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THESECRETARY OFTHEINTERIOR Washington ORDERNO. 3289 SIGNATUREDATE: September 14, 2009 Subject: Addressing theImpacts of Climate Change onAmerica’ s Water, Land, andOther NaturalandCultural Resources PurposeandBackground Sec. 1 . Secretarial Order No. 3285, issuedonMarch11, 2009, made productionandtransmission of renewableenergy onpubliclands apriority fortheDepartment. This Order establishes aDepartment- wide approachforapplying scientific toolstoincrease understanding of climate changeand tocoordinatean effective response toitsimpactson tribes andontheland,water, ocean, fish andwildlife, andcultural heritageresourcesthatthe Department manages. This Order replaces Secretarial Order No. 3226, AmendmentNo. 1, issued on January 16, 2009, andreinstates theprovisions of Secretarial Order No. 3226, issued onJanuary 19, 2001. To fulfill our nation’ svisionforacleanenergyeconomy, Interior isnowmanaging America’ s public landsandoceansnot just for balanced oil, natural gas, andcoal development, but also – for thefirst timeever – topromote environmentally responsible renewable energy development. Sun, wind, biomass, andgeothermal energy fromourpublicand tribal lands iscreating newjobs andwill power millionsof American homesandelectric vehicles. The Department isalsotaking theleadinprotecting ourcountry’ swater,land, fish and wildlife, andcultural heritageand tribal landsand resourcesfromthedramaticeffectsof climatechange that arealready occurring – fromthe Arctictothe Everglades. The realities of climate change require ustochange howwemanagetheland,water, fish and wildlife, andcultural heritageand tribal landsand resourcesweoversee. Forexample: New water management imperativesassociated with climate changemayrequire restoration of natural systemsand construction of newinfrastructure toreducenewflood risks or tocapture early run- off. Strategies toaddress sealevelrisemayrequire acquisition of uplandhabitat andcreation of wetlands andother natural filters andbarriers toprotect against sea level riseand stormsurges. It maybenecessary torelocate certain iconicandculturally historic structures. Shifting wildlife and habitat populations may require investments innewwildlife corridors. Newinvasions of exoticspeciesandnewwildland firethreatsduetolonger fireseasons andmore severedroughts will requireinnovation andmore effective ways of managing theDepartment’ sresources.
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THESECRETARYOFTHEINTERIORWashington
ORDERNO. 3289
SIGNATUREDATE: September14, 2009
Subject: AddressingtheImpactsofClimateChangeonAmerica’sWater, Land, andOtherNaturalandCulturalResources
PurposeandBackgroundSec. 1 . SecretarialOrderNo. 3285, issuedonMarch11, 2009, madeproductionandtransmissionofrenewableenergyonpubliclandsapriorityfortheDepartment. ThisOrderestablishesaDepartment-wideapproachforapplyingscientifictoolstoincreaseunderstandingofclimatechangeandtocoordinateaneffectiveresponsetoitsimpactsontribesandontheland, water, ocean, fishandwildlife, andculturalheritageresourcesthattheDepartmentmanages. ThisOrderreplacesSecretarialOrderNo. 3226, AmendmentNo. 1, issuedonJanuary16, 2009, andreinstatestheprovisionsofSecretarialOrderNo. 3226, issuedonJanuary19, 2001.
Tofulfillournation’svisionforacleanenergyeconomy, InteriorisnowmanagingAmerica’spubliclandsandoceansnotjustforbalancedoil, naturalgas, andcoaldevelopment, butalso – forthefirsttimeever – topromoteenvironmentally responsiblerenewableenergydevelopment. Sun, wind, biomass, andgeothermalenergyfromourpublicandtriballandsiscreatingnewjobsandwillpowermillionsofAmericanhomesandelectricvehicles.
TheDepartmentisalsotakingtheleadinprotectingourcountry’swater, land, fishandwildlife, andculturalheritageandtriballandsandresourcesfromthedramaticeffectsofclimatechangethatarealreadyoccurring – fromtheArctictotheEverglades. Therealitiesofclimatechangerequireustochangehowwemanagetheland, water, fishandwildlife, andculturalheritageandtriballandsandresourcesweoversee. Forexample:
Newwatermanagementimperativesassociatedwithclimatechangemayrequirerestorationofnaturalsystemsandconstructionofnewinfrastructuretoreducenewfloodrisksortocaptureearlyrun-off. Strategiestoaddresssealevelrisemayrequireacquisitionofuplandhabitatandcreationofwetlandsandothernaturalfiltersandbarrierstoprotectagainstsealevelriseandstormsurges. Itmaybenecessarytorelocatecertainiconicandculturallyhistoricstructures. Shiftingwildlifeandhabitatpopulationsmayrequireinvestmentsinnewwildlifecorridors. NewinvasionsofexoticspeciesandnewwildlandfirethreatsduetolongerfireseasonsandmoreseveredroughtswillrequireinnovationandmoreeffectivewaysofmanagingtheDepartment’sresources.
TheDepartmentoftheInterior, withits67,000employeesandscientificandresourcemanagementexpertise, isresponsibleforhelpingprotectthenationfromtheimpactsofclimatechange. InparticulartheDepartmentmust:
Adaptitswatermanagementstrategiestoaddressthepossibilityofshrinkingwatersuppliesandmorefrequentandextendeddroughtstocontinuetosupplydrinkingwatertomorethan31millionpeopleandirrigationwaterto140,000farmers. Wiselymanagemillionsofacresofparks, refugesandotherpubliclands, andprudentlyexerciseitssharedresponsibilityformanagingthe1.7billionacresoftheU.S. outercontinentalshelf. Conserveandmanagefishandwildliferesources, includingover800nativemigratorybirdspeciesandnearly2,000federallylistedthreatenedandendangeredspecies. Protectculturalandarchaeologicalresourcesandiconicstructuresthatmaybeaffectedbyclimatechange. AddresstheimpactsofclimatechangeonAmericanIndiansandAlaskaNatives, forwhomtheDepartmentholdstrustresponsibilitiesonbehalfoftheFederalgovernment. Continuetoprovidestate-of-theartsciencetobetterunderstandtheimpactsofclimatechangeandtodevelopscience-basedadaptivemanagementstrategiesfornaturalandculturalresourcemanagers. Continueitsworktoquantifytheamountofcarbonstoredinourforests, wetlands, andgrasslands, identifyingareaswherecarbondioxidecanbesafelystoredunderground, andwaystoreducetheDepartment’scarbonfootprint.
AuthoritySec. 2. ThisOrderisissuedundertheauthorityofSection2ofReorganizationPlanNo. 3of1950 (64Stat. 1262), asamended.
CoordinatingtheDepartment’sResponsetoClimateChangeImpactsonOurSec. 3Resources ThisOrderestablishesa [[1048,1877,1748,1934][12][,I,][TimesNewRoman]]ClimateChangeResponseCouncil [[1746,1877,1759,1934][12][,,][TimesNewRoman]] [[1759,1877,2241,1934][12][,,][TimesNewRoman]]withintheOfficeofthe Secretarythatwillexecuteacoordinated Department-widestrategytoincrease scientific understandingof anddevelopment ofeffectiveadaptivemanagement toolsto addressthe impactsofclimatechangeon ournaturalandculturalresources. TheClimateChangeResponseCouncilwillbecomposedoftheSecretary (Chair), DeputySecretary (Vice-Chair), CounselortotheSecretary (Vice-Chair), AssistantSecretaries, BureauDirectorsandtheSolicitor. The CouncilwillhelpcoordinateactivitieswithinandamongtheDepartment’sagenciesandbureaustodevelopandimplementanintegratedstrategyfor respondingtoclimatechange impacts involvingtheresourcesmanagedbytheDepartment. TheDepartment’sClimate ChangeResponseCouncilwillalsocoordinateits climatechangeactivitieswithallrelevant FederalDepartmentsandagencies including, butnotlimited to, theCouncilon Environmental Quality, theOfficeof
EnergyandClimateChange, theOfficeofScienceandTechnologyPolicy, theNationalScienceandTechnology
Council, theDepartmentofAgriculture, the DepartmentofCommerce, theDepartmentofDefense, andtheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency. TheClimateChangeResponseCouncilwill
implement
rangeplanningexercises, settingprioritiesforscientificresearchandinvestigations, developingmulti-yearmanagementplans, andmakingmajordecisionsregardingpotentialuseofresourcesundertheDepartment’spurview. TheserequirementsweresetforthinSecretarialOrderNo. 3226, andremainineffect. TheorganizationalchangesmadebythisOrderwillenablethebureausandagenciestofulfilltheseplanningrequirements.
b) DOIRegionalClimateChangeResponseCenters. Managementdecisionsmadeinresponsetoclimatechangeimpactsmustbeinformedbyscienceandrequirethatscientistsworkintandemwiththosemanagerswhoareconfrontingclimatechangeimpactsandevaluatingoptionstorespondtosuchimpacts. PursuanttoP.L. 110-161, theUnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey (USGS) hasbeendevelopingregionalsciencecenterstoprovideclimatechangeimpactdataandanalysisgearedtotheneedsoffishandwildlifemanagersastheydevelopadaptationstrategiesinresponsetoclimatechange. Thesecentersarecurrentlyknownas “regionalhubs” oftheNationalClimateChangeandWildlifeScienceCenter, andarebeingdevelopedinclosecollaborationwithInterioragenciesandotherfederal, state, university, andnon-governmentalpartners.
TheClimateChangeResponseCouncilwillworkwithUSGSandotherDepartmentbureaustorenametheseregionalsciencecentersasRegionalClimateChangeResponseCentersandbroadentheirmandatetoencompassotherclimate-change-relatedimpactsonDepartmentalresources. TheseeightResponseCenterswillsynthesizeandintegrateclimatechangeimpactdataanddeveloptoolsthattheDepartment’smanagersandpartnerscanusewhenmanagingtheDepartment’sland, water, fishandwildlife, andculturalheritageresources.
c) LandscapeConservationCooperatives. Giventhebroadimpactsofclimatechange, managementresponsestosuchimpactsmustbecoordinatedonalandscape-levelbasis. Forexample, wildlifemigrationandrelatedneedsfornewwildlifecorridors, thespreadofinvasivespeciesandwildfirerisks, typicallywillextendbeyondthebordersofNationalWildlifeRefuges, BLMlands, orNationalParks. Additionally, somebureauresponsibilities (e.g., FishandWildlifeServicemigratorybirdandthreatenedandendangeredspeciesresponsibilities) extendnationallyandglobally. Becauseoftheunprecedentedscopeofaffectedlandscapes, Interiorbureausandagenciesmustworktogether, andwithotherfederal, state, tribalandlocalgovernments, andprivatelandownerpartners, todeveloplandscape-levelstrategiesforunderstandingandrespondingtoclimatechangeimpacts. Interiorbureausandagencies, guidedbytheClimateResponseCouncil, willworktostimulatethedevelopmentofanetworkofcollaborative “LandscapeConservationCooperatives.” Thesecooperatives, whichalreadyhavebeenformedinsomeregions, willworkinteractivelywiththerelevantDOIRegionalClimateChangeResponseCenter(s) andhelpcoordinateadaptationeffortsintheregion.
AdditionalDepartmentalActiontoMitigateClimateChangeSec. 4 . InaccordancewithSecretarialOrderNo. 3285, theDepartmenthasprioritizeddevelopmentofrenewableenergyonpubliclandsandoffshorewaterstoreduceourdependenceonforeignoilandtoreducegreenhousegaspollution. ThisOrderestablishestwoadditionalprojectstomitigateclimatechange: theDOICarbonStorageProject, andtheDOICarbonFootprintProject. AdditionalmitigationprojectswillbeencouragedandsupportedbytheClimateChangeResponseCouncil.
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a) TheDOICarbonStorageProject. ThisprojectisbeingimplementedunderP.L. 110- 140, “TheEnergyIndependenceandSecurityActof2007,” whichgivestheDepartmentstatutoryresponsibilitytodevelopcarbonsequestrationmethodologiesforgeological (i.e., underground) andbiological (e.g., forestsandrangelands) carbonstorage. TheUSGShastheleadinadministeringtheCarbonStorageProject, butwillworkcloselywithotherbureausandagenciesintheDepartmentandexternalpartnerstoenhancecarbonstorageingeologicformationsandinplantsandsoilsinamannerconsistentwiththeDepartment’sresponsibilitytoprovidecomprehensive, long-termstewardshipofitsresources. TheDOICarbonStorageProjectisvitalforsuccessfuldomesticandglobalgeologicalandbiologicalcarbonsequestrationefforts.
b) TheDOICarbonFootprintProject. Theprojectwilldevelopaunifiedgreenhousegasemissionreductionprogram, includingsettingabaselineandreductiongoalfortheDepartment’sgreenhousegasemissionsandenergyuse. TheAssistantSecretaryforPolicy, ManagementandBudgetwillhavetheleadinadministeringtheDOICarbonFootprintProject, withthecooperationofalloftheDepartment’sagenciesandbureaus.
AmericanIndiansandAlaskaNativesSec. 5. Climatechangemaydisproportionatelyaffecttribesandtheirlandsbecausetheyareheavilydependentontheirnaturalresourcesforeconomicandculturalidentity. AstheDepartmenthastheprimarytrustresponsibilityfortheFederalgovernmentforAmericanIndians, AlaskaNatives, andtriballandsandresources, theDepartmentwillensureconsistentandin-depthgovernment-to-governmentconsultationwithtribesandAlaskaNativesontheDepartment’sclimatechangeinitiatives. Tribalvaluesarecriticaltodeterminingwhatistobeprotected, why, andhowtoprotecttheinterestsoftheircommunities. TheDepartmentwillsupporttheuseofthebestavailablescience, includingtraditionalecologicalknowledge, informulatingpolicypertainingtoclimatechange. TheDepartmentwillalsosupportsubstantiveparticipationbytribesindeliberationsonclimate- relatedmechanisms, agreements, rules, andregulations.
ImplementationSec. 6. TheDeputySecretaryisresponsibleforensuringimplementationofallaspectsofthisOrder. Thisresponsibilitymaybedelegatedasappropriate. ThisOrderdoesnotalteroraffectanyexistingdutyorauthorityofindividualbureaus.
EffectiveDateSec. 7 . ThisOrderiseffectiveimmediatelyandwillremainineffectuntilitsprovisionsareconvertedtotheDepartmentalManualoruntilitisamended, superseded, orrevoked, whicheveroccursfirst.
s/ KennethL. SalazarSecretaryoftheInterior
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