(3) PUBLICATION OF LIST.—After completion 
of the site identification process, the Advisory Com-
mittee shall— 
(A) publish in the Federal Register a list 
of sites that further the purposes of this Act; 
and 
(B) prior to publication of the list, provide 
to owners of the sites to be published— 
(i) a notification of publication; and 
(ii) an opportunity to decline inclusion 
of the site of the owner on the list. 
(4) DEVIATION FROM PROCESS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee may identify as a potential stewardship 
site to recommend to the Administrator, a site 
that does not meet the criteria in paragraph (1) 
or (2), if the Advisory Committee— 
(i) selects a site that makes signifi-
cant ecological or recreational contribu-
tions to the Region; 
(ii) publishes the reasons that the Ad-
visory Committee decided to deviate from 
the systematic site selection process; and 
(iii) before identifying the potential 
stewardship site, provides to the owners of 
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the site the notification of publication, and 
the opportunity under paragraph (3)(B) to 
decline inclusion of the site on the list pub-
lished under paragraph (3)(A). 
(5) PUBLIC COMMENT.—In identifying potential 
stewardship sites, the Advisory Committee shall con-
sider public comments. 
(e) GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee 
shall use an adaptive management framework to 
identify the best policy initiatives and actions 
through— 
(A) definition of strategic goals; 
(B) definition of policy options for methods 
to achieve strategic goals; 
(C) establishment of measures of success; 
(D) identification of uncertainties; 
(E) development of informative models of 
policy implementation; 
(F) separation of the landscape into geo-
graphic units; 
(G) monitoring key responses at different 
spatial and temporal scales; and 
(H) evaluation of outcomes and incorpora-
tion into management strategies. 
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(2) APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT 
FRAMEWORK.—The Advisory Committee shall apply 
the adaptive management framework to the process 
for updating the list of recommended stewardship 
sites. 
SEC. 9. REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2014, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the 
Administrator an annual report that contains— 
(1) a detailed statement of the findings and 
conclusions of the Advisory Committee since the last 
report; 
(2) a description of all sites identified and rec-
ommended by the Advisory Committee to be ap-
proved as stewardship sites; 
(3) the recommendations of the Advisory Com-
mittee for such legislation and administrative actions 
as the Advisory Committee considers appropriate; 
and 
(4) in accordance with subsection (b), the rec-
ommendations of the Advisory Committee for the 
awarding of grants. 
(b) GENERAL
GUIDELINES
FOR
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.— 
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