Sen. Murkowski Sponsors Bill Requiring Stricter Criteria for Federal MPA Designations
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] January 11, 2017
A group of US senators led by Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski reintroduced the Improved National Monument Designation Process Act, a bill that if passed will require increased local input and state approval before national monuments can be designated on federal lands and waters.
According to a press release from Murkowski, three points of criteria must be met before any national monument can be declared on public land or within waters of the exclusive economic zone. Those criteria are: a specific authorization by an Act of Congress; approval by the state legislature, and for marine monuments, approval by each state legislature within 100 miles of the proposed monument; and certification of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act...
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