[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8190]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990; Amendments to the 
Coastal Barrier Resources System and Otherwise Protected Areas

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, have replaced a map of an 
otherwise protected area (OPA) in Delaware, as directed by Congress. We 
are using this notice to inform the public about the distribution and 
availability of the revised map.

DATES: The boundary revisions for this OPA became effective on December 
6, 1999, in accordance with Public Law 106-128.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Benjamin N. Tuggle, Department of 
the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Habitat 
Conservation, (703) 358-2161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In 1982, Congress passed the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (P.L. 
97-348) to restrict Federal spending that could foster development of 
undeveloped coastal barriers along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 
coasts. In the Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-591), 
Congress amended the Act to broaden the definition of a coastal 
barrier, and approved a series of maps entitled ``Coastal Barrier 
Resources System'' dated October 24, 1990. These maps identify and 
depict those coastal barriers located on the coasts of the Atlantic 
Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes and in Puerto Rico and the 
Virgin Islands that are subject to the Federal funding limitations 
outlined in the Act. The 1990 Act also approved a related series of 
maps depicting otherwise protected areas (OPA) along the same 
coastlines. In full System units most forms of Federal subsidies are 
prohibited. In OPAs only Federal flood insurance is prohibited.
    The Act also defines our responsibilities regarding the System and 
OPA maps. We have official custody of these maps and prepare and 
distribute copies of them. We published a notice of the filing, 
distribution, and availability of the maps dated October 24, 1990, in 
the Federal Register on June 6, 1991 (56 FR 26304-26312). We have 
announced all subsequent map revisions in the Federal Register.

Revisions to an OPA in Delaware

    Section 1(a) of Public Law 106-128, enacted on December 6, 1999, 
requires us to revise the map depicting a specific OPA (designated as 
DE-03P) in Sussex County, Delaware. The changes to Cape Henlopen Unit 
DE-03P will add State park land to the OPA and remove privately owned 
land outside of the park.

How To Get Copies of the Map

    The Service is sending copies of the revised map to the House of 
Representatives Committee on Resources and the Committee on Banking and 
Financial Services, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
Works, and to each appropriate Federal, State, and local agency having 
jurisdiction over the areas in which the modified unit is located.
    You can purchase copies of System and OPA maps from the U.S. 
Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, P.O. Box 25286, 
Denver, Colorado 80225. The cost is $4.00 per map, plus a $3.50 
shipping and handling fee for the entire order. Maps can also be viewed 
at the following Fish and Wildlife Service offices:

Washington Office--all System and OPA maps.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Habitat Conservation, 
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 400, Arlington, Virginia 22203, (703) 358-
2201

Northeast Regional Office--all System and OPA maps for Connecticut, 
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode 
Island, and Virginia.
    Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center 
Drive, Hadley, MA 01035-9589, (413) 253-8657

Field Office--System and OPA maps for Delaware.
    Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 177 Admiral 
Cochrane Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 573-4500

    Dated: March 23, 2000.
Jamie Rappaport Clark,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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