[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 82 (Friday, April 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18569-18570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10389]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Public Hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and 
Draft Management Plan for the Proposed Mullica River-Great Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in New Jersey

AGENCY: Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearing notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Sanctuaries and Reserves 
Division, of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management 
(OCRM), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, will hold public 
hearings for the purpose of receiving comments on the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Management Plan (DEIS/DMP) 
prepared on the proposed designation of the Mullica River-Great Bay 
National Estuarine Research Reserve in New Jersey. The DEIS/DMP address 
research, monitoring, education and resource protection needs for the 
proposed reserve.
    The Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management will hold 
public hearings at 3:00 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 1996, 
at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station Dorm, 132 Great Bay 
Boulevard, Tuckerton, New Jersey 08087.
    The views of interested persons and organizations on the adequacy 
of the DEIS/DMP are solicited, and may be expressed orally and/or in 
written statements. Presentations will be scheduled on a first-come, 
first-heard basis, and may be limited to a maximum of five (5) minutes. 
The time allotment may be extended before the hearing when the number 
of speakers can be determined. All comments received at the hearing 
will be considered in the preparation of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) and Draft Management Plan.

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    The comment period for the DEIS/DMP will end on Monday, June 10, 
1996. All written comments received by this deadline will be considered 
in the preparation of the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Dolores A. Washington (301) 713-3132, Sanctuaries and Reserves 
Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, SSMC4, 12th Floor, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910. Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
Draft Management Plan are available upon request to the Sanctuaries and 
Reserves Division.

    Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420.
    Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Sanctuaries.

    Dated: April 19, 1996.
W. Stanley Wilson,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 96-10389 Filed 4-25-96; 8:45 am]
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