Larval settlement the role of bacteria

https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2024/09/larval-settlement.html

Five questions: 

* How have bacteria facilitated the origin and evolution of animals? 

* How do animals and bacteria affect each other’s genomes? 

* How does normal animal development depend on bacterial partners? 

* How is homeostasis maintained between animals and their symbionts?

* How can ecological approaches deepen our understanding of the multiple levels of animal–bacterial interaction?

I would add another to the list:

How many ways does our species  impact the bacterial communities it discharges our civilizations wastes  into them 

Maine DOT's "alternatives analysis" of a Searsport wind port October 2024

                                         Maine offshore wind terminal 

Alternatives Analysis

Draft Pre-Application Alternative Analysis (PDF)

Attachment A - Alternative Analysis Matrix (PDF)

Attachment B - Mack Point Dredge Investigation (PDF)

Attachment C - Mason Station (PDF)

Attachment D -Sprague Alternatives (PDF)

Attachment E - Natural Resources Assessments (PDF)

Attachment F - Mack Point Dredge Material Management Plan (PDF)

Attachment G - Ship Simulation Study (PDF)

Attachment H - Cost Estimates (PDF)

Attachment I - OSWPAG Summary (PDF)

https://www.maine.gov/mdot/projects/searsport/windport/docs/OSWPAG%20Summary.pdf

Cruiseship Visits to Rockland Maine 2024 - By Length of Ship

 59 cruiseship visits to Rockland in 2024.  And where they went.

By # of visits, ship name, length, # guests, harbor mooring or landing

17 American Independence 215′  100 guests, Rockland Pub Landing

10 American Glory 241′ | 109 guests Rockland Public Landing

12 American Eagle 241′ | 109 guests—Rockland Public Landing

11 American Constitution 267′ | 170 guests—Anchorage 1

(List ontinued below map- Note map is American Cruiselines 2024 only

11 American Constitution 267′ | 170 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Nautica 593′ | 777 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Odyssey 642′ | 987 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Volendam 780′ | 1432 guests—Anchorage 1

2 Zuiderdam 936′ | 1,916 guests—Anchorage 1

1 Celebrity Summit 964′ | 2038 gests Anchorage 1

2 Celebrity Eclipse 1,040′ | 3013 guests Anchorage 1

1 Queen Mary 1,131′ | 3090 guests Anchorage 1

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2016  ROUTING 

Penobscot Bay Limited Purpose Aquaculture sites Sept 2024

BELFAST

Jessica Woods
Belfast Harbor, East of City Park

JWOO122  Commercial/Educational
JWOO222 Commercial/Educational
JWOO322  Commercial/Educational
JWOO422 Educational

Species
Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima),
SKinny kelp (Saccharina latissima angustissima),
Horsetail kelp (Aminaria digitata),
Winged Kelp (Alari Esculenta)

NORTHPORT

Nicholas Heal

East Ducktrap Harbor

NHEA124  Commercial

NHEA224 Commercial

Species

Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) 

Skill kelp (Saccharina angustissima)

Cornelia Tierney

CTIE118 Commercial

CTIE421   Commercial

Species

American or eastern oyster

LINCOLNVILLE

Nicholas Heal

NHEA324 Commercial

NHEA424 Commercial

Species

Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) 

Skill kelp (Saccharina angustissima)

MUSCLE RIDGE

Gordon Connell

GCON117  Commercial  

Species

sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus)

 American Oyster

Gear:

lantern nets and/or pearl nets, 

scallop spat collector bags

SAINT GEORGE

Brian Tarbox  (Wheeler Bay NW of Norton Island Ledges)

BTAR120 Commercial

BTAR220 Commercial

BTAR320 Commercial

BTAR420 Commercial

Species

Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) 

Skinny Kelp (Saccharina angustissima)

WHEELER BAY 

Maude Robin McCoy    

Location northernmost cove between Miller's whart and Baum's wharf

MMCC521 Commercial 

MMCC621 Commercial

MMCC721 Commercial 

MMCC821 Commercial 

Species

American oyster (Crassostrea virginica)

Richard Philbrook

Southwest of Ram Island 

RPHI122

RPHI222

RPHI322

RPHI422

Species

Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) 

Skinny Kelp (Saccharina angustissima)

Sheena Lord  

Upper Long Cove, Saint George

LORD123  

Species 

American Oyster (C. virginica) Commercial

Gear

Shellfish tray racks and overwintering cages, 

soft bags. semi-rigid bags, and/or floating trays

Scott  Lord

West of Tommys Island, Long Cove, St. George

SLOR321  commercial

SLOR421  commercial

SLOR 521 commercial

SLOR622 commercial

Species American oyster (C. virginica)

Gear: shellfish tray racks and over wintering cages,

 soft bags, semi rigid bags, and/or floating tray

SOUTH THOMASTON 

ISLESBORO

searsport offshore wind documents

 

Searsport Offshore Windport Project | MaineDOT - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › mdot › projects › searsport › windport › indextest

S

Searsport - Maine.gov

www11.maine.gov › projects › data › workplan › town › Searsport

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat

Jan 18, 2024 ... Searsport. This report shows the 2024-2026 Work Plan entries for Searsport. The costs listed are the total.

Town of Searsport (PDF) - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › mdot › grants › pidp › docs › los › Searsport

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat

May 2, 2024 ... We are writing to express our support of the Maine Department of Transportation's Searsport Offshore Wind. Port Project 2024 Port Infrastructure ...

Searsport Offshore Windport Project - Archive | MaineDOT - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › mdot › projects › searsport › windport › archive

The Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap is a stakeholder-driven comprehensive plan that offers detailed strategies for Maine to realize economic, energy, and climate ...

Town of Searsport (PDF) - Maine.gov

www.maine.gov › grants › pidp › docs › LOS › Town of Searsport

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat

Apr 21, 2023 ... I am very honored and happy to write this letting in support of the State of Maine's request for federal funding.

Benefit-Cost Analysis for the Maine Port Authority PIDP 2023

www.maine.gov › mdot › grants › pidp › docs › Searsport Offsho...

File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat

MaineDOT and the Maine Port Authority are also taking steps to begin site selection and preliminary design at the Port of Searsport. The state has spent ...

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Search for Searsport on Google

GAC Chemical Information Links index

 

1998 Bangor Daily news story 

Maine DEP officials involved in GAC Chemical oversight and response in  2014  and in   2024

Dr Mark Green, St Joseph's College,  Standish Maine   April 9. 2014      doc 2 

In 2014 GAC prepared a VRAP   Voluntary Remediation Action  plan for its crumbling southwestern shore  in front of their derelict acid plant   Here are the documents and maps of that plan and correspondence. 

Email Correspondence with  GAC official David Colter 2012-2014 

Drone flight 2016  drone flight 2016 2 minute excerpts     Full video 16 minutes  

Aerial Stockton Harbor overflight 5/20/16

GAC Plumes

Links of value

 https://penbay.org/baytowns/penbay_town_borders.cmap

https://penbay.org/searsisland/si_clf_95.html

https://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Content

https://novascotia.ca/offshore-wind/

sealevel rise https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/hazards/slr_ss/index.shtml

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/hazards/slr_ss/index.shtml

https://www.epa.gov/wotus/revising-definition-waters-united-states

https://www.epa.gov/cwa-401/final-2023-cwa-section-401-water-quality-certification-improvement-rule

https://atlanticholdfast.com/vdgec60wq9cve8tgwf330pvg7q1ijf

https://www.epa.gov/wotus/current-implementation-waters-united-states

https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-agreement-federal-research-lease-advance-floating-offshore-wind-2024

https://penbay.org/baytowns/searsport/sears_island_2000s/sears_island_2024/interagency/dredgeteam_2024_mtg_082624_searsport_9min.mp3

new eng dredge tream http://www.nerdt.org/

https://www.maine.gov/mdot/grants/pidp/docs/2024/Application.pdf

CFR https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-120/section-120.2#p-120.2(a)(1)(iii)

https://maineenvironmentallaboratory.com/?page_id=1334#

https://nsglc.olemiss.edu/projects/regulatingseaweed/files/building-consensus-on-seaweed-food-safety-workshop-proceedings.pdf

https://www.bigelow.org/science/lab/trace-metal-biogeochemistry/

https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/gnis-domestic-names-feature-classes

https://www.penbay.org/searsisland/si_clf_95.html

https://www.academia.edu/93847528/Effects_of_release_timing_on_migration_behaviour_and_survival_of_hatchery_reared_Atlantic_salmon_smolts_in_a_regulated_river?email_work_card=thumbnail

Maine Dredge Team meeting, August 26, 2024

 On August 26, 2024 The Maine Dredge Team meet to discuss active and upcoming projects and proposals requiring dredging 

Intro of Dredge Team members & public attendees 14minutes

Searsport "Windport" Discussion  9 minutes

More to come

Bay History: Sears Island, 1995. MDOT's Marine Resources Baseline Report. April 28, 1995

SEARS ISLAND DRY CARGO TERMINAL

Marine Resources Baseline Report   April 28, 1995

FINAL REPORT   R-11437.011

Prepared for
Maine Dept of Transportation
State House Station 16
Augusta, Maine

Prepared by
Normandeau Associates, Inc.

25 Nashua Road
Bedford, New Hampshire 03110-5500

Table of Contents 

Introduction

 
Eelgrass 2.1 & 2.3 Introduction Methods & Results 

 
Eelgrass 2.4  Discussion &  2.4.1 Distribution in Project Vicinity

Eelgrass. 2..4.2  Functional Assessment 

3.0 & 3.1  & 3.2 Softshell Clams Marine Worms Introduction

 
3.3. 3.4.1 to 3.4.5  Clams and Worms Results & Discussion

 
33..4.6  Marine Baitworms 

 
sibaseline1.html 

-Sears Island or Mack Point? The Campaign to Save Sears Island helps you figure it out

 Clarifying the Costs -Sears Island or Mack Point?

By Nancy E. Galland , Rockland Maine
Campaign to Save Sears Island, Outreach Committee

Claims abound in opinion columns, editorials, and pamphlets that the proposed floating offshore wind terminal will cost less if it’s built on forested Sears Island rather than on Sprague Energy’s industrial port on adjacent Mack Point. Some estimates suggest costs are comparable, yet there is no updated, independent study to document these claims.

(https://www.maine.gov/mdot/ofps/docs/port/MaineDOT%20OSW%20Port%20Infrastructure%20Feasibility%20Study-Concept%20Design%20Report%2011-17-2021.pdf)

On July 11 of 2024, the Public Utilities Committee requested bids on the rate consumers will pay for the electricity generated by the Offshore Floating Turbine research array, testing the efficacy of the Pine Tree Wind design. Public Advocate William Harwood has concerns that the site’s development costs should be ascertained before the PUC sets the price of electricity for this untested technology.

(PDF: Maine Public Utilities Commission Docket No. 2022-100 New England Aqua Ventus June 28, 2024) https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/01/as-the-state-looks-to-harness-gulf-of-maine-winds-a-big-question-looms-how-much-will-utility-customers-pay/

Creating a research array requires millions of dollars to build a fully developed site. Yet there’s no official Alternatives Analysis for site costs between Mack Point and Sears Island to date.

According to reports, Sprague Energy’s fully developed plan could save millions of dollars and can be ready two years sooner.

https://www.freepress.com/2024/08/13/Sprague-Says-Offshore-Wind-at-Mack-Point-Just-Makes-Sense/

The cost of destroying Sears Island’s 100 acres of forests and wetlands for untested technology that could fail is incalculable.

Maine law requires bids for electricity rates to be clearly structured to qualify as the lowest reasonable amount to coverall the costs to finance the project site development, i.e., facility construction, manufacturing and deploying the turbines, lease fees on land and ocean space, labor, plus the Project Developer’s profit margin. https://www.maine.gov/mpuc/sites/maine.gov.mpuc/files/inlinefiles/SupplOffShoreRFP.pdf

It’s important to understand that these costs apply wherever the facility is established. There’s only one PUC bid, one design, and one site - Sears Island.

Last February Governor Mills eliminated Mack Point as an option, dismissing Alternatives Analysis updates. (https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-sears-island-preferred-site-port-support-floating-offshore-wind-2024

and https://www.maineoffshorewind.org

Reading the cost comparisons in the state-hired Moffat & Nichols study (2021), I found they relied on data generated by other engineering firms dating back as far as 1983.

Without updated bathymetric data, they positioned the Mack Point docks on shallow water which would require significant dredging.

(https://www.maine.gov/mdot/ofps/docs/port/MaineDOT%20OSW%20Port%20Infrastructure%20Feasibility%20Study-Concept%20Design%20Report%2011-17-2021.pdf)

Whereas Sprague’s updated plan locates the docks on deep water, reducing dredge requirements by 85%, costing about $50 million less.

Sprague also offered to bear the expense of $30 million to improve the space on the designated site.
(https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2024-06-12/sprague-energy-pushes-wind-port-plan-to-rival-sears-island-terminal)
Meanwhile, the costs for industrializing Sears Island have increased substantially, currently up to $760 million.
(https://mailchi.mp/e36f350c6f04/sears-island-week-in-review)

Sprague has requested a re-cost estimate based on the corrected information. The Mills administration has not yet responded, and faulty estimates are still pedaled to the public. (https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2024-06-12/sprague-energy-pushes-wind-port-plan-to-rival-sears-island-terminal)

On either site, the State will develop the terminal’s infrastructure, from toilets to rail spurs. The State’s cost for site preparation can be supplemented by $456,000.00 in federal grants. Municipal Bonds would make up the difference.

Mack Point has most of the essential infrastructures already, reducing significant time and expense, including saving money on bond interest, and environmental damages.
https://mailchi.mp/e36f350c6f04/sears-island-week-in-review
On either site, the Project Developer will pay the State a lease fee for the exclusive use of the terminal.

According to its federal grant submission, if it’s sited on Mack Point, the State wants a 25 year lease agreement from Sprague and would rent it at a profit to the developer for $250,000 an acre per year - that’s $25 million a year for 25 years.(https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2024-05-31/the-plans-for-maines-floating-wind-port-explained; and https://www.maine.gov/mdot/grants/infra/docs/2024/Funding%20Commitment.pdf

Significant to electricity users: the Project Developer’s profit margin from operating the terminal is based on the rate of return, i.e. the rate per kwh. That’s what must be negotiated with the PUC. (https://www.pressherald.com/2024/08/01/as-the-state-looks-to-harness-gulf-of-maine-winds-a-big-question-looms-how-much-will-utility-customers-pay/)

Furthermore, because Mack Point has essential infrastructures in place and would take two years less to develop than Sears Island, that’s two years that the State could collect $50 million in lease fees.

Gulf of Maine History 2010: Feds, state set up Maine Offshore Wind Task Force. State told: map offshore wind sites. AUDIO

Feds set up Maine Offshore Wind Task Force.  Tells Maine: prepare to turn federal & EEZ waters off state into offshore wind farms. 

State officials must come up with maps of wind-suitable areas off Maine by next Task Force meeting.

At Issue:

Earlier this year, Maine's legislature passed and governor Baldacci signed LD 1810 n Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Governor's Oc... This sets up state offshore windfarm laws and regulations. Key among the provisions of the new law is directing offshore wind power efforts at least ten miles offshore and limiting it to floating technology in deepwater locations.

But the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy would like to change that to all federal waters from three miles offshore and out. Their plans also include promoting shallow water "monopole" type windmills, driven right into the seafloor, instead of floating. While state officials and legislators questions the federal representatives, the resolution of these two plans is not clear.

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AUDIO MP3 RECORDINGS:

 

MAINE TASK FORCE MEETING

 

SEPTEMBER 124, 2010

 

, Hutchinson Center, Belfast Maine

FEDERAL BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT

MORNING SESSION

***Introduction 1 Meeting Facilitator 7 minutes

*** Introduction 2 Maureen Bornholdt BOEMRE Alternative energy program ...

*** Introduction 3. State and federal agencies politicians around the m...

*** Purpose of the Task Force by Aditi Mirani, BOEMRE Coordinator, Main...s

*** Questions and Answer Session 1. 22 minutes

*** Impact on municipalities 18 second Mirani quote

*** BOEMRE Regulatory Framework & Leasing Process,Tim Redding BOEMR...

AFTERNOON SESSION

*** Introduction to afternoon session 1 minute

*** BOEMRE Environmental Review Process by Algene Byrum

*** BOEMRE Environmental Review Process Q&A session 37 minutes

*** Maine Task Force Draft Charter Aditi Mirani 20 minutes

*** Federal State Coordination. Karen Tilberg 22 minutes

*** Maine Public Utilities Commission Mitch Tannabaum 7 minutes

*** Requests For Interest in Wind Projects off Maine Aditi Mirani 17 mi...

*** Maine's Coastal Atlas reviewed by SPO's Matthew Nixon 14 minutes

*** Maine's Coastal Atlas Q&A session 9 minutes

*** Action Items, closing remarks. Karin Tilberg, Maureen Bornholdt.

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While the federal plan would not affect most Maine lobstermen, the announcement confirms concerns raised after passage of the bill by groundfishermen that they, along with scallopers, shrimpers and other offshore fishermen, could find access to their fishing grounds at possible jeopardy. According to Aditi Mirani, Federal Project Coordinator for Maine, concerned citizens and state agencies have ten days to send their comments and decisions /positions about the new "charter".

Initially, the Task Force organizers had planned to limit public question and answer session to the close of the meeting,. However, after a request by a citizen, the governor's office had the agenda modified to allow for him to ask a question earlier in the meeting. The questioner noted that the agency is organizing ocean windfarming along the entire Atlantic coast, and that impacts to migratory species like tuna, whales and seabirds from windfarming off North Carolina or New Jersey could require that Maine reduce its offshore wind impacts to those migratory species. Would the Federal task convene a coastwise review of this issue? The officials said they would look into it.

Key people to contact: Aditi Mirani (703)-787-1752 Aditi.Mirani@boemre.gov, Federal coordinator for Maine offshore wind projects. // Karin Tilberg 207/287-353 Karin.Tilberg@maine.gov Governor's Sr. Policy Advisor.

// Beth Nagusky (207)287-2812 Beth.A.Nagusky@maine.gov Maine DEP Commissioner

AUDIO MP3 RECORDINGS:

 

MAINE TASK FORCE MEETING

 

SEPTEMBER 124, 2010

 

, Hutchinson Center, Belfast Maine

FEDERAL BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT

MORNING SESSION

***Introduction 1 Meeting Facilitator 7 minutes

*** Introduction 2 Maureen Bornholdt BOEMRE Alternative energy program ...

*** Introduction 3. State and federal agencies politicians around the m...

*** Purpose of the Task Force by Aditi Mirani, BOEMRE Coordinator, Main...s

*** Questions and Answer Session 1. 22 minutes

*** Impact on municipalities 18 second Mirani quote

*** BOEMRE Regulatory Framework & Leasing Process,Tim Redding BOEMR...

AFTERNOON SESSION

*** Introduction to afternoon session 1 minute

*** BOEMRE Environmental Review Process by Algene Byrum

*** BOEMRE Environmental Review Process Q&A session 37 minutes

*** Maine Task Force Draft Charter Aditi Mirani 20 minutes

*** Federal State Coordination. Karen Tilberg 22 minutes

*** Maine Public Utilities Commission Mitch Tannabaum 7 minutes

*** Requests For Interest in Wind Projects off Maine Aditi Mirani 17 mi...

*** Maine's Coastal Atlas reviewed by SPO's Matthew Nixon 14 minutes

*** Maine's Coastal Atlas Q&A session 9 minutes

*** Action Items, closing remarks. Karin Tilberg, Maureen Bornholdt.

END

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THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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