[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16005]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Public Hearings on the Draft Environment Impact Statement and 
Draft Management Plan for the Proposed San Francisco Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve in California

AGENCY: The Estuarine 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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine 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 San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research 
Reserve in California. The DEIS/DMP addresses research, monitoring, 
education and resource protection needs for the proposed reserve.
    The Estuarine Reserves Division will hold public hearings at 7:00 
p.m. on July 9th, at Suisun City Hall, City Council Chambers, 701 Civic 
Center Blvd., Suisun, CA 94585, and 7:00 p.m. On July 11 2001 at the 
Romberg Tiburon Center, Bay Conference Center, San Francisco Bay Room, 
3152 Paradise Drive, Tiburon, CA 94920.
    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 August 17, 2001. 
All written comments received by this deadline will be considered in 
the preparation of the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laurie McGilvray (301) 713-3155 
extension 158, Estuarine 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 Estuarine Reserves Division.

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

    Dated: June 8, 2001.
Ted I. Lillestolen,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone 
Management.
[FR Doc. 01-16005 Filed 6-28-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-08-M