sea of the United States as defined by
Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988."
Sec. 3. Federal Agency Duties. Section 2 of Executive
Order 13112 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2. Federal Agency Duties. (a) Each Federal
agency for which that agency's actions may affect the introduction,
establishment, or spread of invasive species shall, to the extent practicable
and permitted by law,
(1) identify such agency actions;
(2) subject to the availability of appropriations, and
within administrative, budgetary, and jurisdictional limits, use relevant
agency programs and authorities to:
(i) prevent the introduction, establishment, and spread
of invasive species;
(ii) detect and respond rapidly to eradicate or control
populations of invasive species in a manner that is cost-effective and
minimizes human, animal, plant, and environmental health risks;
(iii) monitor invasive species populations accurately and
reliably;
(iv) provide for the restoration of native species,
ecosystems, and other assets that have been impacted by invasive species;
(v) conduct research on invasive species and develop and
apply technologies to prevent their introduction, and provide for environmentally
sound methods of eradication and control of invasive species;
(vi) promote public education and action on invasive
species, their pathways, and ways to address them, with an emphasis on
prevention, and early detection and rapid response;
(vii) assess and strengthen, as appropriate, policy and
regulatory frameworks pertaining to the prevention, eradication, and control of
invasive species and address regulatory gaps, inconsistencies, and conflicts;
(viii) coordinate with and complement similar efforts of
States, territories, federally recognized American Indian tribes, Alaska Native
Corporations, Native Hawaiians, local governments, nongovernmental
organizations, and the private sector; and
(ix) in consultation with the Department of State and
with other agencies as appropriate, coordinate with foreign governments to
prevent the movement and minimize the impacts of invasive species; and
(3) refrain from authorizing, funding, or implementing
actions that are likely to cause or promote the introduction, establishment, or
spread of invasive species in the United States unless, pursuant to guidelines
that it has prescribed, the agency has determined and made public its
determination that the benefits of such actions clearly outweigh the potential
harm caused by invasive species; and that all feasible and prudent measures to
minimize risk of harm will be taken in conjunction with the actions.
(c) Federal agencies shall pursue the duties set forth in
this section in coordination, to the extent practicable, with other member
agencies of the Council and staff, consistent with the National Invasive
Species Council Management Plan, and in cooperation with State, local, tribal,
and territorial governments, and stakeholders, as appropriate, and in
consultation with the Department of State when Federal agencies are working
with international organizations and foreign nations.
(d) Federal agencies that are members of the Council, and
Federal interagency bodies working on issues relevant to the prevention,
eradication, and control of invasive species, shall provide the Council with
annual information on actions taken that implement these duties and identify
barriers to advancing priority actions.
(e) To the extent practicable, Federal agencies shall
also expand the use of new and existing technologies and practices; develop,
share, and utilize similar metrics and standards, methodologies, and databases
and, where relevant, platforms for monitoring invasive species; and, facilitate
the interoperability of information systems, open data, data analytics,
predictive modeling, and data reporting necessary to inform timely,
science-based decision making."
Sec. 4. Emerging Priorities. Federal agencies that are
members of the Council and Federal interagency bodies working on issues
relevant to the prevention, eradication, and control of invasive species shall
take emerging priorities into consideration, including:
(a) Federal agencies shall consider the potential public
health and safety impacts of invasive species, especially those species that
are vectors, reservoirs, and causative agents of disease. The Department of
Health and Human Services, in coordination and consultation with relevant
agencies as appropriate, shall within 1 year of this order, and as requested by
the Council thereafter, provide the Office of Science and Technology Policy and
the Council a report on public health impacts associated with invasive species.
That report shall describe the disease, injury, immunologic, and safety impacts
associated with invasive species, including any direct and indirect impacts on
low-income, minority, and tribal communities.
(b) Federal agencies shall consider the impacts of
climate change when working on issues relevant to the prevention, eradication,
and control of invasive species, including in research and monitoring efforts,
and integrate invasive species into Federal climate change coordinating
frameworks and initiatives.
(c) Federal agencies shall consider opportunities to
apply innovative science and technology when addressing the duties identified
in section 2 of Executive Order 13112, as amended, including, but not limited
to, promoting open data and data analytics; harnessing technological advances
in remote sensing technologies, molecular tools, cloud computing, and
predictive analytics; and using tools such as challenge prizes, citizen
science, and crowdsourcing.
Sec. 5. National Invasive Species Council. Section 3 of
Executive Order 13112 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. National Invasive Species Council. (a) A
National Invasive Species Council (Council) is hereby established. The mission
of the Council is to provide the vision and leadership to coordinate, sustain,
and expand Federal efforts to safeguard the interests of the United States
through the prevention, eradication, and control of invasive species, and
through the restoration of ecosystems and other assets impacted by invasive
species.
(b) The Council's membership shall be composed of the
following officials, who may designate a senior-level representative to perform
the functions of the member:
(i) Secretary of State;
(ii) Secretary of the Treasury;
(iii) Secretary of Defense;
(iv) Secretary of the Interior;
(v) Secretary of Agriculture;
(vi) Secretary of Commerce;
(vii) Secretary of Health and Human Services;
(viii) Secretary of Transportation;
(ix) Secretary of Homeland Security;
(x) Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration;
(xi) Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(xii) Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development;
(xiii) United States Trade Representative;
(xiv) Director or Chair of the following components of
the Executive Office of the President: the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, the Council on Environmental Quality, and the Office of Management and
Budget; and
(xv) Officials from such other departments, agencies,
offices, or entities as the agencies set forth above, by consensus, deem
appropriate.
(c) The Council shall be co-chaired by the Secretary of
the Interior (Secretary), the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of
Commerce, who shall meet quarterly or more frequently if needed, and who may
designate a senior-level representative to perform the functions of the
Co-Chair. The Council shall meet no less than once each year. The Secretary of
the Interior shall, after consultation with the Co-Chairs, appoint an Executive
Director of the Council to oversee a staff that supports the duties of the
Council. Within 1 year of the date of this order, the Co-Chairs of the Council
shall, with consensus of its members, complete a charter, which shall include
any administrative policies and processes necessary to ensure the Council can
satisfy the functions and responsibilities described in this order.
(d) The Secretary of the Interior shall maintain the
current Invasive Species Advisory Committee established under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., to provide information and advice for
consideration by the Council. The Secretary shall, after consultation with
other members of the Council, appoint members of the advisory committee who
represent diverse stakeholders and who have expertise to advise the Council.
(e) Administration of the Council. The Department of the
Interior shall provide funding and administrative support for the Council and
the advisory committee consistent with existing authorities. To the extent
permitted by law, including the Economy Act, and within existing
appropriations, participating agencies may detail staff to the Department of
the Interior to support the Council's efforts."
Sec. 6. Duties of the National Invasive Species Council.
Section 4 of Executive Order 13112 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4. Duties of the National Invasive Species
Council. The Council shall provide national leadership regarding invasive
species and shall:
(a) with regard to the implementation of this order, work
to ensure that the Federal agency and interagency activities concerning
invasive species are coordinated, complementary, cost-efficient, and effective;
(b) undertake a National Invasive Species Assessment in
coordination with the U.S. Global Change Research Program's periodic national
assessment, that evaluates the impact of invasive species on major U.S. assets,
including food security, water resources, infrastructure, the environment, human,
animal, and plant health, natural resources, cultural identity and resources,
and military readiness, from ecological, social, and economic perspectives;
(c) advance national incident response, data collection,
and rapid reporting capacities that build on existing frameworks and programs
and strengthen early detection of and rapid response to invasive species,
including those that are vectors, reservoirs, or causative agents of disease;
(d) publish an assessment by 2020 that identifies the
most pressing scientific, technical, and programmatic coordination challenges
to the Federal Government's capacity to prevent the introduction of invasive
species, and that incorporate recommendations and priority actions to overcome
these challenges into the National Invasive Species Council Management Plan, as
appropriate;
(e) support and encourage the development of new
technologies and practices, and promote the use of existing technologies and
practices, to prevent, eradicate, and control invasive species, including those
that are vectors, reservoirs, and causative agents of disease;
(f) convene annually to discuss and coordinate
interagency priorities and report annually on activities and budget
requirements for programs that contribute directly to the implementation of
this order; and
(g) publish a National Invasive Species Council
Management Plan as set forth in section 5 of this order."
Sec. 7. National Invasive Species Council Management
Plan. Section 5 of Executive Order 13112 is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 5. National Invasive Species Council
Management Plan. (a) By December 31, 2019, the Council shall publish a National
Invasive Species Council Management Plan (Management Plan), which shall, among
other priorities identified by the Council, include actions to further the
implementation of the duties of the National Invasive Species Council.
(b) The Management Plan shall recommend strategies to:
(1) provide institutional leadership and priority
setting;
(2) achieve effective interagency coordination and cost-efficiency;
(3) raise awareness and motivate action, including
through the promotion of appropriate transparency, community-level
consultation, and stakeholder outreach concerning the benefits and risks to
human, animal, or plant health when controlling or eradicating an invasive
species;
(4) remove institutional and policy barriers;
(5) assess and strengthen capacities; and
(6) foster scientific, technical, and programmatic
innovation.
(c) The Council shall evaluate the effectiveness of the
Management Plan implementation and update the Plan every 3 years. The Council
shall provide an annual report of its achievements to the public.
(d) Council members may complement the Management Plan
with invasive species policies and plans specific to their respective agency's
roles, responsibilities, and authorities."
Sec. 8. Actions of the Department of State and Department
of Defense. Section 6(d) of Executive Order 13112 is amended to read as
follows:
"(d) The duties of section 3(a)(2) and section
3(a)(3) of this order shall not apply to any action of the Department of State
if the Secretary of State finds that exemption from such requirements is
necessary for foreign policy, readiness, or national security reasons. The
duties of section 3(a)(2) and section 3(a)(3) of this order shall not apply to
any action of the Department of Defense if the Secretary of Defense finds that
exemption from such requirements is necessary for foreign policy, readiness, or
national security reasons."
Sec. 9. Obligations of the Department of Health and Human
Services. A new section 6(e) of Executive Order 13112 is added to read as
follows:
"(e) The requirements of this order do not affect
the obligations of the Department of Health and Human Services under the Public
Health Service Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act."
Sec. 10. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(1) the authority granted by law to an executive
department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(2) the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative
proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 5, 2016.
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