Sec. 102. National map of coastal and marine blue carbon ecosystems
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The Administrator, in consultation with the interagency working group established under section 106, shall— produce, update every 3 years, and maintain a national map and inventory of coastal blue carbon ecosystems including— with respect to each such ecosystem— the species and types of habitat in the ecosystem; the condition of such habitats including whether a habitat is degraded, drained, eutrophic, or tidally restricted; type of public or private ownership and any protected status; the size of the ecosystem; the salinity boundaries of the ecosystem; the tidal boundaries of the ecosystem; an assessment of carbon sequestration potential, methane production, and net greenhouse gas effects of the ecosystem, including consideration of— quantification; verifiability; additionality, as compared to a historical baseline; and permanence of those benefits; an assessment of the ecosystem co-benefits, such as fish habitat for commercial, recreational, and Tribal fisheries, flood risk reduction, wave stress, storm protection, shoreline stabilization, public access, water and air pollution filtration, contributions to traditional and cultural practices, and recreational use and benefits of the ecosystem; the potential for landward migration of each ecosystem as a result of sea level rise; any upstream restrictions detrimental to the watershed process and conditions, including dams, dikes, and levees; any upstream pollution sources that threaten the health of each ecosystem; proximity to aquaculture uses or lease areas; and a depiction of the effects of human stressors, including the conversion of coastal blue carbon ecosystems to other land uses and the cause of such conversion; and a depiction of the effects of climate change, including sea level rise, ocean acidification, ocean warming, and other environmental stressors on the sequestration rate, carbon storage, and potential of coastal blue carbon ecosystems; and in carrying out paragraph (1)— incorporate, to the extent possible, existing and future data collected through federally and State funded research, including data collected from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Change Analysis Program, United States Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory, United States Geological Survey Land Carbon program, United States Geological Survey and Federal Emergency Management Agency LiDAR information coordination and knowledge program, Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research program, and Department of Agriculture National Coastal Blue Carbon Assessment; and engage regional experts for additional peer-reviewed data to ensure best available scientific information is incorporated.
The interagency working group shall use the national map and inventory created pursuant to subsection (a)— to assess the existing and potential carbon sequestration of different coastal blue carbon ecosystems, and account for any regional differences; to assess and quantify emissions from degraded and destroyed coastal blue carbon ecosystems; to develop regional assessments and to provide technical assistance to regional, State, Tribal, and local government agencies, regional information coordination entities (as such term is defined in section 12303(6) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act ( 33 U.S.C. 3602 )), and agencies, organizations, and other entities that support communities that may not have adequate resources, including low-income communities, communities of color, Tribal communities, and rural communities; to assess degraded coastal blue carbon ecosystems and their potential for restoration, including developing scenario modeling to identify vulnerable land areas where management, protection, and restoration efforts should be focused, including the potential for an ecosystem to migrate inland to adapt to sea level rise; and produce predictions of coastal blue carbon ecosystems and carbon sequestration rates in the context of climate change, environmental stressors, and human stressors.
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