[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16472-16473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8831]


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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 Kachemak Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve in Alaska

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 Kachemak Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in Alaska. The DEIS/DMP addresses research, 
monitoring, education and resource protection needs for the proposed 
reserve.
    The Sanctuaries and Reserves Division will hold public hearings at 
7:00 p.m. on April 21, 1998, at the Seldovia Community Center, 260 
Seldovia Street, Seldovia, Alaska 99663,

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and at 7:00 p.m. on April 22, 1998, at the Homer City Council Chambers, 
491 East Pioneer Avenue, Homer, Alaska 99603.
    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 Final Management Plan.
    The comment period for the DEIS/DMP will end on May 4, 1998. All 
written comments received by this deadline will be considered in the 
preparation of the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. R. Randall Schneider (301) 713-3132, Sanctuaries and Reserves 
Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National 
Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West Highway, N/ORM2, 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) Research Reserves

    Dated: March 31, 1998.
Nancy Foster,
Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-8831 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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