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From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 3 09:04:39 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA03201; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:04:39 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id JAA27017; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:14:24 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma026979; Mon, 3 Jan 00 09:14:06 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:10:29 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id MAA30127; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:22:27 GMT Received: from mx01.together.net by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id HAA38542; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:22:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from GustavW (dial-33-MAX-SJVT-01.ramp.together.net [207.41.56.161]) by mx01.together.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA05901 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:16:10 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <010001bf55e5$2c31dbc0$a03829cf@GustavW.Verderber> From: "Gustav W. Verderber" To: Subject: Subtropical Workshop Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 07:22:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00FD_01BF55BB.42AAD340" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Gustav W. Verderber" Content-Length: 12084 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00FD_01BF55BB.42AAD340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please consider posting the following workshop opportunity to your = members, facutly, students, staff, and alumni. Copies may be made for = distribution and display on bulletin boards. There is still space available in the Subtropical Ecology of the Florida = Keys Workshop. Below is a detailed itinerary. You may also visit my web = site or contact Gustav W. Verderber (URL & email below) for more = information.=20 Dates: March 5-11, 2000 Length: 6 days/5 nights Cost: $459.00 per = person Host/Workshop Coordinator: Gustav W. Verderber in association with the = Pigeon Key Foundation Abstract: This natural history workshop will explore the coastal and = shallow submarine ecosystems of the Florida Keys. We will be based at = the Pigeon Key marine education facility on the tropical paradise of = Pigeon Key. Barrier reef, mangrove, and terrestrial communities will be = included as well as a snorkel trip to the outer reef. This workshop is = an ideal introduction to tropical ecosystems and marine biology. = Additionally, I will be spending two days (March 2 & 3) at the Ding = Darling National Wildlife Refuge photographing wading birds prior to the = workshop. Any workshop participants who may also be interested in = wildlife photography are welcome to join me in the field at Ding = Darling. (While there is no additional charge, you will have to make = your own arrangements.)=20 Day One (Sunday, March 5, 2000) Arrive in late afternoon. Island orientation, history walk. Unpack in = dorms. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Evening program on the history of Pigeon = Key/slide program and private tour of the museum. Day Two (Monday, March 6, 2000) Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. At 9:00 a.m., introduction to Florida Keys. = Also, intro to nearshore marine communities. Then get snorkel gear, = train, and go snorkeling in the nearshore waters around Pigeon Key. = Lunch at 12:30 p.m. Afternoon program explores junction where land = meets sea - rocky intertidal and tide pools, mangroves, and beaches. = Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Evening program on reefs and reef fish = identification. =20 Day Three (Tuesday, March 7, 2000) Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Snorkel boat takes you out to Sombrero Reef = (about 4 miles offshore). Snorkel with instructors, back to Pigeon Key = by noon. Lunch at 12:30 p.m. Afternoon program is kayaking in = mangroves at Boot Key. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Evening program on = astronomy. Day Four (Wendesday, March 8, 2000) Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Uplands of the Keys - tropical hardwood hammock. = Take a field trip to Crain Point Hammock; visit the Natural History = Museum in Marathon. Lunch at 12:30 p.m. Afternoon road trip to beach = habitat at Bahia Honda and then explore freshwater wetland communities = on Big Pine Key. Look for Key Deer. Also, visit solar house, and = discuss sustainable living in the Keys with Jeannett Gato. Dinner at = 6:00 p.m. Evening program to be determined. Day Five (Thursday, March 9, 2000) Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Professional field techniques in nature = photography and underwater photo session. Lunch at 12:30 p.m. = Afternoon excursion to Key West. Dinner in Key West not included. Day Six (Friday, March 10, 2000) Breakfast at 8:00 a.m. Final snorkel around Pigeon Key then pack and = leave for home after lunch at 12:30 a.m. With gratitude and respect, Gustav W. Verderber Environmental Interpretation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Education * Nature Travel * Writing * Photography * Gallery See "FRAMING NATURE" in the summer/fall, 1999 issue of VERMONT MAGAZINE 1999-2000 Workshops: Acadia National Park/Galapagos Islands/Florida Keys URL: http://www.GustavWVerderber.com = =20 Email: G.Verderber@Sciencenet.com P.O. Box 153, Lowell, VT 05847 Toll Free: (877) 560-0623 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------=_NextPart_000_00FD_01BF55BB.42AAD340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Please consider = posting the=20 following workshop opportunity to your members, facutly, students, = staff, and=20 alumni.  Copies may be made for distribution and display on = bulletin=20 boards.
 
There is still space = available=20 in the Subtropical Ecology of the Florida Keys Workshop. Below is a = detailed=20 itinerary.  You may also visit my web site or contact Gustav W. = Verderber=20 (URL & email below) for more information.
 
Dates: March 5-11, = 2000 =20 Length: 6 days/5 nights  Cost: $459.00 per person
 
Host/Workshop = Coordinator:=20 Gustav W. Verderber in association with the Pigeon Key = Foundation
 
Abstract: This = natural history=20 workshop will explore the coastal and shallow submarine ecosystems of = the=20 Florida Keys.  We will be based at the Pigeon Key marine education = facility=20 on the tropical paradise of Pigeon Key.  Barrier reef, mangrove, = and=20 terrestrial communities will be included as well as a snorkel trip to = the outer=20 reef.  This workshop is an ideal introduction to tropical = ecosystems and=20 marine biology. Additionally, I will be spending two days (March 2 & = 3) at=20 the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge photographing wading birds = prior to=20 the workshop.  Any workshop participants who may also be interested = in=20 wildlife photography are welcome to join me in the field at Ding = Darling. (While=20 there is no additional charge, you will have to make your own = arrangements.)=20
 
Day One (Sunday, = March 5,=20 2000)
 
Arrive in late = afternoon. =20 Island orientation, history walk.  Unpack in dorms.  Dinner at = 6:00=20 p.m.  Evening program on the history of  Pigeon Key/slide = program and=20 private tour of the museum.
 
Day Two  = (Monday, March 6,=20 2000)
 
Breakfast at 8:00 = a.m.  At=20 9:00 a.m., introduction to Florida Keys.  Also, intro to nearshore = marine=20 communities.  Then get snorkel gear, train, and go snorkeling in = the=20 nearshore waters around Pigeon Key. Lunch at 12:30 p.m.  Afternoon = program=20 explores junction where land meets sea - rocky intertidal and tide = pools,=20 mangroves, and beaches.  Dinner at 6:00 p.m.  Evening program = on reefs=20 and reef fish identification. 
 
Day Three (Tuesday, = March 7,=20 2000)
 
Breakfast at 7:30 = a.m. =20 Snorkel boat takes you out to Sombrero Reef (about 4 miles = offshore). =20 Snorkel with instructors, back to Pigeon Key by noon.  Lunch at = 12:30=20 p.m.  Afternoon program is kayaking in mangroves at Boot Key.  = Dinner=20 at 6:00 p.m.  Evening program on astronomy.
 
Day Four (Wendesday, = March 8,=20 2000)
 
Breakfast at 8:00 = a.m. =20 Uplands of the Keys - tropical hardwood hammock.  Take a field trip = to=20 Crain Point Hammock; visit the Natural History Museum in Marathon.  = Lunch=20 at 12:30 p.m.   Afternoon road trip to beach habitat at Bahia = Honda=20 and then explore freshwater wetland communities on Big Pine Key.  = Look for=20 Key Deer.  Also, visit solar house, and discuss sustainable living = in the=20 Keys with Jeannett Gato.  Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Evening program to be = determined.
 
Day Five (Thursday, = March 9,=20 2000)
 
Breakfast at 8:00 = a.m. =20 Professional field techniques in nature photography and underwater photo = session.  Lunch at 12:30 p.m.  Afternoon excursion to Key = West. =20 Dinner in Key West not included.
 
Day Six (Friday, = March 10,=20 2000)
 
Breakfast at 8:00 = a.m. =20 Final snorkel around Pigeon Key then pack and leave for home after lunch = at=20 12:30 a.m.
 
With gratitude and=20 respect,
Gustav W. Verderber
Environmental = Interpretation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<= BR>Education=20 * Nature Travel  * Writing * Photography * Gallery
See = "FRAMING=20 NATURE" in the summer/fall, 1999 issue of VERMONT = MAGAZINE
1999-2000=20 Workshops: Acadia National Park/Galapagos Islands/Florida Keys
URL: = http://www.GustavWVerderber.com<= /A>           &nbs= p;            = ;            =         =20
Email: G.Verderber@Sciencenet.com=
P.O.=20 Box 153, Lowell, VT  05847
Toll Free: (877)=20 560-0623
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Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 08:01:47 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA13003; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:01:46 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id IAA19471; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:08:01 -0500 Received: from is1.nwn.noaa.gov(161.55.16.50) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma019434; Tue, 4 Jan 00 08:07:05 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by IS1.nwn.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 05:03:44 -0800 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id MAA46034; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:16:10 GMT Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:16:10 GMT Message-Id: <200001041216.MAA46034@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> From: AMMCKENNA@aol.com Subject: Coconut Crab question To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: AMMCKENNA@aol.com Content-Length: 3352 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2 Greetings, Here is a coconut crab (Birgus latro) question for consideration by the Coral List subscribers. During 1940 a partial skeleton, woman's shoe, and a sextant box (without sextant) were reported by the British colonial administrator of Gardner Island of the Phoenix Islands, now called Nikumaroro, part of the small nation of Kiribati. At the time the administrator, a Mr. Gallagher, speculated that the skeleton might be that of Amelia Earhart. In his report to his superiors, Gallagher describes the bones found as having been scattered by coconut crabs. The bones discovered consisted of the following: a skull, lower jaw, one thoracic vertebra, half pelvis, part scapula, humerus, radius, two femurs, tibia and fibula. I am with a nonprofit organization called TIGHAR - The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery. For the last 12 years we have been investigating the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan based upon the navigational principles in use during 1937, and what little scientific evidence is left regarding the mystery. Our theory, primarily based upon navigational logic (and developed prior to unearthing the reports of bones being found on the island), is that Amelia and Fred made it to Gardner (Nikumaroro) Island after not being able to locate Howland Island, only to perish as castaways. Artifacts discovered during several expeditions to Nikumaroro, including part of a 1930's woman's shoe and aircraft aluminum and Plexiglas, generally support our theory. We do not have a smoking gun yet, however. We'd like to know (a) whether coco crabs actually scatter bones at all (If they don't, then the bones must have been scattered by something else -- e.g. dogs brought with the colonists, which would give us a handle on when they were scattered); and (b) if coco crabs do scatter bones, how far do they scatter them (horizontally and vertically); and (c) is there any sort of pattern to the scattering? Please keep in mind that some of the bones missing from the list above are quite large. Unfortunately, for some strange reason nobody seems to have given these fascinating questions a whole lot of research attention. Does anyone have insight into the capability and likelihood of coco crabs scavenging and scattering the body of a human sized mammal? The bones were shipped to Tarawa and ended up in the collection of the Central Medical School in Fiji. The were apparently discarded in 1990 when the Medical School reorganized. Any information regarding the current whereabouts of the bones would be greatly appreciated. We are also seeking photos, especially aerial photos of Nikumaroro. Has anyone been there? Please respond to me directly. For more details about the bones discovered and our search in general you may visit the TIGHAR website at www.tighar.org. Thanks in advance for your help. Andrew McKenna ammckenna@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 09:10:55 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA13947; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:10:55 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id JAA24504; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:20:42 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma024465; Tue, 4 Jan 00 09:19:41 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:05:55 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id NAA47510; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:28:29 GMT Received: from mail.nnm.nl by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id IAA47164; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:28:18 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail.nnm.nl with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:28:35 +0100 Message-Id: From: "Hoeksema, B.W." To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Biogeography of Southeast Asia 2000 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:28:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Hoeksema, B.W." Content-Length: 977 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3 For more news on the International Symposium Biogeography of Southeast Asia 2000 - Organisms and Orogenesis, 4-9 June see http://nhncml.leidenuniv.nl/symposia This symposium includes a session on marine biogeography with emphasis on reef fauna. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Dr. Bert W. Hoeksema Department of Invertebrates Co-ordinator Marine Research National Museum of Natural History Naturalis P.O. Box 9517 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands Tel.: +31.71.5687631 Fax: +31.71.5687666 E-mail: Hoeksema@Naturalis.NNM.nl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 09:49:41 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA14553; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:49:40 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id JAA28980; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:59:27 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma028878; Tue, 4 Jan 00 09:58:36 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:54:59 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id OAA48065; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:20:15 GMT Received: from isurus.mote.org by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via SMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id JAA47158; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:20:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from dsp7.mm0.net by isurus.mote.org with esmtp (Linux Smail3.2.0.101 #12) id m125UoT-003amjC; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:19:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:23:36 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) From: Erich Mueller To: Coral List Subject: course announcement Message-Id: X-X-Sender: emueller@isurus.mote.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Erich Mueller Content-Length: 1360 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4 Apologies for any cross-postings. As part of our Advanced Courses in Tropical Marine Sciences, Dr. Esther Peters will be teaching "Diseases of Corals and Other Reef Organisms" 24 June to 1 July, 2000. The course will be offered at our new facility on Summerland Key. More information and the application form can be found at our Web site: www.mote.org/~emueller/CTRHome.phtml <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Erich Mueller, Ph.D., Director Phone: (305) 745-2729 Mote Marine Laboratory FAX: (305) 745-2730 Center for Tropical Research Email: emueller@mote.org 24244 Overseas Highway (US 1) Summerland Key, FL 33042 Center Website-> http://www.mote.org/~emueller/CTRHome.phtml Mote Marine Laboratory Website-> http://www.mote.org Remarks are personal opinion and do not reflect institutional policy unless so indicated. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 10:02:57 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA14777; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:02:56 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id KAA00193; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:12:43 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma000041; Tue, 4 Jan 00 10:11:51 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:07:43 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id OAA48113; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 14:35:38 GMT Received: from seas.marine.usf.edu by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id JAA47240; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:35:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from fio1 (fio1.marine.usf.edu [131.247.138.150]) by seas.marine.usf.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA14562 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:35:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20000104093534.008411d0@marine.usf.edu> X-Sender: jogden@marine.usf.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 09:35:34 -0500 To: Coral List From: "John C. Ogden" Subject: Book Available Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "John C. Ogden" Content-Length: 1366 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5 We have a limited number of copies of: UNESCO, 1999. CARICOMP - Coral Reef, Seagrass, and Mangrove Sites. Coastal Region and Small Islands Papers 3, UNESCO Paris, 347pp (edited By Bjorn Kjerfve). If you can use a copy, please drop an email, card or fax with your address to: Ms. Deborah Haynes (dhaynes@marine.usf.edu) Administrative Assistant Florida Institute of Oceanography Again, there are limited copies left. Please request a copy only if you do not already have one from the UNESCO distribution and you can use it for work related to research and monitoring of Caribbean coastal ecosystems. Happy New Year! **************************************************************************** John C. Ogden, Ph.D., Director Tel: 727/553-1100 Florida Institute of Oceanography Fax: 727/553-1109 830 First Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 USA Web page: http://www.marine.usf.edu/FIO **************************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 10:31:34 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA15173; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:31:33 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id KAA05058; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:41:22 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma004748; Tue, 4 Jan 00 10:40:24 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:36:20 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id PAA47900; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:03:14 GMT Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id KAA47672; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 10:03:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from 38.30.51.25 (ip25.miami5.fl.pub-ip.psi.net [38.30.51.25]) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id HAA14598; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 07:02:49 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3871B415.1F19@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 08:49:25 +0000 From: Alexander Stone Organization: ReefKeeper International X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; U; 68K) To: FL-Miami-Conservation-Forum@lists.sierraclub.org, CONS-WPST-CORALREEF-FORUM@lists.sierraclub.org CC: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Injection Wells Action Alert Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Alexander Stone MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Content-Length: 2838 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6 Injection Wells Action Alert! The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is considering relaxing the rules governing injection of sewage and other industrial waste into deep wells in Florida. USEPA Secretary Carol Browner will receive recommendations from her staff in late December, and is expected to proceed with rule-making and two public hearings during January. Please try to contact her office as soon as possible to encourage her to strengthen the rules governing injected waste to protect underground sources of drinking water and coral reefs from the impacts of nutrient-laden sewage and other contaminants. Pursuant to the Clean Water Act, current regulations require that Class One Deep Injection Wells provide containment of injected effluent so that it does not jeopardize underground sources of drinking water. Unfortunately, in South Florida, the porous geology of the area allows the injected waste to migrate through cracks and fissures, upwelling into fresh water aquifers and coastal areas that contain coral reefs. Corals need clear, clean nutrient-free waters to thrive and an overabundance of nutrients has led to massive macroalgal blooms along the Palm Beach coast. Lack of confinement has been documented in over a dozen wells in South Florida to date. The proposed new rule would allow Class I Well permits to be issued by the State of Florida providing that the effluent is disinfected and that it can be demonstrated that it will not be harmful. This regulation would allow the lack of confinement to continue; it should specifically require that harmful nutrients be removed from the waste stream prior to injection.= Please contact Carol Browner at the USEPA, 401 M St., SW, Washington D.C., 20460 today to urge consideration of stringer rules for Class I Deep Injection Wells. Reef Relief recommends that all effluent pumped into wells be treated to Advanced Wastewater Standards (AWT) that removes the harmful nutrients that are effecting coral reefs. Florida=B9s coral reefs are suffering from the effects of nutrient loading; more must be done to protect them, not less. *** Many Thanks to Reef Relief for preparing this Action Alert*** For more information, check out the website located at: http://www.epa.gov/region4/uic/fluic.htm and the Reef Relief action alert located at: http://www.reefrelief.org/beachclosed.html or contact Reef Relief at (305) 294-3100 email: reef@bellsouth.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 13:17:40 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA18568; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:17:40 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id NAA26708; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:23:54 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma026643; Tue, 4 Jan 00 13:23:24 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:19:46 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id RAA49101; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 17:45:22 GMT Received: from mail.caribe.net by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id MAA48688; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:45:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from default (ppp156.204dip.netdial.caribe.net [209.91.204.156]) by mail.caribe.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id NAA19698 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:45:53 -0400 (AST) Message-Id: <001b01bf56dc$d06c1000$9ccc5bd1@default> From: "Ernesto Weil" To: "Corallist" Subject: Summer Course in Los Roques, Venezuela. Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:42:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF56B9.7E229F80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Ernesto Weil" Content-Length: 8269 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 7 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF56B9.7E229F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fundaci=F3n Cientifica Los Roques. Coral reef Biology and Ecology.=20 July 2 - 14, 2000.=20 The Fundaci=F3n Cient=EDfica los Roques (FCLR), the University of Puerto = Rico and the Universidad Simon Bolivar announce the second intensive = summer course in coral reef biology and ecology. The course will take = place at the Dos Mosquises Marine Laboratory of the FCLR located on the = southwest corner of the Archipi=E9lago Los Roques National Park, an = atoll-like reef complex 110 km north of the Venezuelan main coast. This = reef complex boasts some of the best developed and diverse coral reefs = in the Caribbean, it is far away from continental influence and has = minimum anthropogenic impacts. The course concentrates on topics such as evolution of reef communities, = clonality as an evolutionary successful strategy, biology and ecological = roles of sponges, octocorals and scleractinian corals, coral diseases, = current anthropogenic and natural threats, ecological methods and a = special session on sea-grass communities and interaction with reefs. Two = hour of lecture are given in the mornings and evenings (4h/day) with = about 6h/day of field and lab work. Students work the data gathered, = plan and give presentations of results at the end. Field and lab work = will include taxonomic identification, reef and sea-grass community = characterization and structure, reef status assessment, coral diseases, = identification and incidence, ecological and monitoring methods, etc. = Each student must prepare a 15 minute seminar talk on a topic about = coral reefs before arriving to Los Roques.=20 The course is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. = Strong backgrounds in evolution ecology and biology of tropical marine = invertebrates are required. Diving certification and more that 100 = logged dives. The Fundaci=F3n Cient=EDfica Los Roques reserves the right = to reject applications that do not comply with the requirements Faculty : Ernesto Weil, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Dep. of Marine Sciences. U. of = Puerto Rico, and Associate Researcher of the Fundaci=F3n Cientifica Los = Roques.. Sven Zea, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Department of Biology, Universidad = Nacional de Colombia-INVEMAR. David Bone, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Department of Biology U. Sim=F3n = Bol=EDvar, Caracas. Venezuela. Cost: The course cost is US $ 1,000.00 per student. This includes = tuition fees, dive activities, room and board, round trip transportation = from Caracas, limited insurance and registration. Each participant will = be required to sign a liability release form at arrival.=20 Pre-Registration: At this time we are requesting a letter stating your = interest in the course. The letter should also include a statement of = why you want to take the course, information about your background = (courses taken, school, degrees, etc.) and what do you expect to gain = from this course. Letters should be send to Dr. Ernesto Weil at the = address below or via e-mail. Selected applicants will be notified via = e-mail by the end of February and the application guidelines will be = sent out. Dr. Ernesto Weil Depart. of Marine Sciences, UPR PO BOX 908 Lajas PR 00667 Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241 FAX (787) 899-2630/899-5500. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BF56B9.7E229F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Fundaci=F3n Cientifica Los Roques.

Coral reef Biology and Ecology.

July 2 – 14, 2000.

The Fundaci=F3n Cient=EDfica los Roques (FCLR), the = University of=20 Puerto Rico and the Universidad Simon Bolivar announce the second = intensive=20 summer course in coral reef biology and ecology. The course will take = place at=20 the Dos Mosquises Marine Laboratory of the FCLR located on the southwest = corner=20 of the Archipi=E9lago Los Roques National Park, an atoll-like reef = complex 110 km=20 north of the Venezuelan main coast. This reef complex boasts some of the = best=20 developed and diverse coral reefs in the Caribbean, it is far away from=20 continental influence and has minimum anthropogenic impacts.

The course concentrates on topics such as evolution = of reef=20 communities, clonality as an evolutionary successful strategy, biology = and=20 ecological roles of sponges, octocorals and scleractinian corals, coral=20 diseases, current anthropogenic and natural threats, ecological methods = and a=20 special session on sea-grass communities and interaction with reefs. Two = hour of=20 lecture are given in the mornings and evenings (4h/day) with about = 6h/day of=20 field and lab work. Students work the data gathered, plan and give = presentations=20 of results at the end. Field and lab work will include taxonomic = identification,=20 reef and sea-grass community characterization and structure, reef status = assessment, coral diseases, identification and incidence, ecological and = monitoring methods, etc. Each student must prepare a 15 minute seminar = talk on a=20 topic about coral reefs before arriving to Los Roques.

The course is intended for advanced undergraduate and = graduate=20 students. Strong backgrounds in evolution ecology and biology of = tropical marine=20 invertebrates are required. Diving certification and more that 100 = logged dives.=20 The Fundaci=F3n Cient=EDfica Los Roques reserves the right to reject = applications=20 that do not comply with the requirements

Faculty :

Ernesto Weil, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Dep. of = Marine=20 Sciences. U. of Puerto Rico, and Associate Researcher of the Fundaci=F3n = Cientifica Los Roques..

Sven Zea, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Department of = Biology,=20 Universidad Nacional de Colombia-INVEMAR.

David Bone, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Department of = Biology U.=20 Sim=F3n Bol=EDvar, Caracas. Venezuela.

 

Cost: The course cost is US $ 1,000.00 per = student. This=20 includes tuition fees, dive activities, room and board, round trip=20 transportation from Caracas, limited insurance and registration. Each=20 participant will be required to sign a liability release form at = arrival.

Pre-Registration: At this time=20 we are requesting a letter stating your interest in the = course. The=20 letter should also include a statement of why you want to take the = course,=20 information about your background (courses taken, school, degrees, etc.) = and=20 what do you expect to gain from this course. Letters should be send to = Dr.=20 Ernesto Weil at the address below or via e-mail. Selected applicants = will be=20 notified via e-mail by the end of February and the application = guidelines will=20 be sent out.

Dr. Ernesto Weil
Depart. of Marine Sciences, = UPR
PO BOX=20 908 Lajas PR 00667
Ph. (787) 899-2048 x. 241
FAX (787)=20 899-2630/899-5500.
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Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 15:47:57 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA21129; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:47:56 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id PAA15087; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:57:43 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma015047; Tue, 4 Jan 00 15:57:19 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:53:27 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id UAA49554; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 20:11:33 GMT Received: from mail.caribe.net by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id PAA50748; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:11:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from default (ppp186.200dip.netdial.caribe.net [209.91.200.186]) by mail.caribe.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id QAA05597 for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:12:04 -0400 (AST) Message-Id: <001901bf56ee$c3be5860$bac85bd1@default> From: "CORALations" To: "Coral-List" Subject: Action Alert Puerto Rico Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:03:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01BF56CD.33CE3660" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "CORALations" Content-Length: 11428 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 8 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BF56CD.33CE3660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable EPA is in the process of considering a Clean Water Act Waiver for the = Dorado Waste Water Treatment Plant [WWTP] with coastal discharge in = Puerto Rico. This plant has not yet been constructed. Please sign on the = following letter to EPA by Friday, January 7. Forward your Name, = Title, (Org, Company or Academic Affiliation), and Address to = corals@caribe.net.=20 Jeanne Fox=20 Regional Administrator EPA Region II 290 Broadway New York, NY, 10007 =20 January 7, 2000 Re: Dorado Regional WWTP Section 301(h) Application Dear Ms. Fox:=20 CORALations, a non-profit ocean conservation organization based in = San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the following concerned individuals and = organizations are writing to ask that you deny the second round Clean = Water Act Waiver [301h] application for the Dorado Waste Water Treatment = Plant [WWTP], a primary plant which has yet to be built 27 years after = the Clean Water Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. Despite opposition = expressed at public hearings by the local community, by the Puerto Rico = Hotel and Tourism Association, and by a number of local conservation = organizations and technical experts, the Dorado WWTP proposal is in the = process of obtaining its final Puerto Rico Government permits before the = Government of Puerto Rico submits their second round Clean Water Act = Waiver application to EPA.=20 =20 As you know, the Dorado WWTP is proposed for construction in a = coastal flood plain. The diffuser pipe will be located less than a mile = offshore and will terminate at a depth of just over 100 feet. The plant = is being built with the capacity to discharge up to 30 mgd heavily = chlorinated sewage into warm shallow tropical coastal waters, near coral = reef.=20 =20 EPA has stated a firm deadline in writing to Puerto Rico Aqueduct = and Sewer Authority [PRASA] on more than one occasion. In a letter to = Mr. Perfecto Ocasio of PRASA dated December 16, 1998, you wrote: =20 EPA, in consultation with PRASA, identified additional interim dates = for the milestones essential to ensure that PRASA will submit to = EPA, a complete application with all the required certifications = by December 15, 1999. =20 In a previous letter from William J. Muszynski, Deputy Regional = Administrator to Benjamin Pomales of PRASA, dated December 4, 1999, Mr. = Muszynski stated:=20 =20 Under this one time right to revise, PRASA should submit, with the = letter of intent, a schedule for the submittal of a complete = revised application within the one year period. No extensions of = this one year period will be allowed. If PRASA fails to = submit all elements of a complete, revised application by = the end of this period, EPA will lift the stay and proceed to take final = action to deny PRASA's application. Moreover, if PRASA fails to = meet any of the scheduled dates for submission of = various elements of a complete revised application during = the one year period, EPA may proceed to take final action to = deny PRASA's application. =20 We respectfully ask that consistent with these previously stated = intentions, EPA deny the second round Clean Water Act Waiver [301h] = application for the proposed Dorado WWTP in Puerto Rico. =20 Sincerely, =20 Mary Ann Lucking Project Coordinator enc. Dec. 16, 1998 EPA Letter to PRASA Dec. 4, 1997 EPA Letter to PRASA cc. Mr. Chuck Fox For more information or fax copies of the above mentioned EPA letters, = contact:=20 Mary Ann Lucking Project Coordinator CORALations PMB 222 5900 Isla Verde Ave. L2 Carolina, PR 00979-4901 corals@caribe.net toll free: 1-877-77coral =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BF56CD.33CE3660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
EPA is in the process of considering a = Clean Water=20 Act Waiver for the Dorado Waste Water Treatment Plant [WWTP] with = coastal=20 discharge in Puerto Rico. This plant has not yet been = constructed. Please=20 sign on the following letter to EPA by  Friday, January = 7. =20 Forward your Name, Title, (Org, Company or Academic Affiliation), and = Address to=20 corals@caribe.net. 
 
Jeanne Fox
Regional Administrator
EPA Region II
290 Broadway
New York, NY, 10007
 
January 7, 2000
 
Re: Dorado Regional WWTP Section 301(h) = Application
 
Dear Ms. Fox:
 
    CORALations, a = non-profit ocean=20 conservation organization based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the = following=20 concerned individuals and organizations are writing to ask that you deny = the=20 second round Clean Water Act Waiver [301h] application for = the Dorado Waste=20 Water Treatment Plant [WWTP], a primary plant which has yet to be = built 27=20 years after the Clean Water Act was passed by the U.S.=20 Congress.  Despite opposition expressed at public hearings by = the=20 local community, by the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association, and = by a=20 number of local conservation organizations and technical experts, the = Dorado=20 WWTP proposal is in the process of obtaining its final Puerto Rico = Government=20 permits before the Government of Puerto Rico submits their second = round=20 Clean Water Act Waiver application to EPA.
 
    As you know, the = Dorado WWTP is=20 proposed for construction in a coastal flood plain. The diffuser pipe = will be=20 located less than a mile offshore and will terminate at a = depth=20 of just over 100 feet. The plant is being built with the capacity=20 to discharge up to 30 mgd heavily chlorinated sewage into warm = shallow=20 tropical coastal waters, near coral reef. 
   
    EPA has stated a=20 firm deadline in writing to Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer = Authority=20 [PRASA] on more than one occasion. In a letter to Mr. Perfecto = Ocasio of=20 PRASA dated December 16, 1998, you wrote:
 
    EPA, in consultation = with PRASA,=20 identified additional interim dates for the    =20     milestones essential to ensure that PRASA will submit = to EPA,=20 a complete         application with all = the=20 required certifications by December 15, 1999.
 
    In a previous letter = from=20 William J. Muszynski, Deputy Regional Administrator to Benjamin Pomales = of=20 PRASA, dated December 4, 1999, Mr. Muszynski=20 stated: 
       =20
    Under this one time = right to=20 revise, PRASA should submit, with the letter of    =20     intent, a schedule for the submittal of a complete = revised=20 application within the     one year period. No extensions = of this=20 one year period will be allowed. If     =    =20         PRASA fails to submit all = elements of=20 a complete, revised application by         =     the end of this period, EPA will lift the stay and proceed to take final action to=20         deny PRASA's application. = Moreover,=20 if PRASA fails to meet any of the        =20         scheduled dates = for submission of=20 various elements of a complete revised     =    =20     application during the one year period, EPA may = proceed=20 to take final action         to deny=20 PRASA's application.
 
    We respectfully = ask that=20 consistent with these previously stated intentions, EPA deny = the=20 second round Clean Water Act Waiver [301h] application for the proposed = Dorado=20 WWTP in Puerto Rico.  
 
Sincerely, 
 
Mary Ann Lucking
Project Coordinator
 
 
enc.  Dec. 16, 1998 EPA Letter to=20 PRASA
       =20 Dec.  4,  1997 EPA Letter to PRASA
 
cc.   Mr. Chuck = Fox
 
 
For more information or fax copies of the above mentioned EPA = letters,=20 contact:
Mary Ann Lucking
Project Coordinator
CORALations
PMB 222
5900 Isla Verde Ave. L2
Carolina, PR  00979-4901
toll free: 1-877-77coral
  =
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Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Tue Jan 4 16:13:36 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA21642; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:13:35 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id QAA17346; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:23:21 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma017326; Tue, 4 Jan 00 16:23:08 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:19:36 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id UAA41598; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 20:39:01 GMT Received: from orbit34i.nesdis.noaa.gov by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via SMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id PAA50408; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:38:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from nesdis.noaa.gov (orbit173.wwb.noaa.gov [140.90.197.121]) by orbit34i.nesdis.noaa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA29074; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:38:23 -0500 Message-Id: <38725A22.4512D40D@nesdis.noaa.gov> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:37:54 -0500 From: "Alan E. Strong" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov CC: Ray Berkelmans , Terry Done , "Marguerite A. Toscano" Subject: SSTs on the Rise - W. Australia Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------B9FA14D19F9BAB891F712C9B" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Alan E. Strong" Content-Length: 2530 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 9 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B9FA14D19F9BAB891F712C9B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SSTs on the Rise -- HotSpots develop off Western Australia With La Nina conditions holding on over much of the tropical oceans, SSTs around Australia have been moving up dramatically off the SW and W coastline [http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/data/anomnight.1.4.2000.gif]. Being summer, temperature levels exceed the normal maximum values expected during this time of year -- hence "HotSpots" are depicted where these elevations exceed 1 deg C [http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html] and bleaching is usually observed. Our new experimental charts that attempt to accumulate thermal stress over coral reefs can be found at: http://psbsgi1.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/PSB/EPS/icg/dhw/dhw_new.html This page will update twice each week and as levels approach 8-10 degree heating weeks [DHW] potential coral mortality occurs. Scientists/reef experts are encouraged to fill out our feedback forms provided at this NOAA WebSite to help us with this development and monitoring work Another region of SST increase and associated HotSpots, we are watching, can be seen around much of Papua New Guinea. A. E. Strong. -- **** <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ******* <>< ***** Alan E. Strong Phys Scientist/Oceanographer NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD -- E/RA3 NOAA Science Center -- RM 711W 5200 Auth Road Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304 Alan.E.Strong@noaa.gov 301-763-8102 x170 FAX: 301-763-8108 http://manati.wwb.noaa.gov/orad --------------B9FA14D19F9BAB891F712C9B Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="astrong.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Alan E. Strong Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="astrong.vcf" begin:vcard n:Strong;Dr. Alan E. tel;fax:301-763-8108 tel;work:301-763-8102 x170 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:astrong@nesdis.noaa.gov fn:A. E. Strong end:vcard --------------B9FA14D19F9BAB891F712C9B-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jan 5 11:59:36 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA29848; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:59:35 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id MAA18309; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:09:25 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma018010; Wed, 5 Jan 00 12:08:23 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:04:43 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id QAA57169; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:18:40 GMT Received: from m2.jersey.juno.com by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id LAA56700; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:18:29 -0500 (EST) Received: (from burtonshank@juno.com) by m2.jersey.juno.com (queuemail) id EVK5FPGV; Wed, 05 Jan 2000 11:15:26 EST To: marbio@mote.org, fish-sci@SEGATE.SUNET.SE, coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov, ECOLOG-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:21:56 -0600 Subject: Seeking Research Assistant Position Message-Id: <20000105.112157.-327507.1.burtonshank@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 2.0.11 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,10-15 X-Juno-Att: 0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Burton V Shank Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Burton V Shank Content-Length: 1090 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 10 Apologies for cross-postings. I'm currently seeking work as a research assistant or a similar position. I have a MS in Biological Oceanography (Ecology) from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez and a BS in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University, Galveston. My field experience is predominantly seagrass and coral reefs, tropical streams and subtropical hardbottom habitats. My interests include, but are not limited to, community, population, and behavioral ecology and fisheries. I enjoy travel and would welcome positions outside the United States. If you know of such a position or would like a copy of my CV, feel free to email back. Thank you, Burton V. Shank burtonshank@juno.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jan 5 12:20:08 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA00292; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:20:06 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id MAA21187; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:29:54 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma021144; Wed, 5 Jan 00 12:29:25 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:25:48 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id QAA57316; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:49:24 GMT Received: from mail.caribe.net by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id LAA56777; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:49:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from [209.91.197.183] (ppp183.197dip.netdial.caribe.net [209.91.197.183]) by mail.caribe.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA13319 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:50:10 -0400 (AST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: craig@caribe.net (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:49:06 -0400 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov From: Craig Lilyestrom Subject: Advice on full face masks? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Craig Lilyestrom Content-Length: 1254 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 11 Coral Listers: We are considering the purchase of some full face masks with underwater communications capabilities for some of our divers who work with artificial reefs, ship grounding evaluations and so forth where communications are critical to coordinating efforts and for diver safety. I would appreciate any insights that coral-list members might have with different makes and models. Some that we're considering at this point are the "Ocean Reef", the "Scuba-Pro" and the "Interspiro Divator MK II". Thanks for any suggestions and advice! --Craig -- ******************************************* Craig G. Lilyestrom, Ph.D. Chief, Marine Resources Division Dept. of Natural & Environmental Resources P.O. Box 9066600 San Juan, P.R. 00906-6600 (787) 724-8772 ext. 4042 (787) 723-2805 (FAX) craig@caribe.net ******************************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jan 5 18:29:15 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA05193; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:29:14 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id SAA00283; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:35:30 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xmaa00183; Wed, 5 Jan 00 18:34:51 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:31:13 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id WAA59705; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:57:09 GMT Received: from vxe.ocis.uncwil.edu by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id RAA59487; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:57:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from szmanta-dell (szmanta-dell.bio.uncwil.edu [152.20.28.82]) by uncwil.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #28112) with SMTP id <01JKCRNH36TE95MR8J@uncwil.edu> for coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:56:47 EST Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 18:03:34 -0500 From: "Alina M. Szmant" Subject: Jan 15 Deadline: New Summer 2000 Coral Reef Research Course: at UNCWand Roatan X-Sender: szmanta@pop.uncwil.edu To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20000105180334.007229f0@pop.uncwil.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Content-type: text/enriched; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Alina M. Szmant" Content-Length: 8278 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 12
University of North Carolina at=20 Wilmington Summer Study in Roatan, Honduras:=20 Integrated Field Research in Coral Reef Ecology June 5, - July 14, 2000 (6 weeks; 12 credits) OFFERED FOR EITHER UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE CREDIT ffff,0000,0000DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: JANUARY 15, 2000=09
INSTRUCTORS: from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Dept of Biological Sciences Dr. Alina M. Szmant, reef corals and invertebrates Dr. Ileana E. Clavijo, coral reef fishes Dr. Craig Bailey, coral reef alage COURSE NUMBERS AND TITLES BIO 485-A /585-A(3 credits): Ecology of reef corals and other invertebrates BIO 485-A /585-ALab (1 credit): Laboratory BIO 485-B /585-B(3 credits): Ecology of coral reef algae BIO 485-B/585-B Lab (1 credit): Laboratory BIO 485-C/585-C (3 credits): Ecology of coral reef fishes BIO 485-C/585-C Lab (1 credit): Laboratory
Students must register for all twelve credit hours. Prerequisites: prior course work in coral reef ecology, marine biology, marine science or similar course, and permission of=20 instructors Three of the 6 weeks (the field protion) of this course will be spent living and working in the rustic tropical facilties of the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences, located on the largest of the Bay Islands, on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. This island is fringed with mangroves and small fishing villages, and boasts among the best developed barrier reefs in the Caribbean. Lodging will be provided by the Antony Key Resort, a well known dive destination in the Caribbean.=20 This is a research-intensive field course for students who have already had formal course work on coral reef ecology, marine ecology, marine biology or similar coursework. Students will be taught by the three instructors how to identify and study three major groups of coral reef organisms: marine invertebrates, algae and fishes. =20 Reef corals and major groups of coral reef dwelling invertebrates will be studied from the point of view of their functional roles in forming and sustaining coral reef function. Aspects to be examined include life history strategies, tropho-dynamics and co-evolution of interactions with other functional groups such as reef algae and fishes. The course will stress the ecological importance of macro- and microalgae found in reef ecosystems. Field-work will focus on the identification and distribution of common species. Morphological and physiological adaptations of keystone species will also be discussed. Interactions among algal groups and between algae and other inhabitants of reefs will be examined experimentally. In addition, species that play especially important biogeochemical roles in reef ecosystems will be emphasized. An ecological and ethological approach to the study of reef fishes will be emphasized with field research to test theories and problems such as ecological niche, competition, social systems, reproduction, recruitment and population biology. Students will visit a wide variety of coral reef habitats (patch reefs, bank reefs, barrier reefs, fore-reef v.s. back-reef, etc.), as well as associated marine environments (seagrass beds and mangrove forests), making observations on the characteristic community structure at each site. Students will work on individual taxonomic projects for each of the three groups of organisms, and keep a journal on their ecological observations of their selected groups during the field excursions. They will also work in small groups on field experiments designed by the instructors to both demonstrate important ecological relationships between these major floral/faunal groups, and to provide new data to important areas of coral reef research. Students will be guided through setting up the experiments, collecting and analyzing the data, and preparing written and oral research reports. They will learn how to execute a wide variety of field methods, and use both laboratory and field instrumentation under real research conditions. They will be included as co-authors of any research publication that is based on their research efforts. During the Roatan portion of the course there will be additional enrichment lectures and tours to learn about the local and Mayan cultures and tropical terrestrial environments. Classes will meet on the UNCW campus during the first week of the course to discuss and organize the specific research projects (students will be expected to participate full-time during this period). Students and faculty will then fly as a group from Wilmington to Roatan, via Miami.=20 After the 3-week field portion, students will return to the UNCW campus to finalize data analysis and prepare their oral presentations. There will be two days off during the 3rd and 4th of July. The course is limited to 12 students. Students will be selected based on appropriate background and grades. ffff,0000,0000A $500 deposit will be needed by January 15th, 2000, to secure a place. =09 Cost: Estimated Cost $4,600 PLUS Tuition. (Cost will be lower for those that do not need room and board during the 3 weeks at UNCW) Tuition for 12 credit hours estimated at : In-State at $1,034 ; Out-of State at $4669. Includes: airfare from Wilmington, other ground transportation, all room and board both at UNCW and in Roatan, all laboratory, field, boat and diving costs in Roatan, DAN diving insurance, study abroad insurance, and the international student ID card. This is an all-inclusive package, and the only additional costs would be personal items such as sodas, post-cards, etc.=20 For further information, application forms, and to register, contact: outDr. Alina M. Szmant =20 =20 UNCW Department of Biological Sciences =20 601 South College Rd. =20 Wilmington NC 28403-3297 (910)962-7574 FAX: (910)962-4066 szmanta@uncwil.edu or (same mailing address): =20 Dr. Ileana Clavijo; (910)962-3472; email clavijo@uncwil.edu Dr. Craig Bailey: (910)962-7589; email: baileyc@uncwil.edu Payment Schedule: January 15, 2000: Deadline for application with non-refundable** $500 deposit (turn in to Office of International Programs, University Union 103A, or to Dr. Craig Bailey, Dept. of Biology, tel # (910)962-7589). ** unless program cancelled due to insufficeint enrollment or other problem=20 February 1, 2000: Final date for required number of applicants for summer program to go, March 1, 2000: Due date for additional non-refundable=20 payment of $1,000 to cover purchase of airplane tickets, and of submission of paper-work of obtaining visas to Honduras. April 1, 2000: Due date for additional non-refundable payment of $2,100 to cover lodging and board in Roatan. April 29, 2000: Due date for balance of program cost (approx. $1,000) due to OIP. =20 Schedule for additional payment of tuition (estimated $1,034 for instate, $4669 for out-of-state) is based on the UNCW summer registration schedule . Last day for registration is May 22nd, 2000. ******************************************************************* PRESENT ADDRESS: Dr. Alina M. Szmant Professor of Biology, and Coral Reef Research Department of Biological Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington NC 28403 tel: (910)962-7574 fax: (910)962-4066 email: szmanta@uncwil.edu ****************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Wed Jan 5 18:29:17 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA05202; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:29:15 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id SAA00280; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:35:31 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma000183; Wed, 5 Jan 00 18:34:51 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:31:12 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id WAA51079; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:48:08 GMT Message-Id: <200001052248.WAA51079@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 15:34:44 -0500 (EST) From: Walt Jaap STP To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Re: Advice on full face masks? Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Walt Jaap STP Content-Length: 628 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 13 For upscale you can think about a Superlight 17 Kirby Morgan For moderate price go for EXO 26 or the AGA mask For the low end Scubapro is offering a mask that has communication capability. Sales: Jack Vilas and Associates 800-255-4643 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 6 23:44:14 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id XAA25215; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:44:13 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id XAA15181; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:54:06 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma015146; Thu, 6 Jan 00 23:54:00 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:48:00 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id EAA63837; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 04:02:20 GMT Received: from pojmail01.poj.usace.army.mil by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id XAA69713; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:02:08 -0500 (EST) Received: by pojmail01.poj.usace.army.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:02:05 +0900 Message-Id: From: "Noah, Michael D POJ" To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: RE: Advice on full face masks? Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:02:03 +0900 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Noah, Michael D POJ" Content-Length: 2250 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 14 Craig, I haven't used two of the three that you're thinking of, so I really can't compare them. But I can say that I like the AGA Spiro (they changed their name recently [?] to Interspiro) Divator Mk II - it works very, very well. It also meets U.S. Navy Diving requirements (one of my agency's requirements for professional use). You can get the mask with one of two regulators - one with the standard "demand" regulator, or one that keeps a slight positive pressure inside the mask. I've used both. The later regulator makes me feel a lot more comfortable whenever I'm diving in what I suspect might be contaminated water (the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor is a good example). The constant noise from the escape of air does tend to scare fish, though, but since fish tend to avoid contaminated water, their isn't usually a conflict - just use the right regulator for the job. The positive-pressure version uses quite a bit more air, however, so if you've got the positive pressure version hooked up to a tank (vice a compressor), your bottom time will be reduced significantly. For that matter, I've noticed that they both cause you to use more air - over a standard SCUBA regulator, that is, probably because you use a bit more energy when you add the ability to communicate. Finally, since your inhalation air flows over the inside of the mask 's faceplate, the mask never fogs. Its also real nice to be able to breathe through your nose at times - keeps your mouth from getting too dry!! They run around $1,000, with communications. Mata ne, Michael <<...>> US Army Corps of Engineers Japan District Michael D. Noah, Ecologist USAEDJ, Box 81 APO AP 96338-5010 011-81-311-763-5065 011-81-311-763-8869 FAX Michael.D.Noah@poj.usace.army.mil ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Thu Jan 6 23:44:14 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id XAA25217; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:44:13 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id XAA15179; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:54:06 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma015145; Thu, 6 Jan 00 23:54:00 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Thu, 6 Jan 2000 23:47:55 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id EAA58673; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 04:02:01 GMT Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 04:02:01 GMT Message-Id: <200001070402.EAA58673@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> From: Karla McDermid To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Summer 2000 Courses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Karla McDermid Content-Length: 1237 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 15 For the fourth year in a row, Univ. Hawaii Hilo will be offering credit courses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Here's the Summer 2000 schedule: May 27-June 10 ENG 494: Writing in the Wild (3 cr.) June 10-June 17 MARE 394I: Marine Invertebrates of Midway Atoll (2 cr.) June 17-24 MARE 394C: Central Pacific Seabirds (2 cr.) June 24-July 1 MARE 394S: Biology of Sharks at Midway (2 cr.) July 1-8 MARE 394D: Teaching Marine Science: Atolls (2 cr.) July 22-29 MARE 394N: Cetaceans of Midway (2 cr.) If you'd like more information on all the courses or particular ones, class descriptions, costs, professor's backgrounds, etc. please email either mcdermid@hawaii.edu or corinne@hawaii.edu We'll be happy to send you a brochure too. Karla J. McDermid Chair, Marine Science Dept. UH Hilo 200 W. Kawili St. Hilo, HI 96720 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Fri Jan 7 07:48:07 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id HAA28346; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:48:06 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id HAA25763; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:54:23 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma025695; Fri, 7 Jan 00 07:53:25 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:49:41 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id MAA71496; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 12:34:48 GMT Received: from mail.caribe.net by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id HAA61945; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:34:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from default (ppp156.197dip.netdial.caribe.net [209.91.197.156]) by mail.caribe.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id IAA25501 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 08:35:39 -0400 (AST) Message-Id: <02a601bf590a$751ad120$64c85bd1@default> From: "CORALations" To: "Coral-List" Subject: Fw: Puerto Rico Action Alert Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 08:25:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02A3_01BF58E8.D1749A40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "CORALations" Content-Length: 18586 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 16 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02A3_01BF58E8.D1749A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Puerto Rico Coral Reef Action Alert=20 A few days ago we circulated a sign-on letter to EPA Region II = regarding a new Primary Waste Water Treatment Plant [WWTP] being = proposed for construction with coastal discharge in Puerto Rico. Many = people wrote back to us requesting more information. Others wrote = concerns about signing on to a letter which addressed one specific WWTP. = We are in the process of getting reference documents scanned to a web = site. In the mean time, for those who requested more information, below = is a summary. =20 Where as it is true that this letter focuses on only one WWTP, we = would like to point out that this primary WWTP, by virtue of the fact = that it has yet to be built, serves as an excellent example of the = failure of EPA Region II to enforce Clean Water Act (CWA) in Puerto = Rico. =20 Clean Water Act October, 1999 marked the 27th anniversary of the CWA in the United = States, but Puerto Rico is not celebrating. In 1972, Congress passed the = CWA amendment which required publicly owned WWTP to achieve secondary = treatment capability by 1977. Waivers were to be allowed on a case-by = case review, but only if complete waiver applications were submitted by = 1982. Applicants get two tries. If granted a waiver, the plants have to = adhere to strict monitoring guidelines to demonstrate they are not = damaging the environment. This means that the proponents for the = proposed Dorado WWTP have had 18 years to complete and submit their = second round waiver applications.=20 =20 To date, there are 9 plants pending 301(h) / Clean Water Act Waivers in = the United States and its jurisdictions. Six (6) of these plants are in = Puerto Rico, and 2 are in the U. S. Virgin Islands. These are all under = EPA Region II.=20 (The 9th plant was in Maine, but I think they agreed to upgrade to = secondary - not sure.) =20 Five plants in Puerto Rico have been operating without their CWA = waivers, and the CWA waiver monitoring standards for almost two decades. = If you are thinking...better primary out of a long tube away from reefs = than secondary out a short tube, consider this: Puerto Rico's primary = plant diffusers (with one exception) discharge heavily chlorinated = sewage less than a mile off shore. The diffusers in Arecibo and = Aguadilla are located in coastal waters less than 70 feet deep. The = wastefields of all diffusers are neither trapped nor diluted. Plume = surfacing is common outside of the mixing zones.=20 =20 The letter circulated referred to two EPA letters written to the = Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority [PRASA] - the proponents of = these plants - stating a deadline for their second round applications. = We believe that the failure of EPA Region II to stick to such deadlines = has contributed to their inability to enforce CWA in Puerto Rico. Below is the summary taken from an internal EPA Report of Audit = entitled: Review of EPA's Processing of Clean Water Act Section 301(h) = Waivers. Audit Report No. E1HWFO-02-0140-0100482, September 18, 1990. "Although the Region resolved New York and New Jersey waiver requests in = an effective manner, it delayed taking timely actions to render = decisions or formally deny Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands waiver = requests when (i) applications were either incomplete and requested = information was not timely or completely provided (ii) applicants = refused to withdraw tentatively denied applications, (iii) tentative = approval conditions were not met, and (iv) non-compliance with = Administrative Order's effluent limits occurred. Although the Region was = aware of most Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) and = Virgin Islands Department of Public Works (VIDPW) performance = shortcomings discussed in our report, it has not followed up its = numerous threats to deny applications when required actions were not = adequately or timely provided. While considering applicants' financial = problems, the Region also may have allowed certain waiver applications = to be used to circumvent statutory requirements." Proponents for the primary WWTP's in Puerto Rico refer to their history = of non-compliance to EPA administrative orders as evidence of their = inabilities to run a more technically complex secondary treatment plant. = They also argue that they cannot afford the expense of adequate sewage = treatment. However, the value of our diverse tropical coastal ecosystem = has never entered into the cost-benefit analysis of these plants, nor = has the long term maintenence of these large regional plants and their = associated trunk systems. These decaying pipes significantly contribute = to urban runoff problems. Also never taken into cost-benefit = consideration for these plants is the cost of impacts to human health = and the tourism industry. =20 As proponents prepare to submit their final CWA waiver applications for = these plants, they have also dramatically increased the NPDES permit = flow limits. Aguadilla, currently discharges 5mgd(million gallons/day) and is being = increased to 10mgd Arecibo, currently at 8mgd is being increased to 10mgd Puerto Nuevo, currently at 60mgd is being increased to 144mgd Bayamon, currently at 25mgd is being increased to 80mgd Ponce, currently at 12mgd is being increased to 36mgd (Ponce has the = longest diffuser) Loiza/Carolina currently discharges 25mgd, (in excess of their current = 20 mgd limit). Their new NPDES permit app. asked for an increase to = 90mgd.=20 Adding the proposed Dorado plant with its 30 mgd capacity, EPA and = Puerto Rico could be legally permitting the discharge of around 400 = million gallons of heavily chlorinated sewage, and in some cases = industrial waste, into our tropical coastal ecosystem each day. These = NPDES increases will be used to demonstrate infrastructure for the = permitting of new developments. We contend that primary sewage treatment = is not sewage treatment, and does not demonstrate proper infrastructure = for such development. =20 We hope this answers any questions about why we would ask experts to = sign on a letter pertaining to such a specific issue. We do not believe = that the Congress of the United States intended for CWA waivers to be = used to construct new primary sewage treatment plants with ocean = discharge in the year 2000. EPA should stick to their written deadlines. = Knowing what we know today, we need to "make" the recovery of these = diverse tropical coastal ecosystems a priority - not just "say" that = they should be a priority. =20 The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association have voiced their = opposition to the proposed Dorado plant, as well as the other primary = WWTP's in PR, in writing and at public hearings.Three days ago, the = community of Toa Baja (the community where the Dorado plant proposed to = be built) organized a "sit-in" in the Caribbean EPA office to = demonstrate their concern about this new plant. Jean Fox responded by = granting proponents another extension. We hope more coral reef experts = will sign on to this letter, or move through other channels to help us = address these serious coastal clean water problems and the Federal = enforcement of CWA in Puerto Rico and USVI'.s. =20 Sincerely,=20 Mary Ann Lucking Project Coordinator CORALations PMB 222 5900 Isla Verde Ave. L2 Carolina, PR 00979-4901 corals@caribe.net Toll Free: 1-877-77coral ------=_NextPart_000_02A3_01BF58E8.D1749A40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Puerto Rico Coral Reef Action Alert =
 
    A few days ago we = circulated a=20 sign-on letter to EPA Region II regarding a new Primary Waste Water = Treatment=20 Plant [WWTP] being proposed for construction with coastal discharge in = Puerto=20 Rico. Many people wrote back to us requesting more information. Others = wrote=20 concerns about signing on to a letter which addressed one specific WWTP. = We are=20 in the process of getting reference documents scanned to a web = site. In the=20 mean time, for those who requested more information, below is a=20 summary.
 
    Where as it is true = that this=20 letter focuses on only one WWTP, we would like to point out that = this=20 primary WWTP, by virtue of the fact that it has yet to be = built, serves as=20 an excellent example of the failure of EPA Region II to = enforce Clean=20 Water Act (CWA) in Puerto Rico.
 
Clean Water Act
 
    October, 1999 marked = the 27th=20 anniversary of the CWA in the United States, but Puerto Rico is not = celebrating.=20 In 1972, Congress passed the CWA amendment which required publicly owned = WWTP to=20 achieve secondary treatment capability by 1977. Waivers were to be = allowed on a=20 case-by case review, but only if complete waiver applications were = submitted by=20 1982. Applicants get two tries. If granted a waiver, the plants have to = adhere=20 to strict monitoring guidelines to demonstrate they are not damaging the = environment. This means that the proponents for the proposed Dorado WWTP = have=20 had 18 years to complete and submit their second round waiver = applications.=20
 
To date, there are 9 plants pending = 301(h) / Clean=20 Water Act Waivers in the United States and its jurisdictions. Six (6) of = these=20 plants are in Puerto Rico, and 2 are in the U. S. Virgin = Islands.=20 These are all under EPA Region II.
(The 9th plant was in Maine, but I = think they=20 agreed to upgrade to secondary - not sure.)
 
    Five plants in = Puerto Rico have=20 been operating without their CWA waivers, and the CWA waiver monitoring=20 standards for almost two decades. If you are thinking...better primary = out of a=20 long tube away from reefs than secondary out a short tube, consider = this: Puerto=20 Rico's primary plant diffusers (with one exception) discharge heavily=20 chlorinated sewage less than a mile off shore. The diffusers in Arecibo = and=20 Aguadilla are located in coastal waters less than 70 feet deep. The = wastefields=20 of all diffusers are neither trapped nor diluted. Plume surfacing is = common=20 outside of the mixing zones.
 
    The letter = circulated referred=20 to two EPA letters written to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer = Authority=20 [PRASA] - the proponents of these plants - stating a deadline for = their=20 second round applications. We believe that the failure of EPA = Region II to=20 stick to such deadlines has contributed to their inability to = enforce CWA=20 in Puerto Rico.
 
Below is the summary taken from an = internal EPA=20 Report of Audit entitled: Review of EPA's Processing of Clean Water Act = Section=20 301(h) Waivers. Audit Report No. E1HWFO-02-0140-0100482, September 18,=20 1990.
 
"Although the Region resolved New York = and New=20 Jersey waiver requests in an effective manner, it delayed taking timely = actions=20 to render decisions or formally deny Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands = waiver=20 requests when (i) applications were either incomplete and requested = information was not timely or completely provided (ii) applicants = refused to=20 withdraw tentatively denied applications, (iii) tentative approval = conditions=20 were not met, and (iv) non-compliance with Administrative Order's = effluent=20 limits occurred. Although the Region was aware of most Puerto Rico = Aqueduct and=20 Sewer Authority (PRASA) and Virgin Islands Department of Public = Works=20 (VIDPW) performance shortcomings discussed in our report, it has not=20 followed up its numerous threats to deny applications when required = actions=20 were not adequately or timely provided. While considering = applicants'=20 financial problems, the Region also may have allowed certain waiver = applications=20 to be used to circumvent statutory requirements."
 
Proponents for the primary WWTP's in = Puerto Rico=20 refer to their history of non-compliance to EPA administrative orders as = evidence of their inabilities to run a more technically complex = secondary=20 treatment plant. They also argue that they cannot afford the expense of = adequate=20 sewage treatment. However, the value of our diverse tropical coastal = ecosystem=20 has never entered into the cost-benefit analysis of these plants, nor = has the=20 long term maintenence of these large regional plants and their = associated trunk=20 systems. These decaying pipes significantly contribute to urban runoff = problems.=20 Also never taken into cost-benefit consideration for these plants = is the=20 cost of impacts to human health and the tourism = industry.
 
As proponents prepare to submit their = final CWA=20 waiver applications for these plants, they have also dramatically = increased the=20 NPDES permit flow limits.
 
Aguadilla, currently=20 discharges 5mgd(million gallons/day) and is being increased to=20 10mgd
Arecibo, currently at 8mgd is being = increased to=20 10mgd
Puerto Nuevo, currently at 60mgd is = being increased=20 to 144mgd
Bayamon, currently at 25mgd is being = increased to=20 80mgd
Ponce, currently at 12mgd is being = increased to=20 36mgd (Ponce has the longest diffuser)
Loiza/Carolina currently = discharges 25mgd, (in=20 excess of their current 20 mgd limit). Their new NPDES permit app. = asked=20 for an increase to 90mgd.
 
    Adding the proposed = Dorado plant=20 with its 30 mgd capacity, EPA and Puerto Rico could be legally = permitting=20 the discharge of around 400 million gallons of heavily = chlorinated=20 sewage, and in some cases industrial waste, into our tropical coastal = ecosystem=20 each day. These NPDES increases will be used to demonstrate = infrastructure for=20 the permitting of new developments. We contend that primary sewage = treatment is=20 not sewage treatment, and does not demonstrate proper infrastructure for = such=20 development.
 
    We hope this answers = any questions about why we would ask experts to sign on a = letter=20 pertaining to such a specific issue. We do not believe that=20 the Congress of the United States intended for CWA waivers to = be used=20 to construct new primary sewage treatment plants with ocean discharge in = the=20 year 2000. EPA should stick to their written deadlines. Knowing what we = know=20 today, we need to "make" the recovery of these diverse tropical coastal=20 ecosystems a priority - not just "say" that they should be a=20 priority.
 
   The Puerto Rico Hotel = and Tourism=20 Association have voiced their opposition to the proposed Dorado plant, = as well=20 as the other primary WWTP's in PR, in writing and at public = hearings.Three days=20 ago, the community of Toa Baja (the community where the Dorado = plant=20 proposed to be built) organized a "sit-in" in the Caribbean EPA office=20 to demonstrate their concern about this new plant. Jean Fox = responded by=20 granting proponents another extension. We hope more coral reef experts = will sign=20 on to this letter, or move through other channels to help us = address=20 these serious coastal clean water problems and the Federal = enforcement=20 of CWA in Puerto Rico and USVI'.s.  
 
Sincerely, 
 
Mary Ann Lucking
Project Coordinator
CORALations
PMB 222
5900 Isla Verde Ave. L2
Carolina, PR  = 00979-4901
corals@caribe.net
Toll Free: = 1-877-77coral
 
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The date of the letter = from Mr. Muszynski of EPA to Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority is = Dec. 4, 1997, not 1999 - big difference.=20 ------------ EPA is in the process of considering a Clean Water Act Waiver for the = Dorado Waste Water Treatment Plant [WWTP] with coastal discharge in = Puerto Rico. This is a primary WWTP with ocean discharge that is = applying for permits to be constructed 27 years after CWA was passed by = congress. Please sign on the following letter to EPA by Friday, January = 7. Forward your Name, Title, (Org, Company or Academic Affiliation), = and Address to corals@caribe.net.=20 Jeanne Fox=20 Regional Administrator EPA Region II 290 Broadway New York, NY, 10007 =20 January 7, 2000 Re: Dorado Regional WWTP Section 301(h) Application Dear Ms. Fox:=20 CORALations, a non-profit ocean conservation organization based in = San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the following concerned individuals and = organizations are writing to ask that you deny the second round Clean = Water Act Waiver [301h] application for the Dorado Waste Water Treatment = Plant [WWTP], a primary plant which has yet to be built 27 years after = the Clean Water Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. Despite opposition = expressed at public hearings by the local community, by the Puerto Rico = Hotel and Tourism Association, and by a number of local conservation = organizations and technical experts, the Dorado WWTP proposal is in the = process of obtaining its final Puerto Rico Government permits before the = Government of Puerto Rico submits their second round Clean Water Act = Waiver application to EPA.=20 =20 As you know, the Dorado WWTP is proposed for construction in a = coastal flood plain. The diffuser pipe will be located less than a mile = offshore and will terminate at a depth of just over 100 feet. The plant = is being built with the capacity to discharge up to 30 mgd heavily = chlorinated sewage into warm shallow tropical coastal waters, near coral = reef.=20 =20 EPA has stated a firm deadline in writing to Puerto Rico Aqueduct = and Sewer Authority [PRASA] on more than one occasion. In a letter to = Mr. Perfecto Ocasio of PRASA dated December 16, 1998, you wrote: =20 EPA, in consultation with PRASA, identified additional interim dates = for the milestones essential to ensure that PRASA will submit to = EPA, a complete application with all the required certifications = by December 15, 1999. =20 In a previous letter from William J. Muszynski, Deputy Regional = Administrator to Benjamin Pomales of PRASA, dated December 4, 1997, Mr. = Muszynski stated:=20 =20 Under this one time right to revise, PRASA should submit, with the = letter of intent, a schedule for the submittal of a complete = revised application within the one year period. No extensions of = this one year period will be allowed. If PRASA fails to = submit all elements of a complete, revised application by = the end of this period, EPA will lift the stay and proceed to take final = action to deny PRASA's application. Moreover, if PRASA fails to = meet any of the scheduled dates for submission of = various elements of a complete revised application during = the one year period, EPA may proceed to take final action to = deny PRASA's application. =20 We respectfully ask that consistent with these previously stated = intentions, EPA deny the second round Clean Water Act Waiver [301h] = application for the proposed Dorado WWTP in Puerto Rico. =20 Sincerely, =20 Mary Ann Lucking Project Coordinator enc. Dec. 16, 1998 EPA Letter to PRASA Dec. 4, 1997 EPA Letter to PRASA cc. Mr. Chuck Fox For more information or fax copies of the above mentioned EPA letters, = contact:=20 Mary Ann Lucking Project Coordinator CORALations PMB 222 5900 Isla Verde Ave. L2 Carolina, PR 00979-4901 corals@caribe.net toll free: 1-877-77coral =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0342_01BF5905.E12B8EE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In response to requests for copies, we = are again=20 circulating this letter to the list.
Note a typo on the first copy has been = corrected.=20 The date of the letter from Mr. Muszynski of EPA to Puerto Rico Aqueduct = and=20 Sewer Authority is Dec. 4, 1997, not 1999 - big difference. =
------------
EPA is in the process of considering a = Clean Water=20 Act Waiver for the Dorado Waste Water Treatment Plant [WWTP] with = coastal=20 discharge in Puerto Rico. This is a primary WWTP with ocean discharge = that is=20 applying for permits to be constructed 27 years after CWA was passed by=20 congress. Please sign on the following letter to EPA by  = Friday,=20 January 7.  Forward your Name, Title, (Org, Company or Academic=20 Affiliation), and Address to corals@caribe.net. 
 
Jeanne Fox
Regional Administrator
EPA Region II
290 Broadway
New York, NY, 10007
 
January 7, 2000
 
Re: Dorado Regional WWTP Section 301(h) = Application
 
Dear Ms. Fox:
 
    CORALations, a = non-profit ocean=20 conservation organization based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the = following=20 concerned individuals and organizations are writing to ask that you deny = the=20 second round Clean Water Act Waiver [301h] application for = the Dorado Waste=20 Water Treatment Plant [WWTP], a primary plant which has yet to be = built 27=20 years after the Clean Water Act was passed by the U.S.=20 Congress.  Despite opposition expressed at public hearings by = the=20 local community, by the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association, and = by a=20 number of local conservation organizations and technical experts, the = Dorado=20 WWTP proposal is in the process of obtaining its final Puerto Rico = Government=20 permits before the Government of Puerto Rico submits their second = round=20 Clean Water Act Waiver application to EPA.
 
    As you know, the = Dorado WWTP is=20 proposed for construction in a coastal flood plain. The diffuser pipe = will be=20 located less than a mile offshore and will terminate at a = depth=20 of just over 100 feet. The plant is being built with the capacity=20 to discharge up to 30 mgd heavily chlorinated sewage into warm = shallow=20 tropical coastal waters, near coral reef. 
   
    EPA has stated a=20 firm deadline in writing to Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer = Authority=20 [PRASA] on more than one occasion. In a letter to Mr. Perfecto = Ocasio of=20 PRASA dated December 16, 1998, you wrote:
 
    EPA, in consultation = with PRASA,=20 identified additional interim dates for the    =20     milestones essential to ensure that PRASA will submit = to EPA,=20 a complete         application with all = the=20 required certifications by December 15, 1999.
 
    In a previous letter = from=20 William J. Muszynski, Deputy Regional Administrator to Benjamin Pomales = of=20 PRASA, dated December 4, 1997, Mr. Muszynski=20 stated: 
       =20
    Under this one time = right to=20 revise, PRASA should submit, with the letter of    =20     intent, a schedule for the submittal of a complete = revised=20 application within the     one year period. No extensions = of this=20 one year period will be allowed. If     =    =20         PRASA fails to submit all = elements of=20 a complete, revised application by         =     the end of this period, EPA will lift the stay and proceed to take final action to=20         deny PRASA's application. = Moreover,=20 if PRASA fails to meet any of the        =20         scheduled dates = for submission of=20 various elements of a complete revised     =    =20     application during the one year period, EPA may = proceed=20 to take final action         to deny=20 PRASA's application.
 
    We respectfully = ask that=20 consistent with these previously stated intentions, EPA deny = the=20 second round Clean Water Act Waiver [301h] application for the proposed = Dorado=20 WWTP in Puerto Rico.  
 
Sincerely, 
 
Mary Ann Lucking
Project Coordinator
 
 
enc.  Dec. 16, 1998 EPA Letter to=20 PRASA
       =20 Dec.  4,  1997 EPA Letter to PRASA
 
cc.   Mr. Chuck = Fox
 
 
For more information or fax copies of the above mentioned EPA = letters,=20 contact:
Mary Ann Lucking
Project Coordinator
CORALations
PMB 222
5900 Isla Verde Ave. L2
Carolina, PR  00979-4901
toll free: 1-877-77coral
  =
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Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gidon winters Content-Length: 900 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 18 Does anyone know when the Coral Bleaching conference in Saudia is taking place (Some time in February...). Do you know of a site , e-mail or how I can get intouch with them ?? Winters Gidon, tel Aviv University Israel **************************************************** Sven Beer, Department of Plant Sciences Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Fax: +972-3-6409380; E-mail: svenbeer@post.tau.ac.il Internet: http://www.tau.ac.il/botany/USR/beer **************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Sun Jan 9 14:23:02 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA25936; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:23:01 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id OAA05290; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:32:56 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xmaa05273; Sun, 9 Jan 00 14:32:50 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:28:15 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id TAA89280; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:11:18 GMT Received: from jaguar1.usouthal.edu by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id OAA88877; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 14:11:07 -0500 (EST) Received: (from raronson@localhost) by jaguar1.usouthal.edu (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) id NAA07966; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:10:47 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 13:10:47 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard B. Aronson" Subject: Re: Saudia Arabia bleaching confrence - when ??? To: gidon winters cc: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20000109164819.006a0aa0@post.tau.ac.il> Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Richard B. Aronson" Content-Length: 1762 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 19 Dear Gidon, The workshop is titled THE EXTENT AND IMPACT OF CORAL REEF BLEACHING and the dates are 6-9 February 2000. I do not have an email contact, but here is the postal address for inquiries (from the poster for the conference): P. O. Box 61681 Riyadh 11575 Kindgom of Saudi Arabia Best regards, Rich Aronson Corresponding Secretary International Society for Reef Studies On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, gidon winters wrote: > Does anyone know when the Coral Bleaching conference in Saudia is taking > place (Some time in February...). > Do you know of a site , e-mail or how I can get intouch with them ?? > > Winters Gidon, > tel Aviv University > Israel > > > **************************************************** > Sven Beer, Department of Plant Sciences > Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel > > Fax: +972-3-6409380; E-mail: svenbeer@post.tau.ac.il > Internet: http://www.tau.ac.il/botany/USR/beer > **************************************************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) > sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program > (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). 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Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 10 04:39:51 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id EAA29629; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:39:51 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id EAA03569; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:49:46 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma003556; Mon, 10 Jan 00 04:49:17 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:45:35 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id JAA93040; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:23:52 GMT Received: from relay.kfupm.edu.sa by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id EAA92883; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:23:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from relayin.kfupm.edu.sa (relayin.kfupm.edu.sa [212.26.2.26]) by relay.kfupm.edu.sa (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA55570 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:23:08 +0300 Received: from iws20.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa (iws20.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa [196.15.32.20]) by relayin.kfupm.edu.sa (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA23734 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:23:06 +0300 Received: from itcH70.itc.kfupm.edu.sa (one [196.15.32.8] (may be forged)) by iws20.dpc.kfupm.edu.sa (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id LAA07528 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:19:01 +0300 Received: from kfupm.edu.sa ([212.26.0.172]) by itcH70.itc.kfupm.edu.sa (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA88390 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:23:06 +0300 Message-Id: <3879A6DB.1CBFBC56@kfupm.edu.sa> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:31:07 +0300 From: Yusef and Lina Fadlalla Organization: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Subject: Bleaching Workshop -Saudi Arabia Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Yusef and Lina Fadlalla Content-Length: 552 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 20 International workshop on the extent and impact of bleaching in the Arabian region, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 6-9, 2000 Contact Email: consultant@persga.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 10 11:24:02 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA05804; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:24:00 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id LAA06939; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:30:18 -0500 Received: from mh.rdc.noaa.gov(140.90.27.59) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma006854; Mon, 10 Jan 00 11:30:02 -0500 Received: from coral.aoml.noaa.gov by noaamh2.noaa.gov with ESMTP; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:26:35 -0500 Received: by coral.aoml.noaa.gov (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for coral-list-outgoing id PAA95217; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:55:36 GMT Received: from vxe.ocis.uncwil.edu by coral.aoml.noaa.gov via ESMTP (980427.SGI.8.8.8/930416.SGI) for id KAA95335; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:55:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from szmanta-dell (szmanta-dell.bio.uncwil.edu [152.20.28.82]) by uncwil.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #28112) with SMTP id <01JKJCEJF45E95NK9V@uncwil.edu> for coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:55:14 EST Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:02:23 -0500 From: "Alina M. Szmant" Subject: Int Coral Reef Symp Proc: where to buy? X-Sender: szmanta@pop.uncwil.edu To: coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20000110110223.006e144c@pop.uncwil.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-coral-list@aoml.noaa.gov Precedence: bulk Reply-To: "Alina M. Szmant" Content-Length: 1144 Status: RO X-Status: A X-Keywords: X-UID: 21 Our library does not have copies of the 1985 Proc of the 5th International Coral Reef Congress (Tahiti meeting), the 1988 Proc of the 6th Int Coral Reef Symp (Townsville), nor the 1996 Proc of the 8th Int Coral Reef Symp (Panama meeting). Can anyone please direct me to where these may still be available for sale. Many thanks, Alina Szmant ******************************************************************* PRESENT ADDRESS: Dr. Alina M. Szmant Professor of Biology, and Coral Reef Research Department of Biological Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington NC 28403 tel: (910)962-7574 fax: (910)962-4066 email: szmanta@uncwil.edu ****************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 10 14:58:15 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.gov by chaos.aoml.noaa.gov (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA09947; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:58:14 -0500 Received: by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov; id PAA05427; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:08:10 -0500 Received: from vxe.ocis.uncwil.edu(152.20.1.10) by hugo.aoml.noaa.gov via smap (4.1) id xma005373; Mon, 10 Jan 00 15:07:43 -0500 Received: from szmanta-dell (szmanta-dell.bio.uncwil.edu [152.20.28.82]) by uncwil.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #28112) with SMTP id <01JKJL3FIUAA95NION@uncwil.edu> for hendee@aoml.noaa.gov; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:04:22 EST Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:11:28 -0500 From: "Alina M. Szmant" Subject: Re: Int Coral Reef Symp Proc: where to buy? X-Sender: szmanta@pop.uncwil.edu To: Jim Hendee Message-id: <3.0.1.32.20000110151128.006de34c@pop.uncwil.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Length: 1961 Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 22 Jim: Thanks. I'm told that Reef Encounters 1999 has a list of where to get them. Coral_list to the rescue again!! Alina At 11:36 AM 01/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >I just got a copy of the 6th and I can scare up the particulars on that >one, if you haven't gotten the info already. > > cheers, > Jim > >x >> Our library does not have copies of the 1985 Proc of the 5th International >> Coral Reef Congress (Tahiti meeting), the 1988 Proc of the 6th Int Coral >> Reef Symp (Townsville), nor the 1996 Proc of the 8th Int Coral Reef Symp >> (Panama meeting). Can anyone please direct me to where these may still be >> available for sale. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Alina Szmant >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> PRESENT ADDRESS: >> >> Dr. Alina M. Szmant >> Professor of Biology, and Coral Reef Research >> Department of Biological Sciences >> University of North Carolina at Wilmington >> 601 South College Road >> Wilmington NC 28403 >> tel: (910)962-7574 fax: (910)962-4066 >> email: szmanta@uncwil.edu >> >> ****************************************************************** >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) >> sponsors coral-list and the Coral Health and Monitoring Program >> (CHAMP, http://www.coral.noaa.gov). Please visit the Web site >> for instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing to coral-list. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > > ******************************************************************* PRESENT ADDRESS: Dr. Alina M. Szmant Professor of Biology, and Coral Reef Research Department of Biological Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington NC 28403 tel: (910)962-7574 fax: (910)962-4066 email: szmanta@uncwil.edu ****************************************************************** From hendee@aoml.noaa.gov Mon Jan 10 17:28:41 2000 -0500 Return-Path: Received: from hugo.aoml.noaa.g