Long Island Sound Blue Plan
Long Island Sound Blue Plan Public HearingPursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 25-157t(h), the Long Island Sound Blue Plan Advisory Committee will host a public hearing at their upcoming quarterly meeting to receive comments and submissions from the public on the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and the Resource and Use Inventory. The hearing will be held via Zoom on Thursday, November 16, 2023, starting at 10:00 a.m. until all public comments have been heard. You must register in advance for this public hearing: https://ctdeep.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMufuCuqD8rHdafriz0bqJ4LOO7S_CiN-iK After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the hearing. Depending on attendance, public comment will be limited to three to five minutes. Written comments are also welcome and may be sent to DEEP.BluePlanLIS@ct.gov, or to Blue Plan Comments c/o DEEP LWRD, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
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The Long Island Sound Blue Plan has been approved and is now in effect!
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- Gather data to develop an inventory of natural resources and human uses. This is done through the development of maps that are reviewed by experts and stakeholders for accuracy.
- Use those maps to develop a participatory process to map current and potential new uses in a manner that will minimize conflict with natural resources and traditional uses.
What's New
- On February 11, 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management approved Connecticut's request for a program change to incorporate Blue Plan enforceable policies into the state's coastal management program. As of that date, the enforceable policies identified in the Table of Approved Changes shall be applicable in reviewing federal actions pursuant to the federal consistency requirements of the CZMA and its implementing regulations found at 15 CFR part 930.3.
- Commissioner Dykes' 2021 Blue Plan Transmittal Letter to the CGA Environment Committee
- The Blue Plan Development Team has created a Story Map of the Significant Human Use Areas of Long Island Sound (SHUAs), which are described in the Long Island Sound Blue Plan, to help navigate and explain the vast amount of data assembled to map these areas of uses of the Sound that have a significant role in the social, cultural, historic, economic, and quality of life of Long Island Communities.
- The Blue Plan Practitioners Guide is a supplement to the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and the Blue Plan Users Guide, and provides an overview of the myriad ways the Blue Plan can benefit users of and interests in the Sound outside the context of regulatory guidance.
- The Blue Plan Users Guide is now available. The guide is a companion to the Long Island Sound Blue Plan and is intended to assist readers in easily finding, understanding, and applying the information, policies, and tools provided by the Plan.
- Commissioner Dykes' Blue Plan Transmittal Letter to CGA Environment Committee
- The Blue Plan Development Team has created a Story Map of the Long Island Sound Ecologically Significant Areas (ESAs), which are described in the Long Island Sound Blue Plan, to help navigate and explain the huge amount of data assembled to map ESAs in Long Island Sound.
Content Last Updated November 2, 2023