[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48142-48143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Notice of Designation of the Grand Bay National Estuarine 
Research Reserve, Mississippi

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

ACTION: Notice of Designation.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce, has 
designated certain lands and waters of Grand Bay in Mississippi as the 
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
    On June 16, 1999, D. James Baker, Under Secretary for Oceans and 
Atmosphere, signed findings of designation for the Grand Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi pursuant to section 315 of 
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461, 
and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR part 921. The Reserve duly 
received certification from the State of Mississippi Coastal Zone 
Management Program that Reserve designation is consistent to the 
maximum extent practicable with its program. A copy of the official 
Record of Decision is available for public review from NOAA's Office of 
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathalie Peter at (301) 713-3132, 
Extension 119, Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 1305 East West 
Highway, N/ORM5, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. A copy of the Record of 
Decision for the Grand Bay Reserve is available upon request.

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Number 11.420 (Coastal Zone 
Management) Research Reserves

    Dated: August 23, 1999.
Captain Ted Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 99-22841 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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