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Regional Implementation Team Chairs
What are Regional Implementation Teams?

Northeast

William Hubbard
Chief, Environmental Resources Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers
696 Virginia Road
Concord, MA 01742-2751
Phone: 978-318-8552
Fax: 978-318-8560
Email: william.a.hubbard@usace.army.mil

Mid-Atlantic

Mario DelVicario
U.S. EPA Region 2
290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-637-3779
Fax: 212-637-3889
Email: delvicario.mario@epa.gov

John S. Wright
US Corps of Engineers, CENAD-ET-P
Fort Hamilton Military Community
301 General Lee Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11252
Phone: 718-765-7062
Fax: 718-765-7210
Email: john.s.wright@usace.army.mil

Southeast

Dennis Barnett
US Army Corps of Engineers
South Atlantic Division (CESAD-PD-R)
60 Forsyth Street, SW, Room 9M15
Atlanta, GA 30335-6801
Phone: 404-562-5225
Fax: 404-562-5233
Email: dennis.w.barnett@usace.army.mil

Wesley "Bo" Crum
US EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-562-9352
Fax: 404-562-9343
Email: crum.bo@epa.gov

Gulf of Mexico

Bryon Griffith
Acting Director/Gulf of Mexico Program
Environmental Protection Agency
Building 1103, Room 202
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
Phone: 228-688-1172
Fax: 228-688-2709
Email: griffith.bryon@epa.gov

Southwest

Paul Michel
Water Management Division
U.S. EPA (WTR-4)
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-972-3417
Fax: 415-947-3537
Email: michel.paul@epa.gov

CDR Steve Thompson
San Francisco Bay Project and Navigation Manager
NOAA/NOS
Ft. Mason Bldg 201
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone: 415-561-6624
Fax: 415-561-6616
Email: steven.a.thompson@noaa.gov

Northwest

Steve Bredthauer
Outreach Manager, NW Division
US Army Corps of Engineer
220 N.W. 8th Avenue
P.O. Box 2870
Portland OR 97209-3589
Phone: 503-808-3756
Fax: 503-808-3749
Email: stephen.r.bredthauer@usace.army.mil

Mark A. Brown
Bureau of Land Management
Willamette River Navigator
American Heritage River Initiative
Technical Assistance Program Coordinator
Phone: 503-375-5686
Email: Mark_brown@or.blm.gov

Alaska

Michael Roy
USFWS
Coastal Program
Alaska Regional Office
1011 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: 907-786-3925
Fax: 907-786-3350
Email: michael_roy@fws.gov

Guy McConnell
US Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Branch
PO Box 898
Anchorage, AK 99506
Phone: 907-753-2614
Fax: 907-753-2526
Email: guy.r.mcconnell@usace.army.mil

Upper Mississippi Focus Area

Bill Franz
US EPA Region 5
77 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-886-7500
Fax: 312-886-9697
Email: franz.William@epa.gov

Pacific Island

John Naughton
Pacific Islands Environmental Coordinator, NMFS
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1601 Kapiolani Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96814-4700
Phone: 808-973-2935, x211
Fax: 808-973-2941
Email: john.naughton@noaa.gov

Mark Chandler, Director
HUD, Community Planning & Development Div.
500 Ala Moana Blvd., Waterfront Plaza
Suite 500
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-522-8180
Fax: 808-522-8194
Email: mark_a._chandler@hud.gov

What are Regional Implementation Teams?
The Regional Implementation Teams are composed of senior representatives selected by their partnership agencies to represent them and to collaboratively develop local, watershed-focused proposals which could be enhanced through the Coastal America partnership. This collaborative planning process seeks to incorporate environmental objectives into regional economic development plans. The process of exchanging information on agency plans encourages the early identification of collaborative opportunities to restore the environment while moving forward with vital economic development. The RIT's provide a forum for interagency consultation and action. The RIT members examine their own agencies' programs and authorities looking for areas of overlap with those of the other partnership agencies to determine the potential for implementing joint projects that address coastal problems in a more effective manner. The RITs also develop regional action strategies designed to define major issues, special focus areas, goals, and objectives within each region and specify the processes whereby joint projects are identified and implemented. Within the framework of each regional strategy, site-specific coastal projects addressing habitat loss, non-point source pollution, contaminated sediment management, and/or those considered unique to the region, are identified and planned. Finally, each RIT establishes priorities for project implementation from the suite of proposed collaborative projects. Originally, there were seven Coastal America regions - Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, Southwest, Northwest, Alaska and the Great Lakes. At the direction of the Principals Group however, two additional regions, a Mid-Atlantic and a Pacific Islands, were formed in 1994. These new regions cover a geographic area that more closely parallels the areas of responsibilities of the partnership agencies, and encourages a stronger geographic focus.

The Principals have recently challenged the RITs to incorporate the principles of sustainable development and ecosystem management into their regional strategies. The RITs are also expected to develop a structured mechanism for sharing information on agency programs and priorities among the rest of the partners, and to encourage public, state, and nongovernmental organization involvement in Coastal America projects such that these projects harmonize with state and local objectives. Within the project prioritization process, each RIT gives priority to projects that, (1) are action oriented, with a focus upon national coastal issues, (2) are multi-agency, including at least three federal partners and one non-federal participant, and (3) include an education/outreach and monitoring component. In addition, matching funding of 25 percent of project costs by the non-federal participants is strongly encouraged.

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