[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-629]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 226

[I.D. 110599D]
RIN 0648-AL82


Designated Critical Habitat: Reproposed Critical Habitat for 
Johnson's Seagrass; Notice of Public Hearing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: NMFS has scheduled an additional public hearing to be held on 
the proposed designation of critical habitat for threatened Johnson's 
seagrass.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 
January 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Annex Building of 
NMFS' Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, 
Miami, FL. A sign will be posted in the main lobby directing people to 
the building located to the left rear of the main building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Layne Bolen, Panama City Laboratory, 
Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 850-234-6541 ext. 237, 
[email protected], or Marta Nammack, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 301-713-1401, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 2, 1999 (64 FR 67536), NMFS 
published a reproposed rule to designate critical habitat for Johnson's 
seagrass under the Endangered Species Act. Public comments were 
solicited, a public hearing was announced, and the comment period was 
set to expire on January 3, 2000. NMFS extended the public comment 
period to February 2, 2000 (65 FR 111, January 3, 2000), in order to 
provide at least 60 days for public comment following publication in 
the Federal Register. NMFS has now scheduled an additional public 
hearing (see DATES and ADDRESSES).

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
Don Knowles,
Director, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 00-629 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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