Reports resulting from SeaJay Environmental project support

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program - Minutes of the Working Group (2025)

Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program - Minutes of the Technical Advisory Group (2023)

For this contract and four option years, SeaJay Environmental provided note taking and other administrative support services to this Federal Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). Congress had mandated that Reclamation operate the Glen Canyon Dam and regulate the Colorado River to meet various statutory goals. The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program is the forum to bring the varied interests along the Colorado River to consensus regarding protection of downstream resources and balancing of river operations. The working group and technial advisory group meetings included members from federal cooperating agencies, Tribes, Colorado River basin states, environmental groups, recreation interests, and federal power producers from the Glen Canyon Dam.

California Floating Offshore Wind Regional Ports Feasibility Analysis (2023)

SeaJay’s team provided support to Moffatt & Nichol, which involved evaluating permit feasibility and environmental risks that could affect costs related to possible upgrades at fifteen seaport sites in California for offshore wind. This resulted in a 2023 report to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Environmental Data Catalog for the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (2022)

Environmental Data Catalog for the Morro Bay Wind Energy Area (2022)

SeaJay supported Point Blue Conservation Science in the preparation of two separate environmental data catalogs for the Humboldt Bay and Morro Bay offshore wind energy areas and was the primary author of sections 1 through 4 and 7. These reports were submitted to the California Ocean Protection Council to support the state resource agencies during their coastal consistency review of a federal offshore wind lease sale that was held in December 2022.

Invasive House Mice Eradication Project “DRAFT Operational Plan” (see Appendix D, page 45 of the Coastal Commission’s staff report) (2021)

Invasive House Mice Eradication Project “DRAFT Mitigation and Monitoring Plan” (see Appendix E, page 87 of the Coastal Commission’s staff report) (2021)

Invasive House Mice Eradication Project “DRAFT Bait Spill Contingency Plan” (see Appendix F, page 112 of the Coastal Commission’s staff report) (2021)

Invasive House Mice Eradication Project “DRAFT Non-Target Species Contingency Plan” (see Appendix G, see page 147 of the Coastal Commission’s staff report) (2021)

Working closely with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff, the SeaJay team prepared the following documents: 1) Operational Plan, 2) Mitigation & Monitoring Plan, 3) Bait Spill Contingency Plan, and 4) Non-Target Species Contingency Plan. These plans had been requested by the California Coastal Commission as part of their federal consistency review of the House Mouse Eradication Project at the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge offshore San Francisco. The plans were needed to obtain the state’s concurrence of the final environmental impact statement and to assess the USFWS’s approach to mitigating any adverse effects of removing this invasive species from one of the most prolific seabird and pinniped breeding and resting areas along the West Coast.

Environmental Assessment of Regulation of United States Coast Guard Vessel and Training Dsicharges in Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries (2016)

As an embedded contractor and the acting permit coordinator for the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS), Carliane at SeaJay Environmental worked closely with GFNMS and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (CBNMS) staff to prepare a draft of this environmental assessment for the regulation of U.S. Coast Guard vessel and training discharges in CBNMS and the newly expanded area of GFNMS. This included coordinating with Coast Guard officials to understand the scope, duration, and magnitude of proposed live fire and search and recovery training activities in the sanctuaries. Also participated in regular calls with sanctuary staff and officials in NOAA headquaters to address information needs for the environmental assessment.

Biological Resources Assessment for the Half Moon Bay Yacht Club Dock Expansion Project (2015)

SeaJay Environmental conducted an on-site and desk-top assessment of biological resources in the vicinity of the Half Moon Bay Yacht Club in Pillar Point Harbor, California, for an eventual coastal development permit related to a proposed dock expansion project.

Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment of Potential White Shark Research and Education Projects Within the Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries (2014)

SeaJay Environmental prepared the draft programmatic environmental assessment for the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary’s (GFNMS) White Shark Stewardship Project to assess the effects of all existing and proposed research and ecotourism activities on white sharks in the GFNMS and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

James V. Fitzgerald Area of Special Biological Significance Pollution Reduction Program Pilot BMP Summary Report (2013)

SeaJay Environmental assisted the San Francisco Estuary Institute in a stormwater monitoring pilot project with the County of San Mateo Department of Public Works and Parks. The monitoring was conducted to evaluate several types of structural stormwater treatment best management practices and low impact development practices that the county had implemented at six locations where stormwater discharged into the James V. Fitzgerald Area of Special Biological Significance protected area of Montara and Moss Beach, California.

An Assessment of the Final Rule to Implement Vessel Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Vessel Collisions with North Atlantic Right Whales, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-48 (2012)

SeaJay Environmental’s data synthesis was used by the National Marine Fisheries Service to assess the effectiveness of a rule that required vessels 65 feet and greater in length to slow their speeds to 10 knots or less near key port entrances and in certain areas of North Atlantic right whale aggregation along the U.S. Eastern seaboard, known as Seasonal Management Areas.

Prudent Development: Realizing the Potential of North America’s Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Resources (2011)

SeaJay Environmental provided technical and editorial support to the Operations and Environment Subgroup of the NPC, a federal advisory committee of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Secretary Chu had requested the report from the NPC. The report, Prudent Development: Realizing the Potential of North America’s Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Resources, was prepared by a team of experts from industry, state and federal government agencies, conservation groups, financial institutions, and academia. SeaJay’s contribution was the Operations and Environment section in chapter 2.

Vessel Operations in Right Whale Protection Areas in 2009, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-44 (2010)

SeaJay Environmental created a SQL Server database and assisted in data processing to characterize vessel traffic volume, patterns, and speeds of vessels transiting Seasonal Management Areas along the U.S. Eastern seaboard. NMFS’s Office of Protected Resources prepared the report to assess the first year of the rule’s implementation and to determine its potential to prevent collisions between ships and the highly depleted North Atlantic right whale.

Shell Best Management Practices for Blasting and Painting Offshore Facilities (2009)

SeaJay Environmental worked with Shell Exploration & Production engineers and operations managers to draft this paper that was presented by Shell at the Society of Petroleum Engineers conference in 2009. The paper describes best practices related to the periodical inspection and maintenance of offshore oil and gas facilities to assure structural integrity and minimize pollution and safety risks.