[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44236-44237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22191]


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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 Grand Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve in Mississippi

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 a public 
hearing 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 Grand Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi. The DEIS/DMP addresses 
research, monitoring, education and resource protection needs for the 
proposed reserve.
    The Sanctuaries and Reserves Division will hold a public hearing at 
6:00 p.m. on September 2, 1998, at the East Jackson Community Center, 
9313 Old Stage Road, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39581.
    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

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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 September 7, 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: August 12, 1998.
Evelyn J. Fields,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal 
Zone Management.
[FR Doc. 98-22191 Filed 8-17-98; 8:45 am]
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